Browsing School of Mechatronic Engineering (Articles) by Title

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    • Segmentation and location computation of bin objects 

      Hema, Chengalvarayan Radhakrishnamurthy; Paulraj, Murugesapandian; Ramachandran, Nagarajan; Sazali, Yaacob (Ars International, 2007)
      In this paper we present a stereo vision based system for segmentation and location computation of partially occluded objects in bin picking environments. Algorithms to segment partially occluded objects and to find the ...

    • Segmented capacitance tomography electrodes: A design and experimental verifications 

      Elmy Johana, Mohamad, Dr.; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr.; Leow, Pei Ling, Dr.; Mohd Hafiz Fazalul, Rahiman, Dr.; Omar Mohd Faizan, Marwah; Nor Muzakkir, Nor Ayob (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-05)
      A segmented capacitance tomography system for real-time imaging of multiphase flows is developed and presented in this work. The earlier research shows that the electrical tomography (ECT) system is applicable in flow ...

    • Sensor fusion of electronic nose and electronic tongue for classification of Orthosiphon stamineus 

      Azmi, Zakaria; Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr.; Abdul Hamid, Adom, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Mansur N., Ahmad; Abd. Razak, Shaari; Mahmad Nor, Jaafar, Prof. Madya; Abu Hassan, Abdullah; Nazifah A., Fikri; Latifah Munirah, Kamarudin (American Scientific Publishers, 2011-04)
      Sensor fusion of electronic nose (e-nose) and electronic tongue (e-tongue) has lead to an improved classification of Orthosiphon stamineus (also known as Misai Kucing). The fusion technique was presented and compared with ...

    • Sensor modeling for portable Electrical Capacitance Tomography system using simulation by COMSOL Multiphysics 

      Elmy Johana, Mohamad, Dr.; Muhammad Afiq Zimam, Mohamed; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr.; Leow, Pei Ling, Dr.; Mohd Hafiz Fazalul, Rahiman, Dr.; Khairul Hamimah, Abas; Salinda, Bunyamin (Innovative Computing, Information and Control (ICIC) International, 2012-10)
      This work presents the development process for modeling a 16-segmented portable ECT (Electrical Capacitance Tomography) sensor (using FEM software package COMSOL Multiphysics). The physical sensors are 3D dimensional but ...

    • Short Term Load Forecasting using Functional Link Network 

      Muthukumaran, Sithambaram; Thyagarajah, K.; Paulraj, Murugesa Pandiyan, Prof. Madya Dr. (EuroJournals Publishing, 2011-04)
      Short Term Load Forecasting (STLF) is an important tool for successful planning and operation of power generating stations. This paper proposes neural network algorithm for STLF using Functional Link Neural Network (FLN) ...

    • Signal propagation analysis for low data rate wireless sensor network applications in sport grounds and on roads 

      Ndzi, David L.; Muhammad A, Mohd Arif; Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr.; Mohd Noor, Ahmad, Prof. Dr.; Azizi, Harun; Latifah Munirah, Kamarudin; Ammar, Zakaria; M. F., Ramli; Mohammad Shahrazel, Razalli (EMW Publishing, 2012)
      This paper presents results of a study to characterise wire- less point-to-point channel for wireless sensor networks applications in sport hard court arenas, grass fields and on roads. Antenna height and orientation effects ...

    • Signal propagation in aquaculture environment for wireless sensor network applications 

      Azizi, Harun; Ndzi, David Lorater; M. F., Ramli; Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr. (EMW Publishing, 2012)
      This paper presents results of signal propagation studies for wireless sensor network planning in aquaculture environment for water quality and changes in water characteristics monitoring. Some water pollutants can cause ...

    • Significance of the electromyographic analysis of the upper limb muscles of cricket bowlers: Recommendations from studies of overhead-throwing athletes 

      Nizam Uddin, Ahamed; Sundaraj, Kenneth, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; R. Badlishah, Ahmad, Prof. Dr.; Matiur J., Rahman; Md. Ashraf, Ali; Md. Anamul, Islam (World Scientific Publishing Company., 2014-08)
      The purpose of this study was twofold: (i) to review the existing literature on electromyographic (EMG) analysis of the upper limb muscles of present overhead-throwing (OT) athletes during throwing and of cricket bowlers ...

    • Simplified equations for saturated steam properties for simulation purpose 

      Marwan, Affandi, Dr.; Normahira, Mamat @Mohamad Nor; Siti Nurul Aqmariah, Mohd Kanafiah; Nurul Syahirah, Khalid (Elsevier B.V., 2013)
      Steam is a very important fluid in industries and its thermodynamic properties have been tabulated. Graphs showing various relationships of steam thermodynamics have also been developed. However, the use of tables or graphs ...

    • Simulating evacuations with obstacles using a modified dynamic cellular automata model 

      Lim, Eng Aik; Tan, Wee Choon (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)
      A modified dynamic cellular automata model is proposed to simulate the evacuation of occupants from a room with obstacles. The model takes into account some factors that play an important role in an evacuation process, ...

    • Simulation of image fusion of dual modality (electrical capacitance and optical tomography) in solid/gas flow 

      Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman; Rasif, Rasif; Ruzairi, Abd Rahim; Jaafar, Abdullah (Springer Verlag, 2010-03-27)
      This paper presents a novel method of combining dual modality electrical capacitance and optical tomography for applications in monitoring and investigating solid/gas flow. The objective of this method is to obtain a good ...

    • Simulation of the two-phase liquid – gas flow through ultrasonic transceivers application in ultrasonic tomography 

      Zulkarnay, Zakaria; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim (International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA), 2010-01-29)
      In this paper, ultrasonic transmission mode tomography was used to visualize the two phase liquid/gas flow in a pipe/vessel. The sensing element consists of 8, 16 and 32 units ultrasonic transceivers were used to cover ...

    • Simulative study of two-phase homogenous and isotropic media imaging using magnetic induction tomography 

      Zulkarnay, Zakaria; Ibrahim, Balkhis; Lee, Pick Yern; Nor Muzakkir, Nor Ayob; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman, Dr.; Mohd Zikrillah, Zawahirah; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr. (Penerbit UTM Press, 2014)
      Magnetic induction tomography is a new non-invasive technology, based on eddy current discovery of electromagnetic induction by Michael Faraday. Through this technique, the passive electrical properties distribution of an ...

    • Single channel magnetic induction spectroscopy technique for fetal acidosis detection 

      Shazwani, Sarkawi; Zulkarnay, Zakaria; Jurimah, Abdul Jalil; Ibrahim, Balkhis; Mohamad Aliff, Adul Rahim; Nazahah, Mustafaa; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman; Zaridah, Shafie (Penerbit UTM Press, 2016)
      Current fetal acidosis diagnosis needs an invasive measurement which required a doctor to puncture fetal scalp to acquire blood pH. This method introduced risk to the fetal which fetal scalp may bruise and infected. This ...

    • Small gas component detection using ultrasonic transmission-mode tomography system 

      Nor Muzakkir, Nor Ayob; Muhammad Jaysuman, Pusppanathan; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr.; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman, Dr.; Fazlul Rahman, Mohd Yunus; Zulkarnay, Zakaria; Goh, Chiew Loon; Salinda, Buyamin, Dr.; Nasarudin, Ahmad; Yusri, Md. Yunos, Dr.; Norhaliza, Abdul Wahab, Assoc. Prof. Dr. (Penerbit UTM Press, 2014)
      This paper presents the development of an ultrasonic transmission-mode tomography system for the detection of small gas components by using higher frequency ultrasonic transducers. The selection of the transducer is important ...

    • Smart prolong fuzzy wireless sensor-actor network for agricultural application 

      Naseer, Sabri; Syed Alwee Aljunid, Syed Junid, Prof. Dr.; R. Badlishah, Ahmad, Prof. Dr.; Mohd Fareq, Abd Malek, Dr.; Abid, Yahya, Dr.; Rezuwan, Kamaruddin, Prof. Ir. Dr. Hj.; Muhammed Sabri, Salim (Institute of Information Science, 2012-03)
      The advances in pervasive communication, sensing and computing of wireless sensor networks technologies are leading to the emergence of wireless sensor-actor networks. The spreading merit of WSAN has led to increasing ...

    • Stabilized controller design for attitude and altitude controlling of quad-rotor under disturbance and noisy conditions 

      Muhammad Hassan, Tanveer; Syed Faiz, Ahmed, Dr.; Hazry, Desa, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Faizan A., Warsi; Muhammad Kamran, Joyo (Science Publication, 2013-07)
      This article presents a control approach to obtain the better stabilization in attitude and altitude of quad-rotor under different disturbance conditions. In the standard Quad-rotor rotor type UAV, controlling of attitude ...

    • Stereo vision system for a bin picking adept robot 

      Hema, Chengalvarayan Radhakrishnamurthy; Paulraj, Murugesapandian; Ramachandran, Nagarajan; Sazali, Yaacob (Universiti Malaya, 2007)
      In bin picking applications, robots are required to pick up an object from a pile of stacked or scattered objects placed in a bin. To perform such tasks, identification of the objects to be picked using a vision system is ...

    • Stochastic multi-scale analysis of homogenised properties considering uncertainties in cellular solid microstructures using a first-order perturbation 

      Khairul Salleh, Basaruddin; Nur Saifullah, Kamarrudin; Ishak, Ibrahim (Argentinean Association of Computational Mechanics, Brazilian Association of Computational Mechanics, Mexican Association of Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2014)
      Randomness in the microstructure due to variations in microscopic properties and geometrical information is used to predict the stochastically homogenised properties of cellular media. Two stochastic problems at the ...

    • Strength prediction and reliability of brittle epoxy adhesively bonded dissimilar joint 

      Mohd Afendi, Rojan, Dr.; Mohd Shukry, Abdul Majid, Dr.; Ruslizam, Daud, Dr.; Abdul Ghaffar, Abdul Rahman, Dr.; Teramoto, Tokuo (Elsevier Ltd, 2013)
      This paper deals with strength and failure prediction as well as reliability issues of adhesive joints of brittle epoxy bonding of two dissimilar adherends. Effects of bond thickness and scarf angle upon the strength of ...