In this research, the comparison between microwave sintering and conventional sintering on the mechanical properties and microstructural evolution of 3 mol% yttria-stabilised zirconia were studied. Green bodies were compacted and sintered at various temperatures ranging from 1200 °C to 1500 °C. The results showed that microwave assisted sintering

Purpose: This paper is the first comprehensive investigation of the shipping industry's efficiency in five countries from the ASEAN region: Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach: Employing Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis, this paper compares efficiency dynamics of 45 i

This study deals with the impact of party affiliation on the rise of the phenomenon of divorce in Zanzibar. It also provides a historical overview of the entry of Islam, its economy and history of political parties before and after independence of the country. Pointing to the high rate of divorce in Zanzibar, this study identifies major reasons beh

Presidential Regulation Number 87 of 2017 Article 2 states that character education must be the leading spirit in Indonesia's delivery of education. This study aims to describe the religious character education model implemented at Al-Hilal Islamic Primary School Bekasi, which is supported by students' parents' participation to build a

In multi-user millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems, obtaining accurate information/knowledge regarding the channel state is crucial to achieving multi-user interference cancellation and reliable beamforming (BF)-to compensate for severe path loss. This knowledge is nonetheless very challenging to acquire in practic

An implementation of the weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (WCSPH) method is demonstrated to determine the hydrodynamics coefficients through radiation problem of an oscillating 2D rectangular box. Three possible modes of motion namely swaying, heaving, and rolling are carried out to establish the influence of oscillating motions

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), a fully Lagrangian meshless method, has been used in a wide variety of hydrodynamic problems overcoming the limitation of finite volume and element type methods. In previous work, weakly compressible SPH (WCSPH) has proven to be stable in the prediction of hydrodynamic coefficients of sway, heave and rolling m

In the paper we prove uniform convergence of the Riesz means of eigenfunction expansions associated with the bi-harmonic operator on the closed domainAIP Conference Proceedings 1974 , 030010 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5041654 1974 , 030010 © 2018 Author(s).Uniform convergence of the eigenfunction expansions associated with the bi-harmonic o

Supercapacitors, based on fast ion transportation, are among the most promising energy storage solutions that can deliver fast charging–discharging within seconds and exhibit excellent cycling stability. The development of a good electrode material is one of the key factors in enhancing supercapacitor performance. Graphene (G), an allotrope of ca

Achieving a robust obstacle detection system that can provide a safe avoidance path system for small UAV is very challenging. Due to size and weight constraints, very limited detection sensors can be equipped in the system. Prior works focused on a single sensing device which is either camera or range sensors based. However, these sensors have thei