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Optimisation of warpage on thin shell plastic part using response surface methodology (RSM) and glowworm swarm optimisation (GSO)

2017-09-26 , Asyirah B.N. , Shayfull Zamree Abd. Rahim , Mohd. Nasir Mat Saad , Mohd Fathullah Ghazli@Ghazali , Mohd. Hazwan Mohd. Hanid

In manufacturing a variety of parts, plastic injection moulding is widely use. The injection moulding process parameters have played important role that affects the product's quality and productivity. There are many approaches in minimising the warpage ans shrinkage such as artificial neural network, genetic algorithm, glowworm swarm optimisation and hybrid approaches are addressed. In this paper, a systematic methodology for determining a warpage and shrinkage in injection moulding process especially in thin shell plastic parts are presented. To identify the effects of the machining parameters on the warpage and shrinkage value, response surface methodology is applied. In thos study, a part of electronic night lamp are chosen as the model. Firstly, experimental design were used to determine the injection parameters on warpage for different thickness value. The software used to analyse the warpage is Autodesk Moldflow Insight (AMI) 2012.

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Modification of the design of circular thin-walled tubes to enhance dynamic energy absorption characteristics: experimental and finite element analysis

2020 , Masniezam Ahmad , Khairul Azwan Ismail , Mohd. Hazwan Mohd. Hanid , Fauziah Che Mat , A M Roslan

A thin-walled tube is an energy absorber device that functions to dissipate kinetic energy into another form of energy during impact. The design of thin-walled tubes is a significant factor which affects to the energy absorption characteristics. This paper provides a comparative study between the original thin-walled tube designs and several modified tube designs that have been proposed. The main objective is to improve the energy absorption characteristics, such as energy absorption capacity, initial peak load, specific energy absorption (SEA) and crush force efficiency (CFE). Throughout this research, aluminium alloy AA6061-T6 has been used as the material for all tubes. For comparison, all of the tubes are developed with a circular shape with the same diameter, thickness and length. In addition, they are also impacted at the same kinetic energy under dynamic axial loading. Validated LS-DYNA finite element (FE) models have been used to simulate the impact of the thin-walled tubes. Compared to the original tube design, the modified tubes have improved energy absorption characteristics. A conical tube with a flat end cap was identified as the best performing tube among the modified tubes because it had the lowest initial peak load, a moderate energy absorption capacity and an excellent CFE and SEA. The findings from this study can be used as a guidance in designing thin-walled structure.

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Determination of moisture content on kenaf via fluidization systems

2020-03-25 , Zainuddin H.H.M. , Mohd Al-Hafiz Mohd Nawi , Kasim M.S. , Mohd. Hazwan Mohd. Hanid , Wan Azani Wan Mustafa , Nik Noriman Zulkepli , Dahham O.S.

Malaysia is a one of tropical forest country in the Southeast Asia and they have a great potential of green agriculture source to be used as a renewable energy. One of this source is a Kenaf that is consist of a core and bast fibers. In this study, biomass which is Kenaf plant was dried using Sherwood M501 air fluid bed dryer. Air fluid bed dryer is one of the fluidization drying process that have potential to be widely used. The current properties in this material used contain the high value of water when produced pellet. Therefore, a study was conducted to determine the characteristics and the percentage of Kenaf focused on moisture loss of Kenaf sample via fluidization drying process. The results of found that during fluidization process the best condition that reduce most of the moisture content of sample is the second condition that applied 4.0 m/s velocity (50% of fan speed), 46°C temperature. Effect of the used of suitable amount of air velocity and temperature would attributed to the physical characteristics change and moisture content value that should be obtained.

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Energy Absorption Characteristics of Thin-Walled Tubes Filled with Rice Husk and Kenaf Fibers

2024-12-02 , Masniezam Ahmad , Khairul Azwan Ismail , Fauziah Che Mat , Mohd. Hazwan Mohd. Hanid , Ahmad Azraai Abd Aziz

This study investigates the energy absorption characteristics of thin-walled tubes filled with rice husk and kenaf fibers when compressed under axial compression. The aim of this study is to evaluate the crashworthiness parameters such as energy absorption (EA), initial peak load (IPL), crush force efficiency (CFE) and specific energy absorption (SEA). Experimental results show that tubes filled with rice husk and kenaf exhibit significant improvements in overall energy absorption compared to empty tubes. However, while both fillers enhanced EA, the SEA values were lower than predicted. Thus, it is suggested that further optimization, such as adjusting filler density or exploring hybrid filler combinations, could improve crashworthiness. This study highlights the potential for rice husk and kenaf fibers as sustainable filler options for lightweight, impact-resistant designs in automotive, aerospace, and other engineering applications, with opportunities for improvement in future research.

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Application of response surface methodology (RSM) and genetic algorithm in minimizing warpage on side arm

2017-09-26 , Raimee N.A. , Mohd Fathullah Ghazli@Ghazali , Shayfull Zamree Abd. Rahim , Mohd. Nasir Mat Saad , Mohd. Hazwan Mohd. Hanid

The plastic injection moulding process produces large numbers of parts of high quality with great accuracy and quickly. It has widely used for production of plastic part with various shapes and geometries. Side arm is one of the product using injection moulding to manufacture it. However, there are some difficulties in adjusting the parameter variables which are mould temperature, melt temperature, packing pressure, packing time and cooling time as there are warpage happen at the tip part of side arm. Therefore, the work reported herein is about minimizing warpage on side arm product by optimizing the process parameter using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and with additional artificial intelligence (AI) method which is Genetic Algorithm (GA).

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Full Factorial Design Exploration Approach for Multi-Objective Optimization on the (FDM) 3D Printed Part

2020-09-21 , Mohd Haidiezul Jamal Ab Hadi , Mohd. Hazwan Mohd. Hanid , Soon Lee W. , Gunalan , Fatin Najihah N. , Fadhli I.

In the manufacturing industry, especially in automotive, quality, precision and productivity on the part that produces is crucial. 3D Printing technology offers a significant advantage to the manufacturer because its ability to produce complex geometry and low-cost investment risk compared with injection moulding. However, there are several issues of using this technology in mass scale and of the issue is dimensional accuracy. In this study, the application of optimisation approach which is Full Factorial Design (FFD) approach which has employed on 3D Printed bottom housing part made from Polylactic Acid (PLA) which were printed using Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) 3D printer in order to minimise shrinkage on 3D printed parts. Based on the optimisation work, the results showed the performance of FFD approach provides a good dimensional accuracy compared to the drawing specification for the printed part. Therefore, this research provides beneficial scientific knowledge and alternative solution for the additive manufacturing process in industries application to enhance the quality of the 3D printed parts produced using FDM 3D printer machine.

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Analysis of torchlight using engineering analysis tools

2021-05-03 , Mohd. Hazwan Mohd. Hanid , Muhamad Farizuan Rosli , Wan Abdul Rahman Assyahid Wan Ibrahim , Radhwan Hussin , Ahmad S.A.S. , Ting Hua Jui , Nur Ainin Faissal , Nurafzarini Mohd Rusdi , Nor Syahirah Mat Piah

The objective of this paper to improve the design of the torchlight when holding the torchlight and to increase the durability of the torchlight against water by using the float materials. The torchlight also has been analysed using Design for Manufacturing Assembly (DFMA), Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA), and Sustainability Analysis in order to provide better product.

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Distributor optimization: analysis via design of experiment (DOE) on perforated plate distributor in fluidized bed

2020 , Ku Mohammad Yazid Ku Ibrahim , Mohd Al-Hafiz Mohd Nawi , Mohd. Hazwan Mohd. Hanid , Nurul Fatin Najihah Abd Samat , Hazizul Hussein , Muhammad Lutfi Abd. Latif

Generally in industry, the fluidization process involves with plate distributor and used a type of perforated plate distributor as their fluidization process. In terms of observation, this type of distributor has used a large amount of energy consumption. Currently, the new design of perforated plate that involved; (i) number of slotted, (ii) slotted width, (iii) slotted length and (iv) thickness distributor has been produced and tested via Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Then, the results from the simulation in each perforated plate are been extracted and analyze by using a Design of Experiment (DOE) method through full factorial design (FFD). Results from the statistical analysis have shown a significant parameter on performance of the fluidization that was assessed by pressure drop values and velocity distributions values. The results from this statistical analysis showed a significant parameter on mean tangential velocity and pressure drop. In conclusion, by using the optimization method the new design of distributor would propose less energy consumption in future fluidization application.

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Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Varied Cross-Sectional Areas in Sleep Apnea Individuals across Diverse Situations

2024-01-01 , Wan Mohd Faizal Wan Ab Rahim , Khor Chu Yee , Mohamad Suhaimi Shahrin , Muhamad Nur Misbah , Mohd. Hazwan Mohd. Hanid , Masniezam Ahmad , Mohd Haidiezul Jamal Ab Hadi

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common medical condition that impacts a significant portion of the population. To better understand this condition, research has been conducted on inhaling and exhaling breathing airflow parameters in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. A steady-state Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) approach and an SST turbulence model have been utilized to simulate the upper airway airflow. A 3D airway model has been created using advanced software such as the Materialize Interactive Medical Image Control System (MIMICS) and ANSYS. The aim of the research was to fill this gap by conducting a detailed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis to investigate the influence of cross-sectional areas on airflow characteristics during inhale and exhale breathing in OSA patients. The lack of detailed understanding of how the cross-sectional area of the airways affects OSA patients and the airflow dynamics in the upper airway is the primary problem addressed by this research. The simulations revealed that the cross-sectional area of the airway has a notable impact on velocity, Reynolds number, and turbulent kinetic energy (TKE). TKE, which measures turbulence flow in different breathing scenarios among patients, could potentially be utilized to assess the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This research found a vital correlation between maximum pharyngeal turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) and cross-sectional areas in OSA patients, with a variance of 29.47%. Reduced cross-sectional area may result in a significant TKE rise of roughly 10.28% during inspiration and 10.18% during expiration.

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Hybrid mold: comparative study of rapid and hard tooling for injection molding application using Metal Epoxy Composite (MEC)

2021 , Radhwan Hussin , Safian Sharif , Marcin Nabiałek , Shayfull Zamree Abd. Rahim , Mohd Tanwyn Mohd Khushairi , Mohd Azlan Suhaimi , Mohd. Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah , Mohd. Hazwan Mohd. Hanid , Jerzy J. Wysłocki , Katarzyna Błoch

The mold-making industry is currently facing several challenges, including new competitors in the market as well as the increasing demand for a low volume of precision moldings. The purpose of this research is to appraise a new formulation of Metal Epoxy Composite (MEC) materials as a mold insert. The fabrication of mold inserts using MEC provided commercial opportunities and an alternative rapid tooling method for injection molding application. It is hypothesized that the addition of filler particles such as brass and copper powders would be able to further increase mold performance such as compression strength and thermal properties, which are essential in the production of plastic parts for the new product development. This study involved four phases, which are epoxy matrix design, material properties characterization, mold design, and finally the fabrication of the mold insert. Epoxy resins filled with brass (EB) and copper (EC) powders were mixed separately into 10 wt% until 30 wt% of the mass composition ratio. Control factors such as degassing time, curing temperature, and mixing time to increase physical and mechanical properties were optimized using the Response Surface Method (RSM). The study provided optimum parameters for mixing epoxy resin with fillers, where the degassing time was found to be the critical factor with 35.91%, followed by curing temperature with 3.53% and mixing time with 2.08%. The mold inserts were fabricated for EB and EC at 30 wt% based on the optimization outcome from RSM and statistical ANOVA results. It was also revealed that the EC mold insert offers better cycle time compared to EB mold insert material.