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    Investigation of low velocity impact behaviors of honeycomb sandwich composites
    (SpringerLink, 2018-08-09) Topkaya, Tolga; Solmaz, Murat Yavuz
    Honeycomb sandwich composites are used as significant structural members in advanced engineering applications. Thus, it is critical to determine how they behave under impact loading, in addition to other loads. In this study, low velocity impact loading behaviors of honeycomb sandwich composites were experimentally investigated. Almost all of the design parameters of honeycomb sandwich composites were investigated. The results indicated that the core thickness of honeycomb had no effect on the strength of the composite, and the parameter influencing the impact behavior of the specimen the most was the face sheet thickness. When the face sheet thickness of the specimen was increased, the most apparent strength increase was observed in the models using carbon fiber-reinforced composite face sheets. For all face sheet types subject to impact energy of 10 Joules, the upper face sheets of 0.5 mm-thick specimens were perforated
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    Biodiesel properties of microalgae (Chlorella protothecoides) oil for use in diesel engines
    (Taylor & Francis, 2018-09-08) Yaşar, Fevzi; Altun, Şehmus
    In this study, biodiesel was produced from a microalgae oil, chlorella protothecoides, by typical alkali-catalyzed transesterification in conditions such as a 0.75 wt.% KOH of the oil as catalyst, 68°C and 80 min which was agreed as optimal conditions after investigating the effect of KOH concentration, reaction temperature and time at constant molar ratio of 6:1 on the conversion rate and fuel properties. Under these conditions, a 98.6% conversion rate of algae oil to its methyl ester was achieved with ester content higher than 96%. Furthermore, all physicochemical properties met the requirements of international biodiesel standards, EN 14214 and ASTM D 6751, with some remarkable ones such as high cetane number (57.3) and low CFPP (−10°C). The effect of microalgae biodiesel volume fraction in the fuel on the kinematic viscosity, CFPP, lubricity, density, and distillation temperature was also studied. A blending ratio of the algal-biodiesel up to 50% (v/v) was also found in agreement with the standards for biodiesel-diesel blends. From GC analysis, oleic and linoleic acids were found to be major fatty acids, and then the oxygen extended sooting index and adiabatic flame temperature were calculated using fatty acid distribution for evaluating the main diesel emissions such as soot and NO. As a result, the algae oil studied here was found to be an appropriate raw material for producing biodiesel and for using in Diesel Engines and its properties are within the typical ranges of conventional biodiesel fuels.
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    Strength and failure analysis of inverse Z joints bonded with Vinylester Atlac 580 and Flexo Tix adhesives
    (Springer, 2012-11) Adin, Hamit; Turgut, Aydın
    In this study, the tensile strength and failure loads of the inverse Z joints were analyzed both experimentally and numerically by using two adhesives with different properties under a tensile load. Vinylester Atlac 580 and Flexo Tix were used as adhesives and the joints were prepared with two different composite materials. Initially, the mechanical properties of the adhesives were specified using bulk specimens. Then, the stress analyses were performed using three-dimensional finite element method (3-D FEM) via Ansys (V.10.0.1). The experimental results were compared with the numerical results and they were found quite reasonable. According to the test results, it can be seen that when the adherend thickness is increased, the stress increases as well. The most appropriate value of the adherend thickness is identified as t = 5 mm. Furthermore, it was observed that the lowest failure load was obtained at t = 3 mm the thickness for each specimen.
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    Optimization and evaluation of dry and minimum quantity lubricating methods on machinability of AISI 4140 using Taguchi design and ANOVA
    (SAGE Journals, 2020-07-05) Gürbüz, Hüseyin; Gönülaçar, Yunus Emre
    In this work, it is aimed to study the effects of dry machining and minimum quantity lubrication application on machinability in turning AISI 4140 steel by utilizing different cutting parameters. Also, this study contains effects and optimization of cutting conditions (dry and minimum quantity lubricating), feed rate, and cutting speed on surface roughness (Ra) and main cutting forces (Fc) determined by employing the Taguchi method. At the end of experiments, it was established that compared to dry machining operations, minimum quantity lubricating significantly reduced cutting tool wear, while Fc and Ra decreased in general. Analyses of variance, regression analysis, signal-to-noise ratio, and orthogonal array were employed to analyze the effects and contributions of independent variables on dependent variables. The optimum levels of the dependent variables for reducing Fc and Ra using signal-to-noise rates were established. According to signal-to-noise ratios, minimum quantity lubricating had a more important effect on Fc and Ra than dry machining. The optimal conditions for Fc and Ra were at 0.16 mm/rev feed rate, 125 m/min cutting speed at minimum quantity lubricating. Analysis of variance results demonstrated that the feed rate is the most influential independent variable on Fc (93.976 %) and Ra (89.352 %). Validation test results exhibited that the Taguchi method and regression analysis were highly achieved methods in the optimization of independent variables for dependent variables. Taguchi optimization technique and regression analysis obtained from Fc (R2Tag. = 0.972 and R2Rag. = 0.997) and Ra (R2Tag. = 0.985 and R2Rag. = 0.996) measurements match really well with the experimental data
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    Model and formulation in grinding mechanism having advanced secondary rotational axis
    (SAGE, 2019-04-15) Adıyaman, Oktay; Demir, Zülküf
    ‘‘Grinding Mechanism having Advanced Secondary Rotational Axis’’ is one of the newer plane surface grinding methods that has an uncommon abrasion mechanism. Unlike conventional methods, in Grinding Mechanism having Advanced Secondary Rotational Axis, there are two rotations of a wheel. The first rotation is the same as the conventional grinding methods, which is the circumferential rotation. The other rotation is the newly developed axial rotation, where the wheel rotates around itself perpendicular to its radial axis. In the grinding process, the grinding force, energy, power, and temperature are directly related to the material removal rate. In this article, the chip model in Grinding Mechanism having Advanced Secondary Rotational Axis was addressed and material removal rate was reformulated. The new chip ratio formula was adapted to the grinding force, energy, power, and temperature in the conventional plane surface grinding method. The chip formed in the conventional plane surface grinding method consists of two-dimensional xy plane. In Grinding Mechanism having Advanced Secondary Rotational Axis, on the other hand, the chips consist of threedimensional xyz plane. The reason behind this is the second rotation obtained in Grinding Mechanism having Advanced Secondary Rotational Axis (axial rotational motion). The chip model was obtained from the combination of two rotations in Grinding Mechanism having Advanced Secondary Rotational Axis. As a result, the resulting chip model increased the material removal rate only slightly and this increase was negligible. Accordingly, an increase in grinding force, energy, power, and temperature was observed at negligible rates.
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    Effects of thermal barrier coating on the performance and combustion characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with biodiesel produced from waste frying cottonseed oil and ultra-low sulfur diesel
    (Taylor & Francis, 2016-09-01) Aydın, Selman; Sayın, Cenk; Altun, Şehmus; Aydın, Hüseyin
    In this study, the top surfaces of piston and valves of a four-strokes and direct-injection diesel engine have been coated—with no change in the compression ratio—with a 100 μm of NiCrAl lining layer via plasma spray method and this layer has later been coated with main coating material with a mixture of 88% of ZrO 2 , 4% of MgO and 8% of Al 2 O 3 (400 μm). Then, after the engine-coating process, ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) as base fuels and its blend with used frying cottonseed oil derived biodiesel in proportion of 20%, volumetrically, have been tested in the coated engine and data of combustion and performance characteristics on full load and at different speeds have been noted. The results, which were compared with those obtained by uncoated-engine operation, showed that thermal efficiency increased, and engine noise reduced. Cylinder gas pressure values obtained from the diesel engine which has been coated with thermal barriers have been found to be somewhat higher than those of the uncoated-engine. Also, maximum pressure values measured in both engines and under the same experimental conditions through the use of test fuel have been obtained after TDC. Moreover, heat release rate and heat release have occurred earlier in the coated-engine. NOx emissions were increased while CO and HC emissions were remained almost the same with a little bit decrease.
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    Biodiesel production from leather industry wastes as an alternative feedstock and its use in diesel engines
    (SAGE, 2013-11-01) Altun, Şehmus; Yaşar, Fevzi
    Waste leather fat is produced by the leather industry in fleshing processing and discarded as waste. These wastes can be used as a potential feedstock for biodiesel production due to their considerable fat content. In this work, raw fleshing oil which is a fat-originated waste of the leather industry was transesterified using methanol in the presence of an alkali catalyst to obtain biodiesel. The obtained biodiesel was then used in a four-stroke and direct injection diesel engine to evaluate the biodiesel behavior as an alternative diesel fuel, at a constant speed under variable load conditions. Blends [20 and 50% (v/v)] of biodiesel with diesel reference fuel were tested too. The emissions test results compared with diesel reference fuel showed that diesel engine fueled by biodiesel emitted significantly lower opacity and gaseous emissions than the same engine fueled by diesel reference fuel, and with very similar performance. The obtained data indicated that biodiesel from leather industry wastes is promising as an alternative fuel for diesel engines, and can be used to substitute diesel fuel in terms of performance and emission parameters without any engine modification.
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    Estimation of surface roughness and cutting speed in CNC WEDM by artificial neural network that employed trainable activation function
    (SAGE Journals, 2021-02-01) Gürbüz, Hüseyin
    Activation functions are the most significant properties of artificial neural networks (ANN) because these functions are directly related with the ability of ANN in learning or modelling a system or a function. Furthermore, another reason for the significance of the fact that determination of optimal activation function in ANN is its relationship with success level. In this experimental study, the effects of different types of wire electrodes, cooling techniques and workpiece materials on surface roughness (Ra) and cutting speed (Vc) in wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) were investigated by using trainable activation functions (AFt) and modelling them in ANNs. So far, a number of methods have been performed according to the data set in order to optimally predict Ra and Vc results. Among these methods, randomized ANN with AFt was found to be the best one for robust prediction according to RMSE values. While the value was 0.280 for Vc, it was 0.2104 for Ra. Optimum activation functions in Ra and Vc were found at first and third degree trainable functions, respectively.
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    An experimental investigation of the effects of point angle on the high-speed steel drills performance in drilling
    (SAGE, 2018-11) Demir, Zülküf
    The differences in the cutting speed are a serious problem along the cutting edge of the drill, in drilling operations. This problem can partly be solved reducing the length of the cutting edge via changing the drill point angle. In addition, in this study, the effect of point angle, feed rate, and cutting speed on drilling is investigated. For identifying the optimum cutting parameters, AISI 1050 steel alloy was selected as the experimental specimen, these specimen were pre-drilled 5 mm in diameter due to eliminating the effect of the chisel edge. In the experiments, the holes were drilled only at a depth of 10 mm in order not to give any harm to the dynamometer while measuring thrust force. For this aim, in drilling process, drills with point angle of 100°, 118°, 136°, 154°, and 172° were selected. In conclusion, the thrust force, the tool wear, and the surface roughness linearly decreased with increasing point angles due to less removal chip area, in per revolve of the tool. However, the thrust force, the tool wear, and the surface roughness were adversely affected at higher feed rates and lower cutting speeds. The hole dimensional accuracy decreased at lower feed rates and cutting speeds but at higher point angles and concurrently at higher feed rates but lower point angles and cutting speeds. However, the hole dimensional accuracy showed more decisiveness at 118° than other point angles, while the highest dimensional accuracy values recorded at 136° point angle, at higher cutting speeds.
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    An experimental study on milling of natural fiber (jute)- reinforced polymer composites
    (SAGE, 2019-01-31) Çelik, Yahya Hışman; Kılıçkap, Erol; Kılıçkap, Ali İmran
    The interest in materials having natural, environmentally friendly, renewable and low density/cost is increasing day by day due to sanctions imposed to reduce the emission rates, especially the Kyoto Protocol. In recent years, the use of environmentally friendly composites by using natural fibers such as flax, jute and sisal has increased in engineering applications. Milling operation has frequently been an important method of machining which can achieve the desired dimensions and tolerances for the plate-shaped parts. In this study, the effects of cutting parameters such as cutting speed and feed rate on cutting force, delamination factor and surface roughness in end milling of jute fiber-reinforced polymer composite plates with different orientation angle (0°/90°, 30°/−60° and ±45°) were examined by using the cemented carbide (WC) end mills (two, three and four number of flutes). Cutting force, deformation factor and surface roughness were found to be influenced by the feed rate and cutting speeds. In addition, increasing the number of the flutes of the cutting tools reduced the cutting force, delamination factor and surface roughness.