School of Mechatronic Engineering (Articles): Recent submissions

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    • Comparison between two types of computer for Industrial Ethernet performance 

      Handy, Ali Munir; Nordin, Saad, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Syed Alwee Aljunid, Syed Junid, Prof. Dr.; Ahmad Mujahid, Ahmad Zaidi, Dr.; Muhammad Kamarul, Baharin (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
      Ethernet is now the dominant networking in the home and office environment. Advanced of the network technology and convergence of communications, control and computer enabled the Networked Control System (NCS). Industrial ...

    • A Binary Particle Swarm Optimization Approach to Optimize assembly sequence planning 

      Jameel Abdulla, Ahmed Mukred; Zuwairie, Ibrahim, Dr.; Ismail R., Ibrahim; Asrul, Adam; Wan Khairunizam, Wan Ahmad, Dr.; Zulkifli, Md Yusof; Norrima, Mokhtar, Dr. (American Scientific Publishers, 2012-06)
      This paper presents an approach of applying Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (BPSO) algorithm to an assembly sequence-planning (ASP) problem. Permutation encoding of sequences is used to represent particles, then those ...

    • Real-time control of automotive engine fuelled with Malaysian palm oil biodiesel 

      Azuwir, Mohd Nor; Mohd Zaki, Abdulmuin, Prof. Dr.; Abdul Hamid, Adom, Prof. Dr. (Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l., 2012)
      With the rapid decline in energy resources, the increasing environmental concerns, and the high demand of energy consumption, many countries have been looking for alternative energy to substitute fossil fuel. One of the ...

    • Adaptive boosting with SVM classifier for moving vehicle classification 

      Norasmadi, Abdul Rahim; Abd Hamid, Adom, Prof. Dr.; Paulraj, Murugesa Pandian (Elsevier Ltd, 2013)
      This study examines co-solvent modified supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) to extract the saturated fatty acids from palm oil. The applied pressure was ranging from 60 to 180 bar and the extraction temperatures were ...

    • Moving vehicle recognition and classification based on time domain approach 

      Paulraj, Murugesa Pandiyan, Prof. Dr.; Abd Hamid, Adom, Prof. Dr.; Sathishkumar, Sundararaj; Norasmadi, Abdul Rahim (Elsevier Ltd, 2013)
      Differentially Hearing Ability Enabled (DHAE) community cannot discriminate the sound information from a moving vehicle approaching from their behind. This research work is mainly focused on recognition of different vehicles ...

    • Yttria stabilized zirconia formed by micro ceramic injection molding: Rheological properties and debinding effects on the sintered part 

      Farhana, Mohd Foudzi; Norhamidi, Muhamad; Abu Bakar, Sulong; Hafizawati, Zakaria (Elsevier B.V., 2013-04)
      Micro Ceramic Injection Molding (μCIM) is a near net-shape process to produce smaller and intricate parts at a competitive cost. The application of nano-sized ceramic powder in μCIM has the advantages of fine grain size ...

    • 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 ...

    • An introduction of two differential excitation potentials technique in electrical capacitance tomography 

      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; Herlina, Abdul Rahim, Dr.; Fazlul Rahman, Mohd Yunus (Elsevier B.V., 2012-06)
      The investigation of this work is to analyse the sensitivity distributions using single and two differential excitation potentials techniques in order to improve the situation of: (1) non-uniform sensitivity distribution; ...

    • 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 ...

    • Automated car seed limiter for cars with electronic fuel pedal 

      Muhamad Khairul, Ali Hassan; James, Josip Peranchis; Kang, Faidi; Shao, Liang Ng (Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland., 2012)
      With increasing of road network and vehicle's specification, most of new vehicles will be driven exceeding the posted speed limit. More than half of the fatalities in motor vehicle accidents have been proved to be due to ...

    • Optimization of circular side door beam for crashworthiness analysis 

      Raja Sharmi, Raja Husin; Nur Liyana, Tajul Lile; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Indonesian Society for Knowledge and Human Development (INSIGHT), 2012)
      Structural optimization related to crashworthiness and energy absorption capability is particularly importance to the automotive industry. The optimization involves highly nonlinear computational analysis and design with ...

    • Investigation of water hammer effect through pipeline system 

      Tan, Wee Choon; Prakash, Churia; Lim, Eng Aik; Teoh, Thean Hin (Indonesian Society for Knowledge and Human Development (INSIGHT), 2012)
      This paper we study the condition where the water hammer effect is occurs in pipe line. Water hammer can cause the pipe to break if the pressure is high enough. The experiment will be set-up to investigate the water hammer ...

    • Development of low wind speed anemometer 

      Tan, Wee Choon; Prakash, Churia; Lim, Eng Aik; Theoh, Thean Hin (Indonesian Society for Knowledge and Human Development (INSIGHT), 2012)
      Anemometer is a measuring device used to measure the wind speed of an area. Before design or installing a wind turbine, it is important to determine the average wind speed of that particular area throughout the year. But ...

    • Design of an infrared tomography system for detection of bubbles 

      Mohamad Aizat, Hashim; Yusri, Md Yunos; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr.; Herlina, Abdul Rahim, Dr.; Muhammad Saiful Badri, Mansor; Nor Muzakkir, Nor Ayub (Penerbit UTM Press, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia., 2011-08)
      In this study, an optical process tomography with 2 orthogonal projections is being designed to be implemented at a vertical column modelled. The tomography system will be designed from the development of transducer pairs ...

    • Paraffinic mineral oil lubrication for cold forward extrusion: Effect of lubricant quantity and friction 

      Mohd Hafis, Sulaiman; Mohd Ridzuan, Mohd Jamir; Nur Farahana, Ramli; Syahrullail, Samion (Elsevier Ltd., 2013)
      In this paper, Finite Element (FE) and experimental analyses have been developed on the deformation of aluminium billet over a tool. Effect of friction resulted from the use of additive-free ISO460-compliant paraffinic ...

    • 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 ...

    • Infant cry classification to identify asphyxia using time-frequency analysis and radial basis neural networks 

      Muthusamy, Hariharan; Jeyaraman, Saraswathy; Sindhu, Ravindran; Wan Khairunizam, Wan Ahmad, Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Elsevier Ltd, 2012-08)
      A cry is the first verbal communication of infants and it is described as a loud, high-pitched sound made by infants in response to certain situations. Infant cry signals can be used to identify physical or psychological ...

    • A comparative study of wavelet families for classification of wrist motions 

      Muthusamy, Hariharan; Chong, Yen Fook; Sindhu, Ravindran; Bukhari, Ilias; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Elsevier Ltd., 2012-11)
      The selection of most suitable mother wavelet function is still an open research problem in various signal and image processing applications. This paper presents a comparative study of different wavelet families (Daubechies, ...

    • 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, ...

    • Inovasi dalam kejuruteraan mekatronik: Perbandingan pencapaian pelajar yang berorentasikan kemahiran analisis dengan berorentasikan sosial 

      Zol Bahri, Razali, Dr. (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), 2009)
      Conventional ways of teaching Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering subjects are no longer relevant. With the expending of latest technology, students need to be exposed with real-life apparatus to increase the awareness ...