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    Effect of heat sink design on the thermal characteristic in computational fluid dynamics analysis
    The thermal management in the electronic device or system using the heat sink is important to ensure the device or system operating under the allowable temperature. The present study aims to investigate the thermal characteristic (i.e., temperature distribution) of the various heat sink designs via computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. The electronic cooling process of the heat sink is carried out via CFD software. The temperature distribution of the various heat sink designs (i.e., plate fin, circular pin fin and rectangular fin) was analyzed and compared. The CFD analysis revealed the plate fin heat sink has lowest temperature distribution on the fin region. High temperature distribution was observed on the pin fin heat sink. The non-uniform temperature distribution was attributed by the direction of inlet airflow, whereas the low temperature was found in the region that close to the inlet airflow. Thus, the research findings indicated the design of heat sink significantly affects the temperature distribution during the electronic cooling process.
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    Multi Response Optimization of Injection Molding Parameters for Artificial Phalanx Bone Using Response Surface Methodology
    ( 2021-01-01) ; ;
    Ishak M.I.
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    Zainal S.
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    Rosli M.U.
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    Unintended features of the injected part may affect the quality of the product. The present study aims to optimize the injection molding parameters and minimize the shrinkage and sink marks for artificial phalanx bone of the index finger via response surface methodology (RSM). The injection molding process was numerically simulated by the software. The combination of the process parameters was designed by Central Composite Design (CCD) in RSM. Three important process parameters were considered, which are melting temperature, cooling time and injection pressure. Meanwhile, two responses (i.e., volumetric shrinkage and sink marks) were considered in the multi-objective optimization. Regression model, ANOVA analysis and perturbation plot analysis were also highlighted in this study. The simulation results revealed two most significant factors towards the responses and the optimum setting of process parameters were recommended to minimize the shrinkage and sink marks of the injected artificial phalanx bone. The optimum injection molding process parameters are 240 Â°C of melting temperature, 40 s of cooling time and 12 MPa of injection pressure. The optimized results are expected to be used as the reference in the fabrication of the artificial phalanx bone via injection molding.
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    A Novel Green Technology Kaffir Lime Extract as Lizard Repellent
    ( 2020-03-18) ;
    Ishak M.I.
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    Rosli M.U.
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    Ayub M.A.R.M.
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    Ishak N.
    The ubiquity of lizard in homes and has caused huge problem to human. They are one of the very important agents to transmit Salmonella that cause food poisoning towards human being. Through this research the potential of Kaffir lime peel toward lizard was reported. The process to produce Kaffir lime extract is hydrodistillation extraction method. The repellency test of essential oil will be assess at different concentration (0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%). The duration of observation will be test from 3 to 6 hour duration. The results has shown that the concentration up to 50% and above of essential oil from Kaffir lime peel extraction may reflect the lizards in a state of discomfort.
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    Conceptual Design Selection of Motorcycle Handle Brake Lever Component by TRIZ and Simulation
    ( 2021-01-01)
    Rosli M.U.
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    Chong C.S.
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    Ishak M.I.
    The fuel consumption of vehicles can be affected by the weight of the vehicle. Trending on replacing the metal part or product with lighter composite material has emerged. By using polymer composite instead of metal material in producing an automotive component, the total weight of the vehicle will be reduced. This research aims to develop the conceptual designs of new lighter weight motorcycle handle brake lever by integrating Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) and FEA simulation. This research generates the best concept design based on user needs and product design specifications. TRIZ contradiction matrix and 40 inventive principles solution were applied in the early solution generation stage. The principle solution parameters for the specific design features were later refined using Morphological Chart to systematically develop numbers of concept design. After numbers of significant FEA simulation, decision-making processes are performed in selecting the most appropriate concept design. A design was selected as the best conceptual design as it has scored the highest in the concept rating. This research proves the significant contribution of integrating TRIZ and FEA simulation that will benefit the industry in conceptual design phase of producing a new product.
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    Numerical Simulation of Biodiesel Synthesis in T- Channel Microreactor
    Biodiesel promising as an alternative to the diesel. The transesterification reaction process involved the reaction of triglyceride with alcohol in the presence of catalyst. In the research, the Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) method was used to simulate the transesterification reaction process. The inlet pressure range from 0.0001 Pa to 0.01 Pa, temperature of 25°C, 50°C, 75°C and the molar ratio at 6:1, 9:1 were used to investigate their effect of toward the biodiesel conversion. Finding shows that high conversion of biodiesel occurred at low inlet pressure of 0.001 Pa with temperature of 50°C and the ethanol to oil molar ratio at 9:1.
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    The effect of multi-staged swirling fluidized bed on air flow distribution
    ( 2020-07-09) ;
    Ishak M.I.
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    Rosli M.U.
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    Musa N.M.
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    Faris M.A.
    Fluidization is characterized as an activity that transforms fine solids into a liquidstate via contact with either a gas or a liquid. Currently, Swirling Fluidized Bed (SFB) is one of the new system that contribute on flow mixing to the beds due to the gas source which impart on the solid particles. Further the fluidized beds system are used mostly in the chemical process industry, mineral processing, processes energy and etc. Based on the current fluidized bed system there are still lacking in reducing high pressure drop and keep the energy consumption at high efficient condition. Due to this tips, the conceptual design of a multi-stages SFB was proposed to improve fluidization quality and minimize elutriation at the same time without requiring any extra facilities. By using the simulation method (Ansys Fluent) the behavior of velocity component via selected configuration of fix blades number (30) and through to variant of blade horizontal inclination angle (10°, 12° & 15°) the multi-stage SFB will be investigate. Aims of this study is to identify the air flow behavior at first and second stage blade distributor. Therefore, effect with less blades number in producing on high uniformity velocity would be acquired. The present study has found that by using blade inclination angle of 10° the high velocity magnitude (more than 60 m/s) at two different level of stage distributor can be reached. Moreover, it clearly be seen at blade inclination angle, 15° the velocity uniformity was sustain at certain width and less superficial velocity value occurred compared to other configurations.
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    Mechanical Design and Evaluation of Kapok Fibre Seeds Separator
    ( 2020-07-09)
    Ikman Ishak M.
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    Rosli M.U.
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    Asrul Abdullah M.
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    The demand on Kapok fibre-based products has currently shown an increase particularly those from small business traders in comparison to massive market sellers due to lower cost offered. However, the small business traders commonly use manual technique to separate the Kapok fibre from its seed before continuing to the next stages, thus, leading to labour-intensive work, longer processing time, and low output. The aim of the study was to design and develop a Kapok fibre seeds separator to efficiently perform the work. A number of idea generation and concept development phases were undertaken. The finalised concept was the transformed into a three-dimensional (3-D) model using a computer-aided design (CAD) software. A computational 3-D finite element analysis (FEA) was conducted to evaluate the structural performance under simulated loadings. Also, the product prototype was built and its usability has been tested. The outcomes of 3-D FEA showed that the highest mechanical stress recorded within the structure was favourable with low tendency towards failure. Whilst, the results of usability testing demonstrated that the proposed product reported an increase of 52.8% in the amount of separated seeds. Thus, the new design of Kapok fibre seeds separator is found to be superior in solving the problems issued by the manual processing technique.
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    Influence of Twisted Blades Distributor Towards Low Pressure Drop in Fluidization Systems
    ( 2021-01-01)
    Zulkifli R.M.
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    Ishak M.I.
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    Rosli M.U.
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    Faris M.A.
    Swirling Fluidized Bed (SFB) is one of the systems that proposed vortexing to solid mixing due to a given gas source which impart on the solid mixing. This system is usually be used in the power generation, chemical industry, material production and drying processes. However, the used of blade distributor in SFB is still produced high-pressure drop even though it has been claimed the successful variant in fluidization systems. By using an annular blade distributor in a twist, the condition will cause in low-pressure drop and keep the energy consumption of a fluidized bed system in high efficient. The simulation study using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been selected to investigate to the behaviour of velocity component and to determine the effects of the plenum chamber (axial entry) on airflow behaviour via twist blade distributor configurations. This study uses two (2) twist angle (80 and 100°) via several blade number 40, 50 and 60. Therefore low-pressure drop and high uniform velocity has be the main goal in this observation. The result of this study found that design on 100° twist angle via 40 number of blades distributor shows low a pressure drop besides being able to maintain the high airflow uniformity compared to other configurations.
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    Mechanical Design and Analysis of Safety Medical Syringe for Needlestick Injury Prevention
    ( 2021-01-01)
    Ishak M.I.
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    Rosli M.U.
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    Mohd N.A.
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    The occurrence of needlestick injury especially among healthcare workers and patients is really significant since long time ago. Apart from improper syringe usage management, the reuse syringe components and unsafe sharp wastes management also contribute to the incidence of unexpected injuries. It was reported that one of every 250 accidental needlesticks may result in the infection of human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV), Hepatitis B (HBV), or Hepatitis C (HCV). Based on the user needs identification, promising safety mechanism and handling as well as single use of the syringe are of major interests. Thus, the aim of the study was to design and develop a new syringe that completed with safety and ergonomic features to avoid the related injuries. Primary and secondary data had been collected through interview, observation and journal articles with a series of design concept development, three-dimensional (3-D) modelling, and computational technical evaluation stages were then undertaken. A number of mock-ups and prototype of the product was produced via rapid prototyping process which is 3-D printing approach using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) as the material. The results showed that the proposed design of safety syringe is satisfactory in terms of its structural strength and working principle. Further enhancement may be necessary to strengthen the role of the material and needle cap in compensating the function of the syringe.
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    Simulation Based Optimization of Thin Wall Injection Molding Parameter Using Response Surface Methodology
    Improper mold design or processing parameter setting could make a bad impact on the appearance of molded part. It becomes more challenging if the ratio of the part size compared with its wall thickness is greater. Process parameters such as mold and melt temperature, injection temperature including the cavity layout directly affect product quality and cost. It is a complex and difficult task to improve these multi parameters. The objective of this research is to determine optimum settings for processing parameters for a thin walled product by using Response Surface Methodology. Melting temperature, mold temperature, injection pressure and cavity layout are selected as processing parameters and Polyurethane material is selected for this research. Volumetric shrinkage and warpage are selected as the main quality criteria to be controlled respected with the product design specifications. As the result, optimum process parameter settings were mold temperature of 29.89°C, melting temperature of 220°C, and 181.30MPa injection pressure with 'H' branching cavity layout. With small differences error value between solution and simulation, 0.31% for volumetric shrinkage and 0.126% for warpage, the result was acceptable.
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