The concept of Quality control has arisen to ensure that customer demands, and a level of quality and conformance are achieved. Quality Assurance is provided through the implementation of systemic management techniques ensuring control of the activities carried out by each party. This research provides a review of the topic of Quality control. In particular it looks at the meaning of quality control and the needs for its introduction into the construction industry. Current quality standards in the construction industry and the alternative quality systems, including the British Property Federation system, the Construction Industry Development Association's Code of Practice, and the Building and Construction Council's Quality Assessment Scheme are discussed. The quality control and safetyduring construction are highlighted
Construction quality process, inspection, quality control and quality assurance,cost of quality, ISO standards. Introduction to concept of Total Quality Management.
Introduction to concepts of HSE as applicable to Construction. Importanceof safety in construction , Safety measures to be taken during Excavation ,Explosives , drilling and blasting , hot bituminous works , scaffolds / platforms /ladder , form work and equipment operation. Storage of materials. Safety through legislation, safety campaign. Insurances.
Construction quality process, inspection, quality control and quality assurance,cost of quality, ISO standards. Introduction to concept of Total Quality Management.
Introduction to concepts of HSE as applicable to Construction. Importanceof safety in construction , Safety measures to be taken during Excavation ,Explosives , drilling and blasting , hot bituminous works , scaffolds / platforms /ladder , form work and equipment operation. Storage of materials. Safety through legislation, safety campaign. Insurances.
Design of rigid pavements. IRC method of design of rigid pavement. Transportation Engineering. Civil Engineering. Wheel loads on rigid pavement. Action of various stresses on rigid pavement. Highway engineering. How rigid pavements different from flexible pavements
Diaphragm wall: Construction and DesignUmer Farooq
Diaphragm walls are concrete or reinforced concrete walls constructed in slurry-supported, open trenches below existing ground.
Concrete is placed using the Tremie installation method or by installing pre-cast concrete panels (known as a pre-cast diaphragm wall). Diaphragm walls can be constructed to depths of 150 meters and to widths of 0.5 to 1.50 meters.
We know every structure is designed for a life period.
The existence of the structure after the service life period is very dangerous to its occupants and surrounding buildings .
The building act usually contains provisions that enable local authorities to control demolition works for the protection of public safety and to ensure adjoining premises and the site are made good on completion of the demolition.
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND CARBONATION OF SEA WATER CURED BLENDED CONCRETE IAEME Publication
This paper investigates the influence of sea water on pre-cast concrete containing
industrial by-product materials such as fly ash (FA) and silpozz. The mix design is targeted for
M30 grade concrete. Ten concrete mixtures were designed to have the same degree of
workability with water to cementitious material ratio of 0.43. The studied parameters include
the compressive strength of normal water curing (NWC) and sea water curing (SWC) samples
after 28 days of NWC for 7, 28, 90, 180 and 365 days curing period. The carbonation depth of
concrete samples for 28, 90, 180 and 365 days SWC after 28 days of NWC was measured. It
was found that the higher the FA content the higher is the carbonation process occurred. The
percentage increase in compressive strength for blended cement concrete in NWC is better
than the samples in SWC after 28 days of NWC
Design of rigid pavements. IRC method of design of rigid pavement. Transportation Engineering. Civil Engineering. Wheel loads on rigid pavement. Action of various stresses on rigid pavement. Highway engineering. How rigid pavements different from flexible pavements
Diaphragm wall: Construction and DesignUmer Farooq
Diaphragm walls are concrete or reinforced concrete walls constructed in slurry-supported, open trenches below existing ground.
Concrete is placed using the Tremie installation method or by installing pre-cast concrete panels (known as a pre-cast diaphragm wall). Diaphragm walls can be constructed to depths of 150 meters and to widths of 0.5 to 1.50 meters.
We know every structure is designed for a life period.
The existence of the structure after the service life period is very dangerous to its occupants and surrounding buildings .
The building act usually contains provisions that enable local authorities to control demolition works for the protection of public safety and to ensure adjoining premises and the site are made good on completion of the demolition.
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND CARBONATION OF SEA WATER CURED BLENDED CONCRETE IAEME Publication
This paper investigates the influence of sea water on pre-cast concrete containing
industrial by-product materials such as fly ash (FA) and silpozz. The mix design is targeted for
M30 grade concrete. Ten concrete mixtures were designed to have the same degree of
workability with water to cementitious material ratio of 0.43. The studied parameters include
the compressive strength of normal water curing (NWC) and sea water curing (SWC) samples
after 28 days of NWC for 7, 28, 90, 180 and 365 days curing period. The carbonation depth of
concrete samples for 28, 90, 180 and 365 days SWC after 28 days of NWC was measured. It
was found that the higher the FA content the higher is the carbonation process occurred. The
percentage increase in compressive strength for blended cement concrete in NWC is better
than the samples in SWC after 28 days of NWC
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ANALYTICAL TOOL FOR ANALYSING SLAGGING CHARACTERISTIC OF HIGH ASH COALS IN UT...IAEME Publication
In today’s competitive market, the performance of electric utility industry is a
serious concern to the nation. Majority of power plants are Coal-Fired Power plants
in India. Due to the wide variation in the quality of coal being fired, it affects the
performance of the power plant like furnace wall slagging, convective pass slagging
(both Low and High Temperature), soot blower effectiveness, erosion and
grindability. At this juncture, a reliable prediction is needed to assess the slagging
problem which in turn affects the performance parameters of power plant like heat
transfer rate, exit gas temperature, surface corrosion and frequency of soot blowing.
Though conventional indices and ash fusion temperature measurement techniques
do not aid in predicting slagging condition with field performance hence, it is reported
to be highly subjective in nature and poor accuracy.
In this work an alternative approach is made based on shrinkage measurement up
to 1400 °C of coal ash prepared at 800 °C. Sensitive shrinkage measurements indicate
temperatures of rapid change which correspond to the formation of liquid phases.
A preliminary evaluation of shrinkage data for coal ash collected at different
power stations firing wide variety of coal indicates that, the shrinkage profiles of the
ashes are differing widely and rate of shrinkage measurement can provide an
alternative approach to characterize/assess the slagging potential. Shrinkage
measurement of coal ash has been carried out for the coal ashes collected at different
power stations using different quality of coal
EFFECT OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON CHARACTERISTICS OF SQUEEZE FILM BETWEEN POROUS...IAEME Publication
In investigation aims to analyse the effect of transverse surface roughness on the squeeze film performance between porous rectangular plates. The associated differential equation is stochastically averaged making use of stochastic averaging method of Christensen and Tonder for transverse surface roughness. The equation is solved with appropriate boundary conditions to obtain the pressure and consequentlythe load bearing. The graphical results suggest that the bearing suffers because of transverse surface roughness. However the situation is slightly better in the case of
negatively skew roughness. Further variance (-ve) makes the situation furtherimproved even if moderate values of porosity are involved
PERFORMANCE OF 3-D POLAR WEAVE CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES IN HIGH THERMAL EROSI...IAEME Publication
Composite structures are generally made with bi-directional reinforcement either by filament winding and with continuous fiber or by laying of woven fabric or contour woven socks. For high temperature Aerospace applications the an-isotropic mechanical
property of bi-directionally reinforced materials poses a design problem as the mechanical properties in the third direction are dominated by the matrix. Low strength in the unreinforced regions between the fabric piles is a severe limitation for high thermal erosive environment. This problem is especially critical in applications involving high thermal stresses for ballistic Re-entry Nose tips and Solid Rocket motor throats [1]. The obvious solution is to add fiber reinforcement in the other directions to make the structure isotropic. This paper gives the complete details of the experimental
3-D cylindrical preforms developed with polar co-ordinates. This paper also explains the erosive behaviour of 3-D cylindrical preform in Oxy Acetylene flame testing.
COMPARATIVE EMISSION ANALYSIS OF CNG AND OCTANE IN RETROFITTED CAR ENGINESIAEME Publication
Comparative emission analysis of octane and compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled retrofitted spark ignition car engine refers to exhaust emission (carbon monooxide, carbon di-oxide, Nitrogen Oxide) analysis and exhaust temperature on car engines which are operated with either gasoline or CNG using a solenoid actuated valve mechanism. The analysis was successfully carried out with the help of an exhaust gas analyzer (IMR 4000). Octane was used as the conventional fuels, whereas CNG was the alternative fuel. Comparative analysis of the experimental result showed the retrofitted engine produced higher exhaust gas temperature andNOx emission over different engines of different mileage when were used with CNG.
Other emission contents were significantly lower than those of the gasoline emissions.
COMBUSTION MONITORING THROUGH VIBRATIONAL DATA IN A TURBOCHARGED CITY CAR ENGINEIAEME Publication
Condition monitoring and optimization of diesel engine has been the focus of a
wide research approaches. Techniques have been developed in which in-cylinder
pressure measurements are used to calculate peak pressure and burn rates. In the
recent past, vibration, acoustic and speed measurements have received considerable
attention to this purpose. Methodologies have been developed in which these nonintrusive
measurements are employed to estimate the combustion progress. This work
is devoted to assess the potential application of a methodology developed by the
authors, in which the engine block vibration is used to estimate indicators able to
characterize the combustion development. Previous research activity demonstrated
that an accelerometer sensor placed in a selected position of the engine block is quite
sensitive to the combustion process in a naturally aspirated two-cylinder common rail
diesel engine mainly used in micro cars. The objective of this work is to evaluate the
applicability of the methodology to a more complex engine architecture (the same
engine was downsized by equipping it with a small turbocharger). Measurements were
performed in the engine operative field in which the turbocharger is truly effective.
The acquired signals were processed in time and frequency domains. Obtained results
proved the good accuracy of the estimation of combustion indicators (crank angle
corresponding to start of combustion, 50% of mass fraction burnt) via accelerometer
signal processing
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL PURPOSE MACHINE USING HYDROPNEUMATIC CYLIND...IAEME Publication
Piercing is a type of shearing operation which creates a open hole in sheet metal
by separating interior section. The removed metal is discarded as strap. In general
piercing operation is done in mechanical presses using piercing tool. Piercing tools
are developed with indexing method by piercing 1 or 2 holes at a time. To do 4 holes
the tool is allowed to do first hole and then the first hole is located to do piercing of
other holes. This special purpose machine using hydro pneumatic cylinders to pierce 4
holes and 2 holes at a time in a square tube. The productivity and quality of the work
is increased by this machine. The use of Special Purpose Machines minimizes
Possibility of Human Errors. These machines are Designed to Operate Continuously
for 24 hours a day, with Minimum Supervision
COMPARATIVE EMISSION ANALYSIS OF CNG AND OCTANE IN RETROFITTED CAR ENGINESIAEME Publication
Aluminium (Al) reinforced with Titanium Nitride (TiN) Metal Matrix composites find its application for elevated temperature operating conditions. 5, 10 and 15 weight percentage of TiN particles was added to aluminium to prepare the composite through powder metallurgy technique. The mixed powder was compacted at two compacting pressure of 250 MPa and 300 MPa to produce the specimens having h/d ratio in the range of 1.1 to 1.2. The specimens were sintered in nitrogen atmosphere at two different sintering temperatures of 4000C and 5000C with sintering time of 4 hours for each. Physical properties namely, green density, sintered density and mechanical properties such as hardness, compression strength and surface roughness were studied.
FLUID FLOW ANALYSIS IN AIR DUCT FLOW WITH AND WITHOUT INTERNAL THREADS USING ...IAEME Publication
Computational heat transfer flow modeling is one of the great challenges in the classical sciences. As with most problems in engineering, the interest in the heat transfer augmentation is increasing due to its extreme importance in various industrial applications. This paper deals with the analysis of heat transfer for fluid flowing through the pipe with and without internal threads using CFD. Using CFD codes for modeling the heat and fluid flow is an efficient tool for predicting equipment performance. CFD offers a convenient means to study the detailed flows and heat exchange processes, which take place inside the tube. Simulations were carried out using commercial CFD software ANSYS Fluent version 14.5. Friction factor and Nusselt number for air flowing through the specified tube (internal diameter = 0.005 m, length = 0.1 m) were obtained first for the plain tube and then for the tube with internal threads with pitch 5mm in the Reynolds number range of 2000 to 5000. Finally results will be compared to available experimental and analytical calculations. The data obtained by simulation are matching with the literature value for a plain tube with the discrepancy of less than plus or minus 5% for Nusselt number and for the friction factor.
Enhanced heat transfer for the tube with internal threads has been observed. Heat flux is more uniform all along the tube and decreases uniformly towards the center.
COMPARATIVE STUDY ON BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM COW DUNG, FOOD WASTE AND ORGANIC ...IAEME Publication
Anaerobic digestion is one of the ecofriendly methods to treat and dispose the biodegradable wastes and has more advantages when compared to any other waste treatment methods. Biogas production and composting of slurry from the biogas plant is one of the methods to reduce volume of waste (zero waste discharge) and maximum energy recovery from the organic wastes is possible.
In this study the production potential of biogas from bio degradable organic wastes such as food waste, cow dung and fresh organic wastes under the same operating condition of room temperature between 28ºC to 32ºCare compared. A pilot plant of 0.3 cubic meter gas holding capacity is used as digester.
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF GATE VALVE BODY AND SEAT RINGIAEME Publication
Gate valves are used when a straight-line flow of fluid and minimum restriction is desired. Gate valves are so named because the part that either stops or allows flow of fluid through the valve acts somewhat like the opening or closing of a gate and is called, appropriately, the gate. This gate valve is widely used in various industries like
refineries, petrochemical complexes, fertilizer plants, power generation plants (hydro
- electric, thermal and nuclear) steel plants and allied industries etc. for a various
process. The objective of this project is to perform a stress analysis and temperature distribution of valve body of the Gate Valve. The seat ring is welded with the valve body by using gas tungsten arc welding. A model of body and seat ring of Gate Valve
is developed in SOLID WORKS 2014, and analyzed in ANSYS 15. Gate valve stress
analysis and temperature distribution is done by Finite Element Method using ANSYS15. The main purpose is to create a model of the gate valve body and analysis the loaddeformation, stress concentration, temperature distribution and directional heat flowin the valve body at the place where the seat ring is welded.
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MATERIAL HANDLING ROBOT FOR MULTI STATIONIAEME Publication
In our project we have designed material handling robot for multi stations. Material handling robot for multi stations is a mobile robot used in industrial applications to move materials around a manufacturing area or a warehouse. Proximity Sensor, DC Motor, Wheel and Material handling vehicle are the main blocks in this project. Here we use proximity sensor to handle a material and to replace it at a particular place in for our requirement. For this purpose we use visitor guided vehicle. A motor is attached with the vehicle wheel for moving purpose. The motor gets power through control unit. The proximity sensor detects the positioning plate and gives the output signal to the control unit and it activates the relay. Themotor runs when the relay is on. When the vehicle reaches a particular place thereader detects and alarm is activated
In this construction world, Geopolymer concrete is a special concrete which doesn't
requires the Ordinary Portland Cement and also reduces the emission of carbon-dioxide. The
Geopolymer Concrete is made up of industrial by-products (which contains more Silica and
Alumina) and activated with the help of Alkaline solution (combination of sodium hydroxide &
sodium silicate or potassium hydroxide & potassium silicate). The high viscosity nature of
Geopolymer Concrete had the ability to fail due to lack of compaction. In improvising the
issue, Self Compacting Geopolymer Concrete has been introduced. The SCGC doesn't require
any additional compaction it will flow and compacted by its own weight. This concrete is made
up of industrial by-products like Fly ash, GGBFS and Silica Fume and activated with alkaline
solution. The earlier research was mostly on Fly ash based SCGC. In few research works Fly
ash was partially replaced with GGBS and Silica Fume. They evaluated the compressive
strength of concrete with varying molarties of NaOH; curing time and curing temperature. The
flexural behavior of the concrete also examined. The Fly ash based SCGC was got high
compressive strength in heat curing as well as low compressive strength in ambient curing.
The presence of GGBS improves the strength in ambient curing. For aiming the high strength
in ambient curing Fly ash will be completely replace and examine with different mineral
admixtures.
SEISMIC RESPONSE OF UNSYMMETRIC BUILDING WITH OPTIMALLY PLACED FRICTION DAMPERSIAEME Publication
Conventional methods of seismic rehabilitation with concrete shear walls or steel bracing
are not considered suitable for some buildings as upgrades with these methods would have
required expensive and time consuming foundation work. Supplemental damping in
conjunction with appropriate stiffness offers an innovative and attractive solution for the
seismic rehabilitation of such structures. This paper deals with the use of friction damper as a
passive dissipative device in order to seismic retrofit of existing structures and discusses the
optimal placement criteria. To fulfill this objective, six storey and ten storey L-shaped
buildings have been modeled with five different damper location formats in SAP2000 subjected
to El Centro and Utterkashi earthquake records. Non-Linear Modal Time History Method has
been used for the analysis and base shear, joint displacement, member forces and hysteresis
energy has been compared to find out most optimal damper location format.
CRITICAL REVIEW ON STRUCTURAL LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE IAEME Publication
Concrete is widely used material across the world for construction of large structures. Due
to increase in industrialization and development of urban areas, high volume of resources is
required which are available naturally. This means high volume of resources is used worldwide
for production of concrete. To reduce the use of such resources and to decrease the negative
impact on environment, the uses of industrial waste and artificial aggregates as a replacement
of natural aggregates are increasingly used. Another focus required in material research is to
reduce the concrete weight density so that the effective dead load and seismic loads can be
lowered. The paper attempts to review the literature and present a state of art in making
lightweight concrete as reported till now for structural application
Total Quality Management Benefits and Barriers in Construction IndustryDr. Amarjeet Singh
The building sector is playing an important part Major factor in any country's development. The Construct industry growth depends on Building project efficiency.
Quality is one thing Important factor in construction industry success in this paper the problems of quality definition in the construction industry are discussed, analysis potential advantages of quality implementation and considers quality barriers to Building implementation.
Many implementing obstacles. We identify recent patterns that could lead to the Invade barriers. However, the various building actors must Know that improvement is necessary for the construction industry to improve quality TQM is specifically designed to deliver excellence in customer satisfaction by continual improvement full participation of product and processes every person who is a part of dedication that product/process. It's an orchestrated approach enhancement. If implemented correctly, it will support the Company of construction to boost its efficiency.
Study on negligence of quality assurance and proposing an effective framework...eSAT Journals
Abstract
Quality plays an integral part in the construction industry. Quality assurance is needed because of the involvement of negligence in a project which deduces the quality of the construction .In order to build customer confidence the quality of its work should be done according to the developed quality assurance program. This paper focuses on various negligence of quality assurance practices in the construction industry. The objective of the project is to analyze the various factors that affect quality and quality assurance and to provide an effective framework for the total quality management which helps to increase the quality performance of the construction industry. This project includes a set of questionnaires about quality, quality assurance and total quality management prepared and distributed to various companies and then analyzed. With the help of analyzed data’s a total quality management framework has been proposed to reduce the negligence of quality assurance in the construction industry.
Keywords: Quality, Quality Assurance, Total Quality Management and construction etc…
QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF CONTRACTING FIRMS IN BUILDING PROJECT DELIVERYIAEME Publication
The study sets out to examine the quality management practices of contractors in
building project delivery in Nigeria. The research study is an organizational based
study where top professionals from contracting firms in Lagos were the target
respondents. The study adopted a quantitative research method with the use of
questionnaire to elicit data from the respondents. The study revealed that quality
control procedure is the top ranked quality management system adopted by
contracting firms in building project delivery. The top ranked barrier and benefit of
quality management practices of contracting firms are shortage of skilled workers and
improvement in company reputation. The research indicated that there is a statistical
significant difference was found in compliance with QMS between multinational
construction firms and indigenous construction firms. The poor quality associated
with most construction project in Nigeria, leading to clients’ dissatisfaction could be
linked with the industry not adopting the quality management systems as adopted in
the construction industry of most developed countries
Quality management at construction projects: Case study of a stormwater netwo...mohammadhamdan850663
This paper summarizes the common procedures and measures used on construction sites to control the quality of executed works. The presence and implementation of a quality management system will ensure that the construction meets client requirements. The presence of a quality management system alone is not sufficient; the correct and strict implementation of a quality management system is substantial. The implementation of a quality management system in construction requires the collaboration of the client, contractor, and engineer (a client representative). The practical side of quality management systems is discussed in this paper, and the construction of a stormwater network in the UAE is taken as an example and case study.
The construction industry has been struggling with
quality issues for many years, which affect and the cost, customer
satisfaction and business development. This paper focus on
identification of prerequisite for Quality control of selective
activates. This study leads to find out vital checks in activity which
has to require more concentration while execution. it suggests using
modern tool to check construction work with the help of Android
application. To develop an Android application, this study carried
out a survey for finding critical checks for selective activities. ISO
certified organization and their middle management employee
responded to master checklist. This data analysis forms a unique
trend of vital, important and necessary checks. This is base for
development of application.
Study concluded with the Vital checks in activity for quality
concern, study carried by questionnaire survey, checklist rating and
views. This solution will be unique one for construction industries, as
android users are increasing rapidly.
1. Response needed for the below postBased on the sophisticated .docxjeremylockett77
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Based on the sophisticated nature of today’s cyber-attack, it is prudent to diversify the security approach. Diversity should focus on all components of the IT system bearing the wider scope of the modern cyber technology. Since organizations are using the connected devices, the internet of things and the cloud system, the security diversity should broaden its scope to cover all these components (Sandhya & Sushila, 2017). On the other hand, the security strategy should be proactive in the sense that it should strive to prevent the insecurity event than rather focusing on the real even.
The basic security guidelines bulleted at the conclusion section, are sound and any organizations implement all of them if possible. Even more significantly, the security policy should focus on machine learning ability, storage power, and data mining techniques since it is from these concepts the current security pitfalls lie (Sandhya & Sushila, 2017). An organization should analyze the security risks associated with cloud computing, virtualizations, and big data to build an effective security strategy. Finally, the reason why I think the author highlighted the most important security approaches is the fact that the best security strategy should focus on the direction the future cyberattacks are likely to take. It means that an organization should build its security strategy based on the future scope of security implications.
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Given paper deals with the change in cyber security and the reasons for the requirement of such change. Cyber security is increasingly becoming as necessity in today’s data dominated world. With the increasing data, the need to protect data is also increasing. Cyber security is crucial since the data created by various fields like bio informatics, Government researches, classified projects, banking etc. is sensitive. Paper also briefs about the High Performance computing, and how it is important to have more robust cyber security system for the better function of the HPCs and protection of the enormous data created by it.
Conclusions drawn in this paper are partially aligned with the requirement of cyber security in nonspecific way. That is each conclusion is general and superficial without any specificity. Requirement of better cyber security in different fields should be addressed in depth. Merely concluding “cyber security should be more pro active and dynamic”, not necessarily concludes anything. It is a go to conclusion for any cyber security paper. However, the other conclusions like building intelligent cyber security by exploiting the predictive powers of machine learning and data mining is predictive in nature and is highly researched upon.
Virtual dispersive technology, use of data mining and machine learning for the building of early warning systems are innovative techniques and ideas. But the actual know-how of the mentioned advancements is not to ...
Quality Management System at Construction Project: A Questionnaire SurveyIJERA Editor
The best quality, time and cost are the important aspects of successful construction project which fulfills the main goal of construction industry. The quality management has to provide the environment within which related tools, techniques and procedures can be deployed effectively leading to operational success for a construction project. The role of quality management for a construction company is not an isolated activity, but intertwined with all the operational and managerial processes of the construction project. The quality management system (QMS) in construction industry refers to quality planning, quality assurance and quality control. The paper includes the outcome of the research methodology decided by authors based on interview of project participants and analysis of scrutinized interview data.
The Significance of Implementing Quality Control in Pipeline Construction_.pptxOliverJames45
Within the realm of infrastructure development, the construction of Pipeline Construction In Dubai plays a crucial role in transporting vital resources such as oil and gas.
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) for Design ControlsEMMAIntl
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requirements for medical device manufacturers to establish and maintain a quality system for their medical device(s). The requirement for a quality system does not necessarily introduce new concepts, but applies existing quality concepts to design, development, manufacturing, distribution and use of medical devices. Within the larger quality system requirement, a methodology to control device design and development of medical devices is required. This set of sub requirements is known as Design Controls. In this paper, the history and evolution of quality systems and their application to medical devices will be covered. A Quality tool that could be well applied to the specific area of design controls, Quality Function Deployment (QFD), is a focus of this paper.
Submission Deadline: 30th September 2022
Acceptance Notification: Within Three Days’ time period
Online Publication: Within 24 Hrs. time Period
Expected Date of Dispatch of Printed Journal: 5th October 2022
MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND WHITE LATER THICKNESS IN WIRE-...IAEME Publication
White layer thickness (WLT) formed and surface roughness in wire electric discharge turning (WEDT) of tungsten carbide composite has been made to model through response surface methodology (RSM). A Taguchi’s standard Design of experiments involving five input variables with three levels has been employed to establish a mathematical model between input parameters and responses. Percentage of cobalt content, spindle speed, Pulse on-time, wire feed and pulse off-time were changed during the experimental tests based on the Taguchi’s orthogonal array L27 (3^13). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed that the mathematical models obtained can adequately describe performance within the parameters of the factors considered. There was a good agreement between the experimental and predicted values in this study.
A STUDY ON THE REASONS FOR TRANSGENDER TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURSIAEME Publication
The study explores the reasons for a transgender to become entrepreneurs. In this study transgender entrepreneur was taken as independent variable and reasons to become as dependent variable. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire containing a five point Likert Scale. The study examined the data of 30 transgender entrepreneurs in Salem Municipal Corporation of Tamil Nadu State, India. Simple Random sampling technique was used. Garrett Ranking Technique (Percentile Position, Mean Scores) was used as the analysis for the present study to identify the top 13 stimulus factors for establishment of trans entrepreneurial venture. Economic advancement of a nation is governed upon the upshot of a resolute entrepreneurial doings. The conception of entrepreneurship has stretched and materialized to the socially deflated uncharted sections of transgender community. Presently transgenders have smashed their stereotypes and are making recent headlines of achievements in various fields of our Indian society. The trans-community is gradually being observed in a new light and has been trying to achieve prospective growth in entrepreneurship. The findings of the research revealed that the optimistic changes are taking place to change affirmative societal outlook of the transgender for entrepreneurial ventureship. It also laid emphasis on other transgenders to renovate their traditional living. The paper also highlights that legislators, supervisory body should endorse an impartial canons and reforms in Tamil Nadu Transgender Welfare Board Association.
BROAD UNEXPOSED SKILLS OF TRANSGENDER ENTREPRENEURSIAEME Publication
Since ages gender difference is always a debatable theme whether caused by nature, evolution or environment. The birth of a transgender is dreadful not only for the child but also for their parents. The pain of living in the wrong physique and treated as second class victimized citizen is outrageous and fully harboured with vicious baseless negative scruples. For so long, social exclusion had perpetuated inequality and deprivation experiencing ingrained malign stigma and besieged victims of crime or violence across their life spans. They are pushed into the murky way of life with a source of eternal disgust, bereft sexual potency and perennial fear. Although they are highly visible but very little is known about them. The common public needs to comprehend the ravaged arrogance on these insensitive souls and assist in integrating them into the mainstream by offering equal opportunity, treat with humanity and respect their dignity. Entrepreneurship in the current age is endorsing the gender fairness movement. Unstable careers and economic inadequacy had inclined one of the gender variant people called Transgender to become entrepreneurs. These tiny budding entrepreneurs resulted in economic transition by means of employment, free from the clutches of stereotype jobs, raised standard of living and handful of financial empowerment. Besides all these inhibitions, they were able to witness a platform for skill set development that ignited them to enter into entrepreneurial domain. This paper epitomizes skill sets involved in trans-entrepreneurs of Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation of Tamil Nadu State and is a groundbreaking determination to sightsee various skills incorporated and the impact on entrepreneurship.
DETERMINANTS AFFECTING THE USER'S INTENTION TO USE MOBILE BANKING APPLICATIONSIAEME Publication
The banking and financial services industries are experiencing increased technology penetration. Among them, the banking industry has made technological advancements to better serve the general populace. The economy focused on transforming the banking sector's system into a cashless, paperless, and faceless one. The researcher wants to evaluate the user's intention for utilising a mobile banking application. The study also examines the variables affecting the user's behaviour intention when selecting specific applications for financial transactions. The researcher employed a well-structured questionnaire and a descriptive study methodology to gather the respondents' primary data utilising the snowball sampling technique. The study includes variables like performance expectations, effort expectations, social impact, enabling circumstances, and perceived risk. Each of the aforementioned variables has a major impact on how users utilise mobile banking applications. The outcome will assist the service provider in comprehending the user's history with mobile banking applications.
ANALYSE THE USER PREDILECTION ON GPAY AND PHONEPE FOR DIGITAL TRANSACTIONSIAEME Publication
Technology upgradation in banking sector took the economy to view that payment mode towards online transactions using mobile applications. This system enabled connectivity between banks, Merchant and user in a convenient mode. there are various applications used for online transactions such as Google pay, Paytm, freecharge, mobikiwi, oxygen, phonepe and so on and it also includes mobile banking applications. The study aimed at evaluating the predilection of the user in adopting digital transaction. The study is descriptive in nature. The researcher used random sample techniques to collect the data. The findings reveal that mobile applications differ with the quality of service rendered by Gpay and Phonepe. The researcher suggest the Phonepe application should focus on implementing the application should be user friendly interface and Gpay on motivating the users to feel the importance of request for money and modes of payments in the application.
VOICE BASED ATM FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USING ARDUINOIAEME Publication
The prototype of a voice-based ATM for visually impaired using Arduino is to help people who are blind. This uses RFID cards which contain users fingerprint encrypted on it and interacts with the users through voice commands. ATM operates when sensor detects the presence of one person in the cabin. After scanning the RFID card, it will ask to select the mode like –normal or blind. User can select the respective mode through voice input, if blind mode is selected the balance check or cash withdraw can be done through voice input. Normal mode procedure is same as the existing ATM.
IMPACT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG...IAEME Publication
There is increasing acceptability of emotional intelligence as a major factor in personality assessment and effective human resource management. Emotional intelligence as the ability to build capacity, empathize, co-operate, motivate and develop others cannot be divorced from both effective performance and human resource management systems. The human person is crucial in defining organizational leadership and fortunes in terms of challenges and opportunities and walking across both multinational and bilateral relationships. The growing complexity of the business world requires a great deal of self-confidence, integrity, communication, conflict and diversity management to keep the global enterprise within the paths of productivity and sustainability. Using the exploratory research design and 255 participants the result of this original study indicates strong positive correlation between emotional intelligence and effective human resource management. The paper offers suggestions on further studies between emotional intelligence and human capital development and recommends for conflict management as an integral part of effective human resource management.
VISUALISING AGING PARENTS & THEIR CLOSE CARERS LIFE JOURNEY IN AGING ECONOMYIAEME Publication
Our life journey, in general, is closely defined by the way we understand the meaning of why we coexist and deal with its challenges. As we develop the "inspiration economy", we could say that nearly all of the challenges we have faced are opportunities that help us to discover the rest of our journey. In this note paper, we explore how being faced with the opportunity of being a close carer for an aging parent with dementia brought intangible discoveries that changed our insight of the meaning of the rest of our life journey.
A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PERFO...IAEME Publication
The main objective of this study is to analyze the impact of aspects of Organizational Culture on the Effectiveness of the Performance Management System (PMS) in the Health Care Organization at Thanjavur. Organizational Culture and PMS play a crucial role in present-day organizations in achieving their objectives. PMS needs employees’ cooperation to achieve its intended objectives. Employees' cooperation depends upon the organization’s culture. The present study uses exploratory research to examine the relationship between the Organization's culture and the Effectiveness of the Performance Management System. The study uses a Structured Questionnaire to collect the primary data. For this study, Thirty-six non-clinical employees were selected from twelve randomly selected Health Care organizations at Thanjavur. Thirty-two fully completed questionnaires were received.
Living in 21st century in itself reminds all of us the necessity of police and its administration. As more and more we are entering into the modern society and culture, the more we require the services of the so called ‘Khaki Worthy’ men i.e., the police personnel. Whether we talk of Indian police or the other nation’s police, they all have the same recognition as they have in India. But as already mentioned, their services and requirements are different after the like 26th November, 2008 incidents, where they without saving their own lives has sacrificed themselves without any hitch and without caring about their respective family members and wards. In other words, they are like our heroes and mentors who can guide us from the darkness of fear, militancy, corruption and other dark sides of life and so on. Now the question arises, if Gandhi would have been alive today, what would have been his reaction/opinion to the police and its functioning? Would he have some thing different in his mind now what he had been in his mind before the partition or would he be going to start some Satyagraha in the form of some improvement in the functioning of the police administration? Really these questions or rather night mares can come to any one’s mind, when there is too much confusion is prevailing in our minds, when there is too much corruption in the society and when the polices working is also in the questioning because of one or the other case throughout the India. It is matter of great concern that we have to thing over our administration and our practical approach because the police personals are also like us, they are part and parcel of our society and among one of us, so why we all are pin pointing towards them.
A STUDY ON TALENT MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN SELECTED...IAEME Publication
The goal of this study was to see how talent management affected employee retention in the selected IT organizations in Chennai. The fundamental issue was the difficulty to attract, hire, and retain talented personnel who perform well and the gap between supply and demand of talent acquisition and retaining them within the firms. The study's main goals were to determine the impact of talent management on employee retention in IT companies in Chennai, investigate talent management strategies that IT companies could use to improve talent acquisition, performance management, career planning and formulate retention strategies that the IT firms could use. The respondents were given a structured close-ended questionnaire with the 5 Point Likert Scale as part of the study's quantitative research design. The target population consisted of 289 IT professionals. The questionnaires were distributed and collected by the researcher directly. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to collect and analyse the questionnaire responses. Hypotheses that were formulated for the various areas of the study were tested using a variety of statistical tests. The key findings of the study suggested that talent management had an impact on employee retention. The studies also found that there is a clear link between the implementation of talent management and retention measures. Management should provide enough training and development for employees, clarify job responsibilities, provide adequate remuneration packages, and recognise employees for exceptional performance.
ATTRITION IN THE IT INDUSTRY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: LINKING EMOTIONAL INTE...IAEME Publication
Globally, Millions of dollars were spent by the organizations for employing skilled Information Technology (IT) professionals. It is costly to replace unskilled employees with IT professionals possessing technical skills and competencies that aid in interconnecting the business processes. The organization’s employment tactics were forced to alter by globalization along with technological innovations as they consistently diminish to remain lean, outsource to concentrate on core competencies along with restructuring/reallocate personnel to gather efficiency. As other jobs, organizations or professions have become reasonably more appropriate in a shifting employment landscape, the above alterations trigger both involuntary as well as voluntary turnover. The employee view on jobs is also afflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic along with the employee-driven labour market. So, having effective strategies is necessary to tackle the withdrawal rate of employees. By associating Emotional Intelligence (EI) along with Talent Management (TM) in the IT industry, the rise in attrition rate was analyzed in this study. Only 303 respondents were collected out of 350 participants to whom questionnaires were distributed. From the employees of IT organizations located in Bangalore (India), the data were congregated. A simple random sampling methodology was employed to congregate data as of the respondents. Generating the hypothesis along with testing is eventuated. The effect of EI and TM along with regression analysis between TM and EI was analyzed. The outcomes indicated that employee and Organizational Performance (OP) were elevated by effective EI along with TM.
INFLUENCE OF TALENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE A STUD...IAEME Publication
By implementing talent management strategy, organizations would have the option to retain their skilled professionals while additionally working on their overall performance. It is the course of appropriately utilizing the ideal individuals, setting them up for future top positions, exploring and dealing with their performance, and holding them back from leaving the organization. It is employee performance that determines the success of every organization. The firm quickly obtains an upper hand over its rivals in the event that its employees having particular skills that cannot be duplicated by the competitors. Thus, firms are centred on creating successful talent management practices and processes to deal with the unique human resources. Firms are additionally endeavouring to keep their top/key staff since on the off chance that they leave; the whole store of information leaves the firm's hands. The study's objective was to determine the impact of talent management on organizational performance among the selected IT organizations in Chennai. The study recommends that talent management limitedly affects performance. On the off chance that this talent is appropriately management and implemented properly, organizations might benefit as much as possible from their maintained assets to support development and productivity, both monetarily and non-monetarily.
A STUDY OF VARIOUS TYPES OF LOANS OF SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS...IAEME Publication
Banking regulations act of India, 1949 defines banking as “acceptance of deposits for the purpose of lending or investment from the public, repayment on demand or otherwise and withdrawable through cheques, drafts order or otherwise”, the major participants of the Indian financial system are commercial banks, the financial institution encompassing term lending institutions. Investments institutions, specialized financial institution and the state level development banks, non banking financial companies (NBFC) and other market intermediaries such has the stock brokers and money lenders are among the oldest of the certain variants of NBFC and the oldest market participants. The asset quality of banks is one of the most important indicators of their financial health. The Indian banking sector has been facing severe problems of increasing Non- Performing Assets (NPAs). The NPAs growth directly and indirectly affects the quality of assets and profitability of banks. It also shows the efficiency of banks credit risk management and the recovery effectiveness. NPA do not generate any income, whereas, the bank is required to make provisions for such as assets that why is a double edge weapon. This paper outlines the concept of quality of bank loans of different types like Housing, Agriculture and MSME loans in state Haryana of selected public and private sector banks. This study is highlighting problems associated with the role of commercial bank in financing Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME). The overall objective of the research was to assess the effect of the financing provisions existing for the setting up and operations of MSMEs in the country and to generate recommendations for more robust financing mechanisms for successful operation of the MSMEs, in turn understanding the impact of MSME loans on financial institutions due to NPA. There are many research conducted on the topic of Non- Performing Assets (NPA) Management, concerning particular bank, comparative study of public and private banks etc. In this paper the researcher is considering the aggregate data of selected public sector and private sector banks and attempts to compare the NPA of Housing, Agriculture and MSME loans in state Haryana of public and private sector banks. The tools used in the study are average and Anova test and variance. The findings reveal that NPA is common problem for both public and private sector banks and is associated with all types of loans either that is housing loans, agriculture loans and loans to SMES. NPAs of both public and private sector banks show the increasing trend. In 2010-11 GNPA of public and private sector were at same level it was 2% but after 2010-11 it increased in many fold and at present there is GNPA in some more than 15%. It shows the dark area of Indian banking sector.
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL RELATION OF NYLON/BaSO4 POL...IAEME Publication
An experiment conducted in this study found that BaSO4 changed Nylon 6's mechanical properties. By changing the weight ratios, BaSO4 was used to make Nylon 6. This Researcher looked into how hard Nylon-6/BaSO4 composites are and how well they wear. Experiments were done based on Taguchi design L9. Nylon-6/BaSO4 composites can be tested for their hardness number using a Rockwell hardness testing apparatus. On Nylon/BaSO4, the wear behavior was measured by a wear monitor, pinon-disc friction by varying reinforcement, sliding speed, and sliding distance, and the microstructure of the crack surfaces was observed by SEM. This study provides significant contributions to ultimate strength by increasing BaSO4 content up to 16% in the composites, and sliding speed contributes 72.45% to the wear rate
ROLE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA - PROBLEMS AND ...IAEME Publication
The majority of the population in India lives in villages. The village is the back bone of the country. Village or rural industries play an important role in the national economy, particularly in the rural development. Developing the rural economy is one of the key indicators towards a country’s success. Whether it be the need to look after the welfare of the farmers or invest in rural infrastructure, Governments have to ensure that rural development isn’t compromised. The economic development of our country largely depends on the progress of rural areas and the standard of living of rural masses. Village or rural industries play an important role in the national economy, particularly in the rural development. Rural entrepreneurship is based on stimulating local entrepreneurial talent and the subsequent growth of indigenous enterprises. It recognizes opportunity in the rural areas and accelerates a unique blend of resources either inside or outside of agriculture. Rural entrepreneurship brings an economic value to the rural sector by creating new methods of production, new markets, new products and generate employment opportunities thereby ensuring continuous rural development. Social Entrepreneurship has the direct and primary objective of serving the society along with the earning profits. So, social entrepreneurship is different from the economic entrepreneurship as its basic objective is not to earn profits but for providing innovative solutions to meet the society needs which are not taken care by majority of the entrepreneurs as they are in the business for profit making as a sole objective. So, the Social Entrepreneurs have the huge growth potential particularly in the developing countries like India where we have huge societal disparities in terms of the financial positions of the population. Still 22 percent of the Indian population is below the poverty line and also there is disparity among the rural & urban population in terms of families living under BPL. 25.7 percent of the rural population & 13.7 percent of the urban population is under BPL which clearly shows the disparity of the poor people in the rural and urban areas. The need to develop social entrepreneurship in agriculture is dictated by a large number of social problems. Such problems include low living standards, unemployment, and social tension. The reasons that led to the emergence of the practice of social entrepreneurship are the above factors. The research problem lays upon disclosing the importance of role of social entrepreneurship in rural development of India. The paper the tendencies of social entrepreneurship in India, to present successful examples of such business for providing recommendations how to improve situation in rural areas in terms of social entrepreneurship development. Indian government has made some steps towards development of social enterprises, social entrepreneurship, and social in- novation, but a lot remains to be improved.
OPTIMAL RECONFIGURATION OF POWER DISTRIBUTION RADIAL NETWORK USING HYBRID MET...IAEME Publication
Distribution system is a critical link between the electric power distributor and the consumers. Most of the distribution networks commonly used by the electric utility is the radial distribution network. However in this type of network, it has technical issues such as enormous power losses which affect the quality of the supply. Nowadays, the introduction of Distributed Generation (DG) units in the system help improve and support the voltage profile of the network as well as the performance of the system components through power loss mitigation. In this study network reconfiguration was done using two meta-heuristic algorithms Particle Swarm Optimization and Gravitational Search Algorithm (PSO-GSA) to enhance power quality and voltage profile in the system when simultaneously applied with the DG units. Backward/Forward Sweep Method was used in the load flow analysis and simulated using the MATLAB program. Five cases were considered in the Reconfiguration based on the contribution of DG units. The proposed method was tested using IEEE 33 bus system. Based on the results, there was a voltage profile improvement in the system from 0.9038 p.u. to 0.9594 p.u.. The integration of DG in the network also reduced power losses from 210.98 kW to 69.3963 kW. Simulated results are drawn to show the performance of each case.
APPLICATION OF FRUGAL APPROACH FOR PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT - A CASE STUDY OF...IAEME Publication
Manufacturing industries have witnessed an outburst in productivity. For productivity improvement manufacturing industries are taking various initiatives by using lean tools and techniques. However, in different manufacturing industries, frugal approach is applied in product design and services as a tool for improvement. Frugal approach contributed to prove less is more and seems indirectly contributing to improve productivity. Hence, there is need to understand status of frugal approach application in manufacturing industries. All manufacturing industries are trying hard and putting continuous efforts for competitive existence. For productivity improvements, manufacturing industries are coming up with different effective and efficient solutions in manufacturing processes and operations. To overcome current challenges, manufacturing industries have started using frugal approach in product design and services. For this study, methodology adopted with both primary and secondary sources of data. For primary source interview and observation technique is used and for secondary source review has done based on available literatures in website, printed magazines, manual etc. An attempt has made for understanding application of frugal approach with the study of manufacturing industry project. Manufacturing industry selected for this project study is Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. This paper will help researcher to find the connections between the two concepts productivity improvement and frugal approach. This paper will help to understand significance of frugal approach for productivity improvement in manufacturing industry. This will also help to understand current scenario of frugal approach in manufacturing industry. In manufacturing industries various process are involved to deliver the final product. In the process of converting input in to output through manufacturing process productivity plays very critical role. Hence this study will help to evolve status of frugal approach in productivity improvement programme. The notion of frugal can be viewed as an approach towards productivity improvement in manufacturing industries.
A MULTIPLE – CHANNEL QUEUING MODELS ON FUZZY ENVIRONMENTIAEME Publication
In this paper, we investigated a queuing model of fuzzy environment-based a multiple channel queuing model (M/M/C) ( /FCFS) and study its performance under realistic conditions. It applies a nonagonal fuzzy number to analyse the relevant performance of a multiple channel queuing model (M/M/C) ( /FCFS). Based on the sub interval average ranking method for nonagonal fuzzy number, we convert fuzzy number to crisp one. Numerical results reveal that the efficiency of this method. Intuitively, the fuzzy environment adapts well to a multiple channel queuing models (M/M/C) ( /FCFS) are very well.
CFD Simulation of By-pass Flow in a HRSG module by R&R Consult.pptxR&R Consult
CFD analysis is incredibly effective at solving mysteries and improving the performance of complex systems!
Here's a great example: At a large natural gas-fired power plant, where they use waste heat to generate steam and energy, they were puzzled that their boiler wasn't producing as much steam as expected.
R&R and Tetra Engineering Group Inc. were asked to solve the issue with reduced steam production.
An inspection had shown that a significant amount of hot flue gas was bypassing the boiler tubes, where the heat was supposed to be transferred.
R&R Consult conducted a CFD analysis, which revealed that 6.3% of the flue gas was bypassing the boiler tubes without transferring heat. The analysis also showed that the flue gas was instead being directed along the sides of the boiler and between the modules that were supposed to capture the heat. This was the cause of the reduced performance.
Based on our results, Tetra Engineering installed covering plates to reduce the bypass flow. This improved the boiler's performance and increased electricity production.
It is always satisfying when we can help solve complex challenges like this. Do your systems also need a check-up or optimization? Give us a call!
Work done in cooperation with James Malloy and David Moelling from Tetra Engineering.
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Saudi Arabia stands as a titan in the global energy landscape, renowned for its abundant oil and gas resources. It's the largest exporter of petroleum and holds some of the world's most significant reserves. Let's delve into the top 10 oil and gas projects shaping Saudi Arabia's energy future in 2024.
Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two type of water scarcity. One is physical. The other is economic water scarcity.
Final project report on grocery store management system..pdfKamal Acharya
In today’s fast-changing business environment, it’s extremely important to be able to respond to client needs in the most effective and timely manner. If your customers wish to see your business online and have instant access to your products or services.
Online Grocery Store is an e-commerce website, which retails various grocery products. This project allows viewing various products available enables registered users to purchase desired products instantly using Paytm, UPI payment processor (Instant Pay) and also can place order by using Cash on Delivery (Pay Later) option. This project provides an easy access to Administrators and Managers to view orders placed using Pay Later and Instant Pay options.
In order to develop an e-commerce website, a number of Technologies must be studied and understood. These include multi-tiered architecture, server and client-side scripting techniques, implementation technologies, programming language (such as PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and MySQL relational databases. This is a project with the objective to develop a basic website where a consumer is provided with a shopping cart website and also to know about the technologies used to develop such a website.
This document will discuss each of the underlying technologies to create and implement an e- commerce website.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Technical Specifications
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
Key Features
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system
• Copatiable with IDM8000 CCR
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
Application
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Overview of the fundamental roles in Hydropower generation and the components involved in wider Electrical Engineering.
This paper presents the design and construction of hydroelectric dams from the hydrologist’s survey of the valley before construction, all aspects and involved disciplines, fluid dynamics, structural engineering, generation and mains frequency regulation to the very transmission of power through the network in the United Kingdom.
Author: Robbie Edward Sayers
Collaborators and co editors: Charlie Sims and Connor Healey.
(C) 2024 Robbie E. Sayers
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While conformance to existing design decisions is the primary focus of quality control,
there are exceptions to this rule. First, unforeseen circumstances, incorrect design decisions or
changes desired by an owner in the facility function may require re-evaluation of design
decisions during the course of construction. While these changes may be motivated by the
concern for quality, they represent occasions for re-design with all the attendant objectives
and constraints. As a second case, some designs rely upon informed and appropriate decision
making during the construction process itself. For example, some tunneling methods make
decisions about the amount of shoring required at different locations based upon observation
of soil conditions during the tunneling process. Since such decisions are based on better
information concerning actual site conditions, the facility design may be more cost effective
as a result.
With the attention to conformance as the measure of quality during the construction
process, the specification of quality requirements in the design and contract documentation
becomes extremely important. Quality requirements should be clear and verifiable, so that all
parties in the project can understand the requirements for conformance. Much of the
discussion in this chapter relates to the development and the implications of different quality
requirements for construction as well as the issues associated with insuring conformance.
Quality Assurance
“Quality Assurance” is a term that often is not fully understood. Indeed the concept of quality
assurance often gets confused with quality control and quality inspection.
The American Society for Quality™ (ASQ) is regarded as one of the world’s leading
authorities on quality the ASQ defines assurance and quality as follows:
Assurance: The act of giving confidence, the state of being certain or the act of making
certain.
Quality Assurance: The planned and systematic activities implemented in a quality system
so that quality requirements for a product or service will be fulfilled.
Control: An evaluation to indicate needed corrective responses; the act of guiding a process
in which variability is attributable to a constant system of chance causes.
Quality Control: The observation techniques and activities used to fulfill requirements for
quality.
2. SAFETY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION
Safety during the construction project is also influenced in large part by decisions made
during the planning and design process. Some designs or construction plans are inherently
difficult and dangerous to implement, whereas other, comparable plans may considerably
reduce the possibility of accidents. For example, clear separation of traffic from construction
zones during roadway rehabilitation can greatly reduce the possibility of accidental collisions.
Beyond these design decisions, safety largely depends upon education, vigilance and
cooperation during the construction process. Workers should be constantly alert to the
possibilities of accidents and avoid taken unnecessary risks.
3. ORGANIZING FOR QUALITY AND SAFETY
A variety of different organizations are possible for quality and safety control during
construction. One common model is to have a group responsible for quality assurance and
another group primarily responsible for safety within an organization. In large organizations,
departments dedicated to quality assurance and to safety might assign specific individuals to
assume responsibility for these functions on particular projects. For smaller projects, the
project manager or an assistant might assume these and other responsibilities. In either case,
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insuring safe and quality construction is a concern of the project manager in overall charge of
the project in addition to the concerns of personnel, cost, time and other management issues.
Inspectors and quality assurance personnel will be involved in a project to represent a
variety of different organizations. Each of the parties directly concerned with the project may
have their own quality and safety inspectors, including the owner, the engineer/architect, and
the various constructor firms. These inspectors may be contractors from specialized quality
assurance organizations. In addition to on-site inspections, samples of materials will
commonly be tested by specialized laboratories to insure compliance. Inspectors to insure
compliance with regulatory requirements will also be involved. Common examples are
inspectors for the local government's building department, for environmental agencies, and
for occupational health and safety agencies.
4. QUALITY STANDARDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
The international standard series IS0 9OOO covers quality assurance and has been adopted by
many countries, including Australia, and published as national standards. In Australia they are
theAS3900series, Quality Systems. Because they are of general application, an attempt to
provide specific guidance for building and construction was made in Australia by creating AS
2990 -1987 Quality Systems for Construction and Engineering Projects. This standard has
been applied by larger companies in mainly government contracts, but is to be phased out in
1995. A new standard AS3905.2-1993 is to provide guidelines toAS3901, AS 3902 and AS
3903 for construction AS2990 - 1987. This particular quality system has been adopted from a
Canadian series of standards (CSA 2299) primarily dealing with manufacturing and the
electricity generating industries. The standard’s theme is to encourage contractors to produce
quality manuals that clearly define their philosophies and policies towards quality, and how
they intend to implement such a policy. One advantageous feature of this system is that it
enabled those concerned with the project to choose hom three categories of quality systems
thereby giving more flexibility in the use of the standard. Each category identifies the risks
involved in the project, the accessibility to Quality Assurance resources and the contractors’
capacity to deliver Quality Assurance. The categories in order of complexity are as follows:
Category A
High commercial hazard risks good access to Quality Assurance resources high capacity of
Contractors to deliver Quality Assurance
Category B
Good access to Quality Assurance resources high capacity of contractors to deliver Quality
Assurance
Category C
Low commercial hazard risks reasonable access to Quality Assurance resources reasonable
capacity of contractors to deliver Quality Assurance As no two commerce projects are the
same, this system helps the project team by enabling them to choose the category best suited
to their projects’ aims and objectives. Once the appropriate category has been chosen for the
project, then the exact Quality System to be incorporated will be known. It is here that the
“adopted standard presents its first problem. As the system has been from Canada, there is no
grounding for its development in Australia and consequently no input into its requirements.
The danger of adopting other people’s quality documents is obvious [191. Added to this, the
standard is predominantly one for the manufacturing and electricity generating industries
which creates the following problems for AS 2990 - 1987: it requires much technical input
which therefore makes the system an expensive one to implement and run. due to its origins
in Canada and the fact that it was developed for a manufacturing type industry, the
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terminology used does not always suit that required in the building industry, nor in the
Australian context. There is no allowance in the system for varying levels of quality of the
project; this is often the case in the construction industry, unlike the manufacturing industry
on which this standard is based. The system includes an assumption that the manufacturer of
the product is also the designer. This is very rare in the construction industry
5. WORK AND MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications of work quality are an important feature of facility designs. Specifications of
required quality and components represent part of the necessary documentation to describe a
facility. Typically, this documentation includes any special provisions of the facility design as
well as references to generally accepted specifications to be used during construction.
General specifications of work quality are available in numerous fields and are issued in
publications of organizations such as the American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), or the Construction
Specifications Institute (CSI). Distinct specifications are formalized for particular types of
construction activities, such as welding standards issued by the American Welding Society, or
for particular facility types, such as the Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges issued
by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. These general
specifications must be modified to reflect local conditions, policies, available materials, local
regulations and other special circumstances
6. TOTAL QUALITY CONTROL
Quality control in construction typically involves insuring compliance with minimum
standards of material and workmanship in order to insure the performance of the facility
according to the design. These minimum standards are contained in the specifications
described in the previous section. For the purpose of insuring compliance, random samples
and statistical methods are commonly used as the basis for accepting or rejecting work
completed and batches of materials. Rejection of a batch is based on non-conformance or
violation of the relevant design specifications. Procedures for this quality control practice are
described in the following sections.
An implicit assumption in these traditional quality control practices is the notion of an
acceptable quality level which is a allowable fraction of defective items. Materials obtained
from suppliers or work performed by an organization is inspected and passed as acceptable if
the estimated defective percentage is within the acceptable quality level. Problems with
materials or goods are corrected after delivery of the product.
In contrast to this traditional approach of quality control is the goal of total quality
control. In this system, no defective items are allowed anywhere in the construction process.
While the zero defects goal can never be permanently obtained, it provides a goal so that an
organization is never satisfied with its quality control program even if defects are reduced by
substantial amounts year after year. This concept and approach to quality control was first
developed in manufacturing firms in Japan and Europe, but has since spread to many
construction companies. The best known formal certification for quality improvement is the
International Organization for Standardization's ISO 9000 standard. ISO 9000 emphasizes
good documentation, quality goals and a series of cycles of planning, implementation and
review.
7. CONCLUSION
The process of construction is becoming more quality orientated. There is a greater interest in
obtaining better value for money. In order to successfully implement a quality management
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program there must be a total commitment by top management to improve company
performance. This includes both establishing a company structure and operating procedures
which fit the company objectives. A QA system does not promise to solve all problems on a
construction site. It does, however, ensure that, if conducted properly, the chances of
committing mistakes are greatly reduced. Similarly as a consequence of the additional
documentation and planning, potential problems have a better chance of being recognized
prior to their occurrence. Quality Assurance systems should commence at the brief and design
stages of a project, and continue throughout the construction until completion. Quality
Assurance will only work effectively if all parties involved, client, designer, contract
administrator, contractor and subcontractors, are convinced that Quality Assurance is good for
their own business.
Safety during the construction project is also influenced in large part by decisions made
during the planning and design process, safety largely depends upon education, vigilance and
cooperation during the construction process. Workers should be constantly alert to the
possibilities of accidents and avoid taken unnecessary risks.
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