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India, the United States and South Asia: potential strains and complications
No full textAfter several incidents occurring close together, there is the possibility of strains appearing in India-US relations if the trend is not arrested. It requires a “message” to reach the Indian public, over the heads of their “managed” political leaderships. This could lead to public pressure on the leaders in ways that America does not always understand. One incident concerns reports of the ‘US acquiring a military base in Maldives’, which has been stoutly denied by Washington. Ahead of presidential polls later this year and parliamentary elections in the next, Maldives has since indicated that it cannot approve the US draft and that it’s in no great hurry to conclude it. The other relates to the creation of a congressional caucus in the US on the forgotten “Khalistan issue”, from independent India’s none-too-distant past. A more recent, third episode refers to reports that India is fifth in the rank of countries that US intelligence agencies are hacking the internet services of and eavesdropping on at a global level.
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The US is beginning to be seen as not doing enough to support India in the post-Cold War era. Reports emanating from both public and political fora refer to US engagement with individual countries in South Asia, possibly behind the back of India and with indifference to anti-India sentiments in those countries; this could become a cause of strain in India-US relations.
The “String of Pearls” theory, which has demonised China in the Indian mind, may have to come in for review. Already, India is revisiting its neighbourhood policy, established in the years immediately after the Cold War, to reassess and reassert its traditional supremacy in the region.
A coalition government in India after the poll scheduled for May 2014, could initiate a review of India’s foreign policy and geo-strategic priorities in the short-term, over the head of the two “national parties”, the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP, which seem to have developed some kind of a bipartisan approach on national issues, although that has not always held.
Bilateral relations with India offer substantial possibilities for the US, but other possibilities have also opened up for India. Even while continuing with a policy of “cautious optimism” towards each other, India and China seem to be adopting the step-by-step realisation of a calibrated normalisation of bilateral ties, which, however, may take some time to come
Analysis of Hybrid Magnetic Bearing for High Speed Spindle
No full textAbstract: High speed, precision, ultra-precise machining technology is an important trend of advanced manufacturing Engineering. The high-speed motorized spindle enable to attaining greater complexity and accuracy, which demands rotating machinery to be run at high speeds. Non contacting magnetic bearing are suitable for supporting the spindle and rotor in the rotating machinery because of the high temperatures generated by the contact between the spindle and bearing. The basics of Active Magnetic Bearing technology, material selection and working of hybrid active magnetic bearing of high speed spindle are well described. The analytical derivation of the forces in a Hybrid magnetic bearing is described and the initial parameter design is done with magnetic circuit. From the initial parameter the permanent magnet is designed through FEA using ANSYS workbench. Finally, simulation of the designed magnetic bearing for magnetic flux density and force dependency of current coil and rotor position are done. From the prediction of current stiffness and position stiffness we found that current stiffness provide more linearity than position stiffness
Implementation of an integrated FPGA based automatic test equipment and test generation for digital circuits
No full textNumerical Analysis of Influential Parameters on the Performance of Vertical-Cylindrical Refinery Furnaces
No full textAbstractAn integrated heat transfer modeling of vertical-cylindrical refinery furnaces was carried out to determine the influential parameters on the fired heaters efficiency as well as the process and flue gas temperature variations. The model was developed considering separate sections of the heater encompassing heat of the flue gas. The model was solved by an iterative procedure with initial boundary conditions. The developed model along with its solution was compiled in MATLAB R2013a environment. The parameters involved into the devised model form the basis for the determination of the most influential parameters on the performance of fired heaters. The sensitivity analysis was accomplished via examining five parameters including excess air, tube pitch, inlet air temperature, fuel composition, and fuel flow rate. Model validation reveals that the model results reasonably agree with the experimental data with less than 4% deviation. The sensitivity analysis demonstrated that varying the five influential parameters by 5% from a base case altered the furnace efficiency by 2.69%, 0.93%, 0.22%, 0.21%, and 0.07%, respectively. The devised model can be employed to reduce computing time and technical costs afforded by the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis
Thilakavathy's Unakagava Naan Novel
Get PDFThe author of the novel Unkakagava Naan deals with the problems faced by women in the society and it also brings out how those women overcomes many obstacles and succeeds in life. This article highlights the sufferings of the woman named Pragathi in this novel. This article tells us that no matter how educated a woman is, she is always known for her beauty. And the author narrates her hardships from her father to the teacher who comes to teach her. It also highlights her migration from Tamil Nadu to Kolkata, marriage interrupted several times and waiting as an old woman. It captures her perspective on men. Later she married a boy named Tarun and expressed her love to him. Marrying someone who is less educated thanher and promoting him in life is a very great thing and she raised him to big level. The purpose of this article is to raise the status of the woman through her knowledge to fight the hardships
Global Literature on Immunology research: A Scientometric study base on Web of Science Database
No full textThe paper reveals the research productivity of Immunology research. This study is an analysis of total productivity on 23646 publications in the year of 2008-2017 (10 years). Paper particularly contributed about Scientometric on the records indexed in the Web of Science database during the period 2008-2017 i.e. for 10 years on Immunology. The researchers analyzed the research publication that has been published only on Immunology retrieved data was 23646 records. The methodology of this study was downloaded articles from the Web of Science (WoS) database the search term used was “Immunology” and considered as central keyword of the topic discussed. The downloaded data have been analyzed in Bibexcel, MS-Excel files for further analysis. The objective of the work has been done under the year of publications, Language wise Publication, Document type publications, Authorship and author productivit
Multi Response Optimization of Setting Input Variables for Getting Better Product Quality in Machining of Magnesium AM60 by Grey Relation Analysis and ANOVA
Get PDFThis study presents the optimization of Machining parameters on AM60 Mg alloy manufactured by Gravity Die Casting and with responses supported orthogonal array with Grey relation analysis. Focuses on the optimization of Machining input parameters using the technique to get minimum surface roughness, Minimum Tool Wear, Cutting Time, Power Requirement, Torque and Maximum MRR. A number of Machining trails were conducted based on the L9 orthogonal array on CNC machine. The experiments were performed on AM60 alloy using cutting tool of an ISO 460.1-1140-034A0-XM GC3 of 12,16 and 25 mm diameter with cutting point 140 degrees, throughout the experimental work under different cutting conditions. Grey relation analysis & ANOVA were used to work out the fore most important parameters Cutting speed, feed rate, Depth of Cut and Tool Diameter which affects the Response. The expected response and measured response are fairly close. The given model could be used to select the level of Machining parameters
Grey Relational Analysis and Anova to Determine the Optimum Process Parameters for Friction Stir Welding of Ti and Mg Alloys
Get PDFThe welding of Magnesium and Titanium and its alloys has continuously depicted a good challenge for designers and technologists. Ti and Mg alloys, particularly heat-treatable alloys, are difficult to join by fusion fastening techniques. The welding of dissimilar alloy such as Ti (Grade 2) and Mg (AZ91D) Alloy is an important problem during Friction Stir Welding (FSW). In this paper, the influence of Rotation speed (Rpm), Travel Speed (mm/min), Bottom Diameter Tool Pins (mm) and Tool Profiles of Ti and Mg alloy during FSW was investigated by Grey Relational Analysis and Anova was used to work out the foremost important Travel speed and feed rate affecting the Response. The primary and cooperation impact of the information factors on the normal reactions are examined. The expected values and measured values are genuinely close
Multi Response Optimization of Setting Input Variables for Getting Better Product Quality in Machining of Magnesium AM60 by Grey Relation Analysis and ANOVA
No full textThis study presents the optimization of Machining parameters on AM60 Mg alloy manufactured by Gravity Die Casting and with responses supported orthogonal array with Grey relation analysis. Focuses on the optimization of Machining input parameters using the technique to get minimum surface roughness, Minimum Tool Wear, Cutting Time, Power Requirement, Torque and Maximum MRR. A number of Machining trails were conducted based on the L9 orthogonal array on CNC machine. The experiments were performed on AM60 alloy using cutting tool of an ISO 460.1-1140-034A0-XM GC3 of 12,16 and 25 mm diameter with cutting point 140 degrees, throughout the experimental work under different cutting conditions. Grey relation analysis & ANOVA were used to work out the fore most important parameters Cutting speed, feed rate, Depth of Cut and Tool Diameter which affects the Response. The expected response and measured response are fairly close. The given model could be used to select the level of Machining parameters.</jats:p
Multi-attribute decision making parametric optimization and modelling in friction stir welding through grey relation taguchi analysis and ANOVA: A case study
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