Journal of Nature, Science & Technology (JANSET)

Ahmed Jimoh Mustapha Abbas Bilyaminu Usman Adetoro Abdulkadir Wale

Material thickness is one factor that is considered in the selection of materials for usage in microwave applications. The demand for microwaves technology is widely needed in modern applications such as cellular telephone, satellite communication, radar system, global positioning system, and microwave remote sensing systems. Experiments and results abound for microwave properties determination for inorganic materials. Focus has recently been shifted to agricultural waste composite for microwave application. It is on this basis that this work primarily focuses on investigates microwave transmission coefficients and electric field visualization of different rice husk/PCL sizes placed inside a rectangular waveguide using the finite element method (FEM). Determination of the transmission coefficient for different thickness of rice husk/PCL composites were performed at X-band frequency using FEM. The thicknesses for the rice husk/PCL composites simulated were 10, 15, 20, 30, and 50 mm. The results of the simulation for the transmission coefficient revealed that the 50 mm composites had the lowest value of 0.148468 for the transmission coefficient at 12 GHz while the electric field visualization showed that the 50 mm composites have the least value of electric field intensity. The results confirms that the 50 mm thick sample absorbs the highest radiation. Based on the results obtained, all sample thickness can be used for microwave dummies.

https://doi.org/10.36937/janset.2022.6647

Abbas Nasser Hasein Ali Abbar Khleif

The friction stir welding is used for joining non-ferrous and ferrous materials whether tube-shaped sections or flat plates in several manufacturing applications like aerospace applications, transport land applications, and shipbuilding applications. This study is focused on friction stir welding joining for similar and dissimilar pipes as (AISI 316 Austenitic Stainless steel with API 5L carbon steels, 6063 aluminum alloy with API 5L carbon steels, 6063 aluminum alloy with C36000, 6063 aluminum alloy with C12200, 6063 aluminum alloy with 6082 aluminum alloy, AL 6063 alloy with AL 7022 alloy, 7022 aluminum alloy with C12200, 7022 aluminum alloy with C36000 and C36000 with C12200). The study was conduct for these joints to evaluate the mechanical properties by tensile test, visual inspection, and Microhardness test. In friction stir welding of these alloy systems, six welding parameters were used, rotation speed of (775, 1000, 1300 and 1525 rpm), welding speed of 1.7mm/min, axial force of 8.5KN, with a clockwise direction of rotation, and zero degree of tilt angle, using a tool with a threaded cone geometry pin. The results show that for (AL6063 with AL6082 weld joint cases the best case was case 19, AL6063 with AL7022 weld joint cases showed that the best case was case 21 and C36000 high-leaded brass with C12200 copper alloy showed that the best case was case 36).

https://doi.org/10.36937/janset.2022.6654