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Quadratic Support Vector Machine And K-Nearest Neighbor Based Robust Sensor Fault Detection And Isolation, Ahmed Abed, Sabah Gitaffa, Abbas Issa Jul 2026

Quadratic Support Vector Machine And K-Nearest Neighbor Based Robust Sensor Fault Detection And Isolation, Ahmed Abed, Sabah Gitaffa, Abbas Issa

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Fault detection plays a serious role in high-cost and safety-critical processes. There are two main drivers for continuous improvement in the area of early detection of process faults safety and reliability of technical plants. Detect fault in Geophone string sensors (SG-10) are very important in oil exploration to avoid loss economy. Methods are developed to enable earlier detection of process faults than the traditional limit and trend checking based on a single process variable and the development of these methods is a key matter. Classification methods will be used for pattern recognition and as such is appropriate for fault detection. …

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Experimental Investigation Of The Optimal Location Of Pcm Capsules In A Hollow Brick Wall, Hayder Abbas, Jalal Jalil, Sabah Ahmed Jul 2026

Experimental Investigation Of The Optimal Location Of Pcm Capsules In A Hollow Brick Wall, Hayder Abbas, Jalal Jalil, Sabah Ahmed

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In this paper, an experimental investigation of the integration of PCM capsules as insulation material into the outer or inner rows of hollow brick to find out the optimum location of the PCM capsules that give the best thermal performance of a wall. A test model consists of two identical cubical rooms was designed and fabricated to test the wall with and without PCM in a natural outdoor condition in Diwaniyah city in Iraq during the summer. The results show that the PCM will reduce the temperature of the inner side of the test wall and test room by 2.7℃ …

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Gasoil Hydro-Desulfurization Using Catalyst Synthesized From Iraqi Kaolin Clay: Optimization With Response Surface Methodology (Rsm), Khlood Alkhafaji, Zaidoon Shakor, Bashir Al-Zaidi, Sattar Hussein [email protected] Jul 2026

Gasoil Hydro-Desulfurization Using Catalyst Synthesized From Iraqi Kaolin Clay: Optimization With Response Surface Methodology (Rsm), Khlood Alkhafaji, Zaidoon Shakor, Bashir Al-Zaidi, Sattar Hussein [email protected]

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This search aim to study the feasibility of hydro-desulfurization (HDS) of gas oil in fixed bed reactor by using economic support catalyst alumina meta kaolin (AMK) under various operating condition, i.e. Temp. (240−320 ◦C), Press. (3–12 bar), WHSV (2–6 h−1) at H2/HC ratio (50 vol./vol.). The support catalyst was prepared from Iraq kaolin and characterization by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.  Experimental design was used to determine which parameter (e.g. temperature, pressure and WHSV) has a greater influence on the obtained HDS and the optimum condition of process. The …

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Flexural Properties Of Functionally Graded Polymer Alumina Nanoparticles, Mahdi Shareef, Ahmed Al-Khazraji, Samir Amin Jul 2026

Flexural Properties Of Functionally Graded Polymer Alumina Nanoparticles, Mahdi Shareef, Ahmed Al-Khazraji, Samir Amin

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In this paper, a functionally graded polymer nanocomposite (FGPNC) was arranged via mixing the Alumina (Al2O3) nanoparticles (50 – 100 nm) with an epoxy matrix through five layers of 1.2 mm thickness for each layer using hand lay–up technique. Different volume fractions were taken (0, 1, 2, 3 and 4) % of the used nanoparticles and were cast in molds made from acrylic for creating the graded composite sheet in the thickness direction. The prepared isotropic specimen was tested by tensile and compressive test. The results showed that the (4% Vf of Al2O3) has the best enhancement of the ultimate …

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A Review On Path Planning Algorithms For Mobile Robots, Mustafa Abed, Omar Lutfy, Qusay Al-Doori Jul 2026

A Review On Path Planning Algorithms For Mobile Robots, Mustafa Abed, Omar Lutfy, Qusay Al-Doori

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Mobile robots use is rising every day. Path planning algorithms are needed to make a traveler of robots with the least cost and without collisions. Many techniques have been developed in path planning for mobile robot worldwide, however, the most commonly used techniques are presented here for further study. This essay aims to review various path planning strategies for mobile robots using different optimization methods taken recent publisher’s paper in last five year.

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Humidification Effect On The Performance And Emissions Of (Di) Diesel Engine Running On Diesel Fuel With Biodiesel Blended Nano Additives, Hussein Jumaa, Mahmoud Mashkour Jul 2026

Humidification Effect On The Performance And Emissions Of (Di) Diesel Engine Running On Diesel Fuel With Biodiesel Blended Nano Additives, Hussein Jumaa, Mahmoud Mashkour

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The effect of humidification of the air on the performance of a compression ignition engine operating on diesel, biodiesel with nano additives was investigated. The experiment was carried out on a single-cylinder, four-stroke, naturally aspirated water-cooled, direct injection Ricardo (E6/US) diesel engine at a constant speed of 1800 rpm, and varying loads. A mixture of Biodiesel (waste cooking oil) and diesel fuel by four ratios (B5, B10, B15, and B20) was used in the experiment. Besides, five concentrations of Iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe2O3, with particle size 20 nm) as fuel-additives were prepared (10 ppm, 30 ppm, 50 ppm, 70 ppm, …

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Modeling And Control Of Wheeled Mobile Robot With Four Mecanum Wheels, Sameh Hasana, Hasan Alwan Jul 2026

Modeling And Control Of Wheeled Mobile Robot With Four Mecanum Wheels, Sameh Hasana, Hasan Alwan

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This work presents a driving control for the trajectory tracking of four mecanum wheeled mobile robot (FMWMR). The control consists of Backstepping-Type 1 Fuzzy Logic-Particle swarm optimization i.e.,(BSC-T1FLC-PSO). The kinematic and dynamic models have been derived. Backstepping controller (BSC) is used for finding controlled torques that generated from robot motors while Type-1 fuzzy logic control (T1FLC) as well as particle swarm optimization (PSO) used for finding the appropriate values of gain parameters of BSC. Square trajectory has been selected to test the performance of the control system of FMWMR. MATLAB/ Simulink is used to simulate the results. It has been …

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Experimental Investigation Of Surface Roughness Using Uncoated And Coated Tungsten Carbide Cutting Tool In Turning Operation, Frzdaq Thamer, Ali Abbar, Farhad. Othman Jul 2026

Experimental Investigation Of Surface Roughness Using Uncoated And Coated Tungsten Carbide Cutting Tool In Turning Operation, Frzdaq Thamer, Ali Abbar, Farhad. Othman

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The cutting process is an important process of industrialization. It is requisite to using advantage quality cutting tools in order to preserve the type of product. Coating on the cutting tool has a substantial effect in terms of mechanical properties and the end results of the product. The cutting tool can be manufactured in various material types, but today's cemented tungsten carbide is the most commonly used material in the tool industry because its properties comply with manufacturers' requirements. This study investigates the impact of an Al2O3 coated cutting tool relative to an uncoated cutting tool on the dry cutting …

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Dynamic Power Consumption In Cmos N Bit Full-Adder Circuit, Amal Hasan, Qusay Al-Doori Jul 2026

Dynamic Power Consumption In Cmos N Bit Full-Adder Circuit, Amal Hasan, Qusay Al-Doori

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This paper discusses power consumption in the full adder circuit using some fabrication technologies. Though many studies related to power consumption in the full adder circuit were performed, however, few investigations about the effect of the number of bits on the power consumption are addressed. In this paper, the effect of changing the number of bits on the power consumption and time delay of the full adder circuit will be observed and the effect of changing the technology size is going to be calculated. The results will show that there is a direct relationship between the number of bits and …

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Analysis Of Distribution System Reconfiguration Under Different Load Demand In Al-Kut City By Using Pso Algorithm, Zahraa Dawood, Rashid Al-Rubayi Jul 2026

Analysis Of Distribution System Reconfiguration Under Different Load Demand In Al-Kut City By Using Pso Algorithm, Zahraa Dawood, Rashid Al-Rubayi

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Network reconfiguration is the best way to inquisitive a flexible, reliable and effective distribution network. An efficient optimization technique that uses Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is described and analyzed with the goal of reducing power losses and enhancing the voltage profile in the distribution network by reconfiguring the network, taking into account the branch current limit, branch capacity limit, bus voltage limits and radial structure constraint (no meshed loop). The approach is applied to the part of AL-KUT city distribution system (TAMOZE region system) to attain an optimum network configuration in connection with power loss. Two dissimilar load situations are …

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Protection Coordination Of 33/11 Kv Power Distribution Substation In Iraq, Thamir Abdul-Wahhab, Yamur Obied Jul 2026

Protection Coordination Of 33/11 Kv Power Distribution Substation In Iraq, Thamir Abdul-Wahhab, Yamur Obied

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The coordination between protective devices is the process of determining the most appropriate timing of power interruption during abnormal conditions in the power system. The aim of this work is to coordinate the protection of the 33/11 kV power distribution substation in Iraq using the CYME 7.1 software package. In this paper overcurrent and earth fault relays are simulated in two cases, with time delay setting and instantaneous setting, to obtain the Time Current Characteristics (TCC) curves for each Circuit Breaker (CB) relay of Al-Karama substation (2×31.5 MVA, 33/11 kV) in Babil distribution network. The short circuit current at each …

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Secured Medical Image Hashing Based On Frequency Domain With Chaotic Map, Amira Jabbar, Ashwaq Hashim, Qusay Al-Doori Jul 2026

Secured Medical Image Hashing Based On Frequency Domain With Chaotic Map, Amira Jabbar, Ashwaq Hashim, Qusay Al-Doori

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Recently, online-medicine got increased global interest, particularly during COVID19 pandemic. Data protection is important in the medical field since when promoting telemedicine applications, it is necessary to protect the patient data and personal information. A secured process is needed to transmit medical images over the Internet. In this paper hash algorithm is employed to protect the data by using powerful features from the coupled frequency domains of the Slantlet Transformation (SLT) and the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT). The Region of Interest (ROI) is localized from an MRI image then extraction of a feature set is performed for calculating the hash …

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Effect Of Co2 Laser Fluence On Cladding Geometrical Dimensions Alternations, Mohammed Kadhim, Mahdi Hanon, Suhair Hussein Jul 2026

Effect Of Co2 Laser Fluence On Cladding Geometrical Dimensions Alternations, Mohammed Kadhim, Mahdi Hanon, Suhair Hussein

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Geometrical dimensions could play a potential role in the function of laser cladding of nickel-base powder on the cold-rolled carbon steel substrate. The geometrical dimensions and their impact on the efficiency of the process of laser cladding of nickel-base powder (Ni -10wt% Al) on cold rolled 0.2% carbon steel substrate was investigated. This work focused on the effect of laser-specific energy input of CO2laser. The geometrical dimensions of cladding regions are including cladding width, cladding height, depth of dilution, contact angle, dilution area, cladding area, and heat-affected zone dimensions determinations. The laser power (1.8 kW) was used at different traverse …

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Effect Of Adding Tio2on Some Mechanical Properties Of Galloy, Osamah Khadhair, Rana Anaee, Kadhum Shabeeb Jul 2026

Effect Of Adding Tio2on Some Mechanical Properties Of Galloy, Osamah Khadhair, Rana Anaee, Kadhum Shabeeb

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Because of importance the Ga alloys in dental applications, many attempts were  done  to  improve  the  properties  of  this  alloy. The  currentwork involves  addition  of  TiO2nanotube  powder  to  Galloy  to  improve  somemechanical  properties.  These  properties  included  hardness,  compression, and creep. The characterization of prepared TiO2/Galloys with five wt% of TiO2(1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 wt%) was done by XRD and SEM/EDS. The results showed  that  the  hardness,  compression, were  increased  with  increasing percentage  of  added  TiO2,  while  creep  decrease.Some phases  such as β-Sn,  Ag2Ga  and  Ag9In4were  contributed  to  improve  the  properties  of  new TiO2/Galloycomposites.

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Effect Of Adding Silver Element And Zirconia Ceramic On Corrosion Behavior And Mechanical Properties Of Pure Titanium, Wehad Al-Rawy, Emad Al-Hassani Jul 2026

Effect Of Adding Silver Element And Zirconia Ceramic On Corrosion Behavior And Mechanical Properties Of Pure Titanium, Wehad Al-Rawy, Emad Al-Hassani

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In this research, all the samples are prepared using the powder metallurgy technique by adding silver element and Zirconia ceramic material to the commercially pure titanium at a different weight percent of (10, 20 and 30) to investigate the effect of adding these materials to the CP-Ti on corrosion behavior and mechanical properties. There are two sets of each type of alloys Ti-Ag and Ti ZrO2. The Preparation process was by Weighing, Mixing and Homogenizing Powders by Ball Mill, compacting at 4 tons for 1 min. and Sintering at 700 and 900 °C for 2 hrs. under a controlled atmosphere. …

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Effect Of Ordinary Portland Cement On Some Properties Of Pervious Geopolymer Concrete, Wasan I. Khalil, Qais J. Frayyeh, Haider T. Abed Jul 2026

Effect Of Ordinary Portland Cement On Some Properties Of Pervious Geopolymer Concrete, Wasan I. Khalil, Qais J. Frayyeh, Haider T. Abed

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In this research, a study is made on the Pervious Geopolymer Concrete (PGC), which is based on local material (Metakaolin). The inclusion of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) as a partial substitute for Metakaolin (MK) for the production of (PGCs) has also been investigated. Pervious Geopolymer concrete was outputted from the local Metakaolin (MK), and ordinary Portland cement (OPC) as a partial substitute by weight of MK and silicate of sodium (Na2SiO3) and hydroxide of sodium (NaOH) solution. All PGC samples were cured after 24 hours from casting for five hours at a temperature degree of 50 ° C, then they …

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Design Of Robust Fopi-Fopd Controller For Maglev System Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Salwan Y. Yousif, Mohamed J. Mohamed Jul 2026

Design Of Robust Fopi-Fopd Controller For Maglev System Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Salwan Y. Yousif, Mohamed J. Mohamed

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Magnetic Levitation System (MLS) is one of the benchmark laboratories models for designing and testing feedback control systems in the presence of the parametric uncertainties and disturbances effect. Therefore, the MLS can be regarded as a tool to study and verify a certain robust controller design. In this paper, two types of powerful control schemes are presented to control the MLS. The first controller is a robust PI-PD controller, while the other is a robust fractional order FOPI-FOPD controller which provides two extra degrees of freedom to the system. In both controller design procedures, the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm …

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Design And Fpga Implementation Of Intelligent Fault Detection In Smart Wireless Sensor Networks, Mohammed H. Hadi, Abbas Hussain Issa, Atheer Alaa Sabri Jul 2026

Design And Fpga Implementation Of Intelligent Fault Detection In Smart Wireless Sensor Networks, Mohammed H. Hadi, Abbas Hussain Issa, Atheer Alaa Sabri

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In this paper, both the design and hardware of Fault Detection (FD) in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) was implemented using FPGA NI myRIO kit, wireless temperature sensors network with small size, low cost, and low power consumption. Work data processing was performed using pattern recognition methods to detect residual generation. LabVIEW software environment was employed for system performance. In this paper. The design of the hardware circuit NI myRIO kit received temperature from the sensors. The examined system showed an ability to monitor and track any fault or fire that may occur; based on the results, if collected data is …

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Characterization And Mechanical Properties Of The Za-12 Hybrid Composites Reinforced With Nano Ceramic Particles, Aveen K. Yawer, Niveen J. Abdulkader, Dr. Ahmed A. Zainalaadbeen Jul 2026

Characterization And Mechanical Properties Of The Za-12 Hybrid Composites Reinforced With Nano Ceramic Particles, Aveen K. Yawer, Niveen J. Abdulkader, Dr. Ahmed A. Zainalaadbeen

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In this work, nanosized Boron nitride and silicon carbide reinforced ZA - 12 matrix hybrid composites were produced using stir casting technique with using of aluminum scrap (AA 2024), pure Al (electrical wires) and zinc scraps. Microstructure Observation was revealed by using scanning electron microscopy, and the analysis showed a uniform distribution of (SiC and BN) hybrid nanoparticles for the Zn-Al matrix. Also, an optical microscope was used to display the dendritic structure and reinforcement particles that dispersed uniformly in the matrix. Mechanical tests results confirmed that the hardness and the compression was increased with increasing the hybrid nanoparticle's percentage, …

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A New Method Using Naive Bayes And Rgbd Facial Identification Based On Extracted Features From Image Pixels, Wisam H. Ali Jul 2026

A New Method Using Naive Bayes And Rgbd Facial Identification Based On Extracted Features From Image Pixels, Wisam H. Ali

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Nowadays, life seems to have been resilient, particularly for those with physical disabilities. Recognition of AV letters is one of the critical and famously the difficult structures. This research has been developed based on the potential of the features in some applications than the statistical properties. While, these features have been resolved the lip movement for AV letters recognition, Naive Bayesian and Red green blue and depth RGBD have been adopted for visual letter identification. Naive Bayesian has 73.33% for usual recognition with three letters, each with ten frames, while RGBD classifier is 100%. Within that for this case, two …

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Deposition Of Ceo2/Tcp Thin Film On Stainless Steel 316 L By Rf Sputtering, Hiba A. Abdullah, Ahmed M. Al-Ghaban, Rana A. Anaee Jul 2026

Deposition Of Ceo2/Tcp Thin Film On Stainless Steel 316 L By Rf Sputtering, Hiba A. Abdullah, Ahmed M. Al-Ghaban, Rana A. Anaee

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RF sputtering method was used for deposition 70wt% CeO2/TCP thin film on stainless steel 316L surface. The selection of ceria and tricalcium phosphate is according to the fact the importance of these materials in biomedical media. The produced coating was characterized by XRD, FESEM/EDS and AFM analysis, the result revealed that the obtained peaks from XRD refer to the deposited materials. When substitution of Ce was done, distorting of the lattice structure can occur suggesting certain incorporation of the cerium oxide within TCP lattice. Also, from SEM investigation uniformly homogeneous surface as a layer of (CeO2 + CaO) and TCP …

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Design, Fabrication, And Testing Of An Electromechanical High-Temperature Tensile Test Machine, Taif Y. Ghadhban, Hussain J.M Al-Alkawi, Ahmed H. Reja Jul 2026

Design, Fabrication, And Testing Of An Electromechanical High-Temperature Tensile Test Machine, Taif Y. Ghadhban, Hussain J.M Al-Alkawi, Ahmed H. Reja

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The following paper presents a developed design and manufacturing of a servo-driven Electromechanical high-temperature tensile machine with an integrated environmental chamber. The maximum load capacity is set to be 20 kn with the possibility of future upgrades. The machine is automated by a computerized system that controls the entire operation of the designed machine. It is designed to be capable for testing a variety of materials at various temperatures ranging from room temperature up to 500℃. The machine was fully controlled using automated software to control the entire operation and to provide users with a certified test report. The main …

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Slope Stability Analysis Of Haditha Dam After Earthquake Using Geo-Studio Software, Mohammed K. Malik, Ibtisam R. Karim Jul 2026

Slope Stability Analysis Of Haditha Dam After Earthquake Using Geo-Studio Software, Mohammed K. Malik, Ibtisam R. Karim

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The current study is designed to analyze theslope stability of Haditha damwhich is an earth-fill dam constructed on the Euphrates River in the middle-west of Iraq. Finite element modeling was used in the present study to analyze the combined seepage and post-earthquake slope stability of Haditha earth dam. The maximum water level of a steady seepage case was considered to evaluate seepage. - Three different water levels (maximum, normal, and minimum) were applied, and nine different equilibrium slope stability limits were used to analyze the upstream and downstream slopes of the dam with three horizontal maximum accelerations.The input data given …

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Investigation Of Thickness Distribution Variation In Deep Drawing Of Conical Steel Products, Muhsin J. Jweeg, Adnan I. Mohammed, Mohammed S. Jabbar Jul 2026

Investigation Of Thickness Distribution Variation In Deep Drawing Of Conical Steel Products, Muhsin J. Jweeg, Adnan I. Mohammed, Mohammed S. Jabbar

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This study investigates the thickness variation behavior of deep drawing conical products under the effect of different forming parameters such as die wall inclination angle, punch velocity, sheet thickness, and sheet metal type. Two types of sheet metal were used, low carbon (AISI 1008) and galvanized steel sheets, of 110 mm diameters circular blanks at 0.9 and 1.2mm thickness formed by tooling set (punch, die, and blank holder). The conical dies inclination angles were at 70ᵒ, 72ᵒ, and 74ᵒ where, the punch velocity was 100, 150, and 200 mm/min. Numerical simulation was conducted using ABAQUS 6.14 where a dynamic explicit …

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Effect Of Zro2 And Y2o3 Deposition On Biological Behavior Of Ti-Base Alloys, Zainab Z. Al-Asadia, Fatimah J. Al-Hasani Jul 2026

Effect Of Zro2 And Y2o3 Deposition On Biological Behavior Of Ti-Base Alloys, Zainab Z. Al-Asadia, Fatimah J. Al-Hasani

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Titanium has a good ability to attach to bone and living tissue, making it a perfect material for orthopedic implants. Because of the combination of high resistance to corrosion, biocompatibility and excellent mechanical properties. This work aims to study the Modifications of various base titanium implant samples producing by using powder technology (Ti-pure, Ti-45 % Ni, Ti10 % Co, and Ti-30 % Ta) by deposition of Nano Zirconia and yttria powders (70 %ZRO2 and 30% Y2O3 ). Chemical pretreatment carried out to prepare the implant surface before deposition, while the deposition process accomplished by pack cementation. The Characterizations of samples …

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Characterization Of Nb2o5-Ni Coating Prepared By Dc Sputtering, Hiyam M. Jedy, Rana A. Anaee, Abdullah A. Abdulkarim Jul 2026

Characterization Of Nb2o5-Ni Coating Prepared By Dc Sputtering, Hiyam M. Jedy, Rana A. Anaee, Abdullah A. Abdulkarim

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The Nb2O5-Ni coating was processed using DC sputtering on structural steel and study characterization of composite coating SEM/EDS inspection indicated clearly perfect incorporation of Nb2O5 within the nickel rich. Increasing in surface roughness and decreasing in average diameters of particles were obtained for coated surface compared with uncoated surface from AFM analysis, in addition, microhardness test and thickness test showed that increasing of the hardness value to 163 HV for Nb2O5 - Ni composite coating compared to 132 HV for uncoated samples, the hardness for Ni coating also increasing to155 HV and the thickness for Nb2O5-Ni composite coatings increased significantly …

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Optimal H-Infinity Pid Model Reference Controller Design For Roll Control Of A Tail-Sitter Vtol Uav, Ali H. Mhmood, Hazem I. Ali Jul 2026

Optimal H-Infinity Pid Model Reference Controller Design For Roll Control Of A Tail-Sitter Vtol Uav, Ali H. Mhmood, Hazem I. Ali

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In this work, an optimal and robust controller based on consolidating the PID controller and H-infinity approach with the model reference control is proposed. The proposed controller is intended to accomplish a satisfactory transient response by including the reference model. A Tail-Sitter VTOL UAV system is used to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller. A dynamic model of the system is formulated using Euler method. To optimize the design procedure, the Black Hole Optimization (BHO) method is used as a new Calibration method. The deviation between the reference model output and system output will be minimized to obtain the …

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Phase Transformations, Microstructure And Shape Memory Effect Of Nitiag Alloy With Different Atomic Percentages (At. % Ag) Manufactured By Casting Method, Saja M. Hussein, Khansaa D. Salman, Ahmed A. Hussein Jul 2026

Phase Transformations, Microstructure And Shape Memory Effect Of Nitiag Alloy With Different Atomic Percentages (At. % Ag) Manufactured By Casting Method, Saja M. Hussein, Khansaa D. Salman, Ahmed A. Hussein

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In this paper, shape memory alloys (SMAs) (NiTi-based) have been manufactured by casting with a different atomic percentage of a silver element (0, 1, 2 and 3 at. % Ag) using a Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) furnace. The silver element is added to the binary alloys due to its excellent properties such as (anti-corrosion, anti-bacterial and high electrical conductivity), which make these alloys using in wider applications. These alloys with different atomic percentages (Ni55Ti45Ag0, Ni55Ti44Ag1, Ni55Ti43Ag2 and Ni55Ti42Ag3) have been manufactured. The successful manufacturing process has been achieved and proved via examinations and tests. The FESEM microscopic examinations show that …

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Impact Of Distributed Generation On A Distribution Network Voltage Sags In Baghdad City, Ali H. Mohammed, Suad I. Shahl Jul 2026

Impact Of Distributed Generation On A Distribution Network Voltage Sags In Baghdad City, Ali H. Mohammed, Suad I. Shahl

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Voltage sags are considered as one of the most detrimental power quality (PQ) disturbance due to their costly influence on sensitive loads. This paper investigates the voltage sag mitigation in distribution network following the occurrence of a fault. Two software are used in this work; the 1st is MATLAB R2017a for implementation of the Differential Evaluation (DE) algorithm to find the optimal location and size DG and while the 2nd software is CYME 7.1 for the distribution system modelling and analysis. The effectiveness of the proposed method is tested by implementing it on IEEE 33-bus system, and then it is …

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Hybrid Pso-Rbfnn And Proposed Algorithms Of Dddwt For The Heart Disease Classification, Ansam S. Jabbar Jul 2026

Hybrid Pso-Rbfnn And Proposed Algorithms Of Dddwt For The Heart Disease Classification, Ansam S. Jabbar

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This paper introduced a Particle Swarm Optimization-Radial Basis Function Neural Networks (PSO-RBFNN)-based system for heart disease detection that used the PSO algorithm to optimize RBFNN parameters. The newly developed signal digital algorithm presents the results of a new image contrast enhancement approach using Double Density Discrete Wavelet transform DDDWT for extraction of features, using adaptive DDDWT for the elimination of noise, and the use of PSO and ANN methods to classify the output from the Electrocardiogram (EGGS). It also provides identification of all techniques and MATLAB codes used to improve the processes.This approach merged the global search power of the …

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