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Significance of the electromyographic analysis of the upper limb muscles of cricket bowlers: Recommendations from studies of overhead-throwing athletes
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Strength prediction of epoxy adhesively bonded scarf joints of dissimilar adherends
(Elsevier Ltd, 2011-09)In this study, strength of epoxy adhesively bonded scarf joints of dissimilar adherends, namely SUS304 stainless steel and YH75 aluminum alloy is examined on several scarf angles and various bond thicknesses under uniaxial ... -
Stress analysis and failure characterizations of V-shaped epoxy adhesively bonded joint
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)This paper deals with stress and failure characteristics of V-shaped epoxy adhesive joint. Effect of scarf angle upon failure morphology was investigated by tensile test and monitoring using high speed camera. V-shaped ... -
Structural steel plate damage detection using non destructive testing, frame energy based statistical features and artificial neural networks
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013)This paper discusses about the detection of damages present in the steel plates using nondestructive vibration testing. A simple experimental model has been developed to hold the steel plate complying with the simply ... -
Study and Design of an Ultrasonic Flow Tomographic Front-End Multi Level Measurement System
(Penerbit UTM Press, 2014)With the rapid evolution of electro-acoustical technology, ultrasonic tomography has made considerable progress in industry. An ultrasonic tomography system provides non-invasive and non-intrusive flow visualisation that ... -
A study of a two phases medium in pipe vessel using gaussian filter method and k-NN classifier
(IOS Press, 2013-07-03)In this paper we present the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the stochastic problem to determine two phase level of gas and water in the industrial pipe line. In order to distinguish the level phases in a vessel ... -
Study of dual open ended coaxial sensor system for calculation of phase using two magnitudes
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014-01)A dual open ended coaxial sensor system to determine complex permittivity was studied in detail. This paper focuses on determination of a reflection coefficient phase from two magnitudes using modified capacitance model ... -
Study of electric field an magnetic field affected biological cells
(Penerbit UTM Press, 2014)This paper presents the elaboration on effect of electric field and magnetic field to biological cells. Electroporation has become important parameter in treatment cancer or tumour cells. By using electric field or magnetic ...