Issue · 2013
Vol 32 No 1 (2013)
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ArticlesCOMPARISON OF THE OF MECHANICAL AND WEAR BEHAVIOURS OF DIFFERNT TYPES OF POLYETHYLENES AND THE EFFECT OF RADIATION CROSS-LINKING ON THESE BEHAVIOURS
M. Rizwan Gul
Different kinds of polyethylenes dominate the polymer field due to their wide range of applications and properties. They are sometimes cross-linked to improve their properties such as high temperature resistance and wear behavior. Radiation cross-linking using…
10 Aug 2020- Articles
STABILITY ANALYSIS OF SOIL SLOPE IN SWABI, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Waseem, Irshad Ahmad, Rawid Khan, Bashir Alam, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Javed
In this study, slope stability analysis for a particular type of soil in Swabi area was carried out using the method of slices. Gravity load and seismic load were considered in the stability analysis. SLOPE/W and SIGMA/W software of Geo studio package were use…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
IN-PLACE ANALYSIS OF JACKET OFFSHORE STRUCTURE UNDER STORM CONDITIONS
Azam Khan, Irshad Ahmad
This paper presents the details of In-place analysis of fixed jacket Platform BD. The numerical model is prepared using ANSYS ASAS structural analysis computer system. Beam stick model has been used, with multi-level sub-structuring technique, to mod…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
DELUMPING PROCEDURE FOR PREDICTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS IN DISTILLATION USING A SHORT-CUT MODEL
Muhammad Imran Ahmad, Nan Zhang, Megan Jobson, Muhammad Younas, Kamran Ghani
Short-cut models of distillation are useful in screening design options for separation of petroleum fractions at conceptual design stage. A methodology for prediction of detailed product distribution for distillation processes using short-cut calcula…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS PARAMETERS ON EFFICIENCY OF PHYSICAL LAYER DEPLOYED FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK
Muhammad Qasim, Mohib Ahmad, Mohammad Inayatullah Babar, Shahid Bashir, Farah Mahmood, Zeeshan Sabir
There is a growing need for research initiatives for Wireless sensor networks with special emphasis on performance and efficiency of physical layer. The role of physical layer is clearly evident from the fact that it plays an important role in…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
IMPACT OF NETWORK SCALABILITY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF RIP AND IGRP FOR EMAIL SERVICES
Inayat Ullah, Shah Khusro, Saeed Mahfooz, Azhar Rauf
Dynamic routing is one of the major areas in computer networks, in which routing protocols are used to automate the process of routing. Routing protocols dynamically determine best path(s) to every network. Routing protocols are classified as d…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SAFETY IN STEEL RE-ROLLING MILL WITH REFERENCE TO HIGH NOISE LEVEL AND TEMPERATURE
M. Nafees, Bushra Khan, Robina Naz
This study was conducted to assess the exposure to noise and temperature in a steel re- rolling mill. The measured noise and temperature values were then compared with international standards set by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Our res…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELAY PROTOCOLS USING SIMULATION
Gulzar Ahmad, Sahibzada Faheem, Amjad Ullah, Waqar Shah, S.M. Majid Ashraf
Cooperative communication has gained a lot of interest due to its ability to exploit the spatial diversity or antenna diversity. The implementation of the cooperative relaying systems involves less hardware and low complexity but gives comparable per…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
TIME HISTORY ANALYSIS OF SEISMICALLY ISOLATED FIXED BASE OFFSHORE PLATFORM
Azam Khan, Irshad Ahmad
This paper presents an overview of the application of seismic isolation to a fixed-base offshore platform. A series of nonlinear time history analyses has been undertaken for the Platform A to assess structural integrity under Ductility Level Earthquake (DLE)…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
INVESTIGATION OF PERFORMANCE AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT OF LOWER BARI DOAB CANAL
M A Khalid, A R Ghumman, H. N. Hashmi, E. Tanveer
Economy of many countries world-wide depends upon irrigated agriculture. The performance of irrigation system having large network of canals fed from rivers is influenced by many parameters. Inequitable water distribution, Shortage of water during peak crop wa…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
USE OF RUBBER WASTE IN CONCRETE TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION- AN OVERVIEW
Syed Farasat Ali Shah, Amjad Naseer, Rashid Rehan
With on growing industrial development, tonnes of solid waste are generated every year. Managing, disposing and recycling of these waste has turned out to be a great challenge in recent times. Typically, waste generated from industrial and domestic activities…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
MODELING OF BLASTING COST AT DEEWAN CEMENT QUARRY, HATTAR USING MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION
Tahir Usman, Khan Muhammad
Blasting is only the first step in the production process for mines and quarries and the cost of which is normally 8% to 12% of the total costs. Hence, reduced blasting cost is one of the main objectives of production blasting at a cement quarry. Thi…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
A REVIEW OF FEATURE SELECTION TECHNIQUES IN STRUCTURE LEARNING
Muhammad Naeem, Sohail Asghar
In the last two decades, there has been significant advancement in heuristics for inducing Bayesian belief networks for the purpose of automatic distillation of knowledge from masses of data with target concepts. However, there are various circumstan…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
DETERIORATION OF ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT AND FLY-ASH BASED GEO-POLYMER CONCRETES DUE TO SULFATE ATTACK UNDER THE ACTION OF SULFURIC ACID AND WASTEWATER
Naeem Ejaz, Daulat Khan, Usman Ali Naeem, Muhammad Ali Shamim, Muhammad Fiaz Tahir, Faisal Shabbir et al.
Corrosion in concrete sewers and wastewater treatment plants has been a major problem but this issue has not been resolved satisfactorily yet. Generally, deterioration happens due to sulfuric acid reaction with treatment units and sewer materials. Ge…
10 Aug 2020