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    Effect of chewing and cutting condition for V-shape three-dimensional titanium miniplate for fixation of mandibular angle fractures (MAFs)
    ( 2020-07-24)
    Daud R.
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    Wenzhao X.
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    Ibrahim I.
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    Mat F.
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    Ismail R.
    Purpose: Miniplate shapes determine the fixation stability to promote best healing and osseointegration process of mandibular fracture. In clinical treatment, the common method used two straight-type miniplate or I-shape miniplate; sometimes this method is not stable enough or limited by the fracture geometry and caused high risk of failure due to screw loosening. This paper aims to investigate a new type of miniplate called V-shape miniplate design as an alternative to the standard straight plate based on total displacement, von Mises stress, stress transfer parameter (STP) and strain energy density transfer parameters (SEDPTs) for two types of bite force condition, which is cutting and chewing condition. Design/methodology/approach: The 3D fixation models were constructed and the finite element (FE) simulation is based on the two-bite force load that ranges from 50 to 700 N based on cutting and chewing bite force condition using ANSYS Workbench 19.2. Findings: In result comparison, the maximum loading of the V-shape miniplate can reduce deformation by 5.9%, reduce stress by 0.58% reduce strain by 8.1% in cutting condition while reducing deformation by 6.43%, reduce stress by 15.25%, reduce strain by 10.1% in chewing condition. To assess the stress transfer behavior of miniplates fixations to the mandibular bone, the STP and SEDPT were evaluated at the normal cortex screw and the locking head screw. In the simulation, the locking head screw is vertical to the bone structure while the cortex screw is 95 degrees to the bone structure, as a result, the STP value for locking head screw is 1.0073 while in cortex screw is 0.7408. Research limitations/implications: Meanwhile, the SEDPT value for locking head screw is 2.7574 and 1.8412 for cortex screw. Practical implications: Clinically, V-shape miniplate has shown factual data that can be used for prototyping. STP and SEDTP values provide evidence of how fixation stability is better than I-shape miniplate. Originality/value: In conclusion, the newly designed V-shape miniplate has overall better stability than the standard I-shape miniplate, and the locking head screw has the STP value closer to 1 than the standard cortex screw; it means the locking screw is better in reducing the stress shielding.
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    Parametric investigation on different bone densities to avoid thermal necrosis during bone drilling process
    ( 2021-10-25)
    Islam M.A.
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    Suhaimi M.F.F.
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    Mat F.
    Bone drilling is a universal surgical procedure commonly used for internal fracture fixation, implant placement, or reconstructive surgery in orthopedics and dentistry. The increased temperature during such treatment increases the risk of thermal penetration of the bone, which may delay healing or compromise the fixation's integrity. Thus, avoiding penetration during bone drilling is critical to ensuring the implant's stability, which needs surgical drills with an optimized design. Bovine femur and mandible bones are chosen as the work material since human bones are not available, and they are the closest animal bone to human bone in terms of properties. In the present study, the Taguchi fractional factorial approach was used to determine the best design of surgical drills by comparing the drilling properties (i.e., signal-to-noise ratio and temperature rise). The control factors (spindle speed, drill bit diameter, drill site depth, and their levels) were arranged in an L9 orthogonal array. Drilling experiments were done using nine experimental drills with three repetitions. The findings of this study indicate that the ideal values of the surgical drill's three parameters combination (S1D1Di2) and their percentage contribution are dependent on the drilling levels of the parameters. However, the result shows that the spindle speed has the highest temperature effect among other parameters in both (femur and mandible) bones.
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    Drill Bit Design and Its Effect on Temperature Distribution and Osteonecrosis During Implant Site Preparation: An Experimental Approach
    In this study, the drilling parameters will be evaluated to obtain optimal parameters in minimizing the impact of drilling damage on synthetic bone blocks. The effect of damage observed in the study is osteonecrosis that occurs in the drill hole for implant site preparation, where a smaller value is desired. The drilling parameters are optimized using the Taguchi method with two control factors: the feed rate and spindle speed; each parameter is designed in five levels. This experiment was then carried out on four different designs of drill bits, i.e., Twist (118°and 135°), spherical, and conical drill bits. While experimental planning uses L25 orthogonal arrays, the "smaller is better" approach is used as a standard analysis. The main findings of this research are 118° point angle twist drill bit is the ideal type of drill bit for bone drilling, as it produces less heat than other types of drill bits. The optimal range of feed rate and drilling speed for bone drilling is 40-60 mm/rev and 1000-1400 RPM, respectively. Combining these parameters helps to minimize heat generation during implant site preparation drilling.
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  • Publication
    Investigating and improving Boeing aircraft composite panel industrial painting issues by designing smart robotic precision painting system
    ( 2021-10-25)
    Mohamad Aniq Syazwan Mohamed Hassan
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    Fadzilla M.A.
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    Rahman M.F.A.
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    Hamid N.M.F.N.A.
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    Manaf A.A.
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    Rani M.F.H.
    Aerospace Composites Malaysia (ACM) Sdn Bhd produces one of the aircraft components, which is an aircraft composite panel. Currently, the painting of the composite aircraft panel is manually conducted by the high skilled human operator. However, there are several issues of manual painting, which are the precision of the thickness specifications, uneven spray, dust-free, microbubble, colour appearance, and contour of the aircraft composite panel. Consequently, these issues contribute to the aircraft aerodynamic performances, productivity, and index time of the aircraft composite panel's production. Thus, the main objectives are to investigate the human painting mimicking robot incorporated with the existing painting environment. The proposed environment becomes smart precision painting systems. In conclusion, the proposed prototype will overcome the quality issue of aircraft composite panel painting faced by Boeing worldwide aircraft industries. Furthermore, the proposed prototype will increase productivity and contribute to the maintaining of the aircraft's aerodynamic performance.
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    Investigating the thermal characteristic of copper alloys valve seat towards engine performance enhancement of MODENAS CT115 through steady-state analysis
    MODENAS CT115 engine is a single overhead camshaft (SOHC) engine, with a rated power of 8.8 horsepower at 9000 rpm. One of the main concerns of engine research is the overheating of engines. Overheating can affects the performance of an engine by leading to a loss of strength and thermal strain. To prevent failure, thermal analysis is used to determine the flow of heat with precision to optimise temperature distribution. The investigation is done using ANSYS Thermal simulation on the CAD model of the engine cylinder head, intake and exhaust valve, and intake and exhaust valve seat insert. The comparison to the existing valve seat insert is made using three different valve seat insert materials: Beryllium-copper C17200, Bronze-copper C61300, and Brass C36000. The research results proved that Brass C36000 provides the best thermal reduction and heat transfer increment compared to the existing valve seat insert material.
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    A Review of Surgical Bone Drilling and Drill Bit Heat Generation for Implantation
    This study aims to summarize the current state of scientific knowledge on factors that contribute to heat generation during the bone drilling process and how these aspects can be better understood and avoided in the future through new research methodologies. Frictional pressures, mechanical trauma, and surgical methods can cause thermal damage and significant micro-fracturing, which can impede bone recovery. According to current trends in the technical growth of the dental and orthopedic industries’ 4.0 revaluation, enhancing drill bit design is one of the most feasible and cost-effective alternatives. In recent years, research on drilling bones has become important to reduce bone tissue damage, such as osteonecrosis (ON), and other problems that can happen during surgery. Reviewing the influence of feed rate, drill design, drill fatigue, drill speed, and force applied during osteotomies, all of which contribute to heat generation, was a major focus of this article. This comprehensive review can aid medical surgeons and drill bit makers in comprehending the recent improvements through optimization strategies for reducing or limiting thermal damage in bone drilling procedures used in the dental and orthopedic industries.
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    Effect of various bending angles on a passive light pipe for eco-daylighting systems
    Daylighting systems is one of alternative to reduce a high energy consumption that caused by artificial lighting. However the use of passive light pipes in daylighting systems with various bending angles may affect the efficiency of light transfer from the sunlight to the room. Thus this paper is proposed to study the effect of various bending angles on a light pipe. Three bending angles of light pipe, which are 0°, 30° and 45°, were analyzed through the experimental works. A test bed room was constructed in order to simulate daylighting in a room. The results were then visualized in graphs based on the efficiency by considering the maximum average internal illuminance achieved by each light pipe. From the results, it shows that when the bending angle increases, the average internal illuminance decreases. And the highest average internal illuminance was achieved by 0° light pipe.
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