Browsing School of Mechatronic Engineering (Theses) by Title
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Dynamic axial and oblique crushing of foam-filled aluminium conical tubes
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2015)The aim of this study was to investigate the response of conical aluminium tubes subjected to dynamic axial and oblique loading. The effect of foam filling on the energy absorption for variation in geometry, tube material ... -
Effect of heat treatment on hardness and wear properties of an aluminum alloy of motorcycle piston
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisSchool of Mechatronics Engineering, 2010)The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of heat treatment on the microstructure, hardness and wear of aluminum alloys piston and with the aim to improve the mechanical properties by using heat treatment ... -
The effectiveness of napier harvesting machine in reducing postural risk among napier harvester in Perlis
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2015)Most farmworkers in the small and medium Napier industry are using conventional method for harvesting works. Therefore, they are extremely exposed to the risk of low back pain (LBP) disease which is one of the musculoskeletal ... -
Electrocardiogram signal based sudden cardiac arrest prediction using machine learning approaches
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)This thesis focuses on predicting occurrence of imminent sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) using heart rate variability (HRV) and electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a devastating cardiovascular disease ... -
Electroencephalogram based emotion recognition in Parkinson’s disease using non-linear methods
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2015)In addition to classic motor signs and symptoms, individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) are characterized by emotional impairments. Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals, being an activity of the central nervous system, ... -
Electronic nose based bacteria species detection in diabetic foot infection
This thesis presents a fundamental study of early bacteria detection using electronic nose. There is a need for early detection of bacterial infection in order to give effective treatment for diabetic foot infection. To ... -
An energy absorption characterization of improved circular thin-walled tubes under dynamic loading
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2013)Thin-walled tube is one of the energy absorber devices designed to dissipate energy and increase the efficiency of a crashworthiness structure in an impact event. During an accident, thin-walled tube dissipates the kinetic ... -
Enhancement of engine performance by studying the effect of cam profiles design on Modenas motorcycle using 1-D simulation analysis
In the automotive industry, enhancing and improving the engine performance is one of the major work for improving the overall performance of the engine and vehicle. Every iteration of the engine, will overcome the issues ... -
Experimental and numerical investigation of hydrothermal effect on mechanical properties of adhesively bonded T-joint
The moisture environment is a significant problem in designing the adhesive joint in any application. Urea fluidisation bed was washed with hot condense water thus created moisture environmental factor. This situation was ... -
Experimental and numerical investigations of the performance of three concentric pipes heat exchanger
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisSchool of Mechatronic Engineering, 2010)The three concentric pipes heat exchanger is a slightly modified version of double tube heat exchanger. Although the heat exchanger designs have shown extensive progress, they are generally limited to few of many possible ... -
Fabrication and characterization of tissue engineering scaffold based of nanohydroxyapatite - local rice starches
Bone tissue scaffold had been ventured for over the decades as a solution for bone failure and trauma. Starch is the most common natural polymer that has been used as a biomaterials and a good candidate for scaffold ... -
Face emotion recognition using artificial intelligence techniques
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisSchool of Mechatronic Engineering, 2008)Recently, there has been tremendous growth in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Many HCI applications were documented, and among them, the Face Emotion Recognition(FER) is one of the well known areas. Seven ... -
Facial expression recognition based on luminance sticker
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2012)Facial expressions are the most powerful and natural means of communication among human beings. The face can express emotion sooner than people verbalize or even realize their feelings. By knowing the effectiveness of ... -
Feature enhancement and selection methods for isolated Malay speech recognition
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) is a technique to translate automatically incoming speech signal into their contextual information. In the pass few decade, various acoustic feature extraction and classification algorithms ... -
Feature extraction and classification algorithms for assessing muscle condition using multi sensors
Hamstring muscle strain injury is the most common injuries in sport environment especially in football. Beside sport, dancing is another physical activity that has high risk for hamstring muscle strain injuries. Muscle ... -
Feature extraction and classification of malay speech vowels
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisSchool of Mechatronic Engineering, 2010)In human language, a phoneme is the smallest structural unit that distinguishes meaning. Normally, language like English commonly combines phonemes to form a word. In many languages, the Consonant-Vowel (CV) units have ... -
Feature-based face recognition system using utilized artificial neural network
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisSchool of Mechatronics Engineering, 2009)This project aims to reduce the effect of critical conditions such as excessive illumination, facial expressions, hairstyles, beard and moustache which have affected the performance of face recognition since ages ago. The ... -
Feature-based support generation in fused deposition modeling (FDM) machine
Feature-based Support Generation is a technique that has been proposed in Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) machine. This technique can provide information of volume and amount of support structure which are closely related ... -
Finite element analysis of type-7 microcrack penetration induced by Haversian system
An absolute and relative stability of fixation determine the optimum direct primary and indirect secondary bone healing process through bone remodelling and osseointegration. Clinically, under compression, shear and torsional ... -
Fracture mechanic analysis of multiple edge cracks in a finite plate using kerf to emulate crack interaction
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2015)Multiple cracks with different or similar geometries that coexist on the same plane will affect its neighbouring counterpart’s Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) value due to interaction effect. The interaction effect is much ...