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ArticlesQUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF UPASS: A TRANSIT DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
Dr. Taimur Usman, Dr. Rashid Rehan, Dr. Salman Saeed
Transportation networks remain fixed, in terms of capacity, for long duration of times due to various reasons such as budgeting constraints, availability of land for more lanes. Whereas automobile growth rate increases each year putting more burden on ou…
10 Aug 2020- Articles
DEVELOPMENT OF DATABASE OF HEAVY TRUCK LOAD DATA IN PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Usman Shafi, Syed Muhammad Ali, Syed Akhtar Ali Shah, Kamran Ahmed
The objective of this research project is to develop an indigenous solution that should be efficient and cost effective for determining truck loads passing from Peshawar. As heavy vehicles impacts road most, therefore small vehicles are put in one catego…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
EFFECT OF COCONUT FIBER AND MARBLE WASTE ON CONCRETE STRENGTH
Faisal Shabbir, Muhammad Fiaz Tahir, Naeem Ejaz, Daulat Khan, Naveed Ahmad, Jawad Hussain
A large amount of marble waste (MW) is being produced by marble industry every year, while coconut fibers (CF) are abundantly available in tropical regions. These two raw materials can be used as a partial cement replacement in concrete. In this research…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE AND HAMMING DISTANCE USED FOR IRIS RECOGNITION
Atta Ur Rehman, Laiq Hassan, Nasir Ahmad, Kashif Ahmad, Shakirullah
This paper presents a comparative study of two well-known classification techniques of iris patterns, along with detailed description of some preprocessing steps. In preprocessing stage, Circular Hough Transform and Canny Edge Detector are employed for i…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
DESIGN OF MINITURISED MIMO ANTENNA WITH W-LAN BAND NOTCHED FOR ULTRA WIDE BAND (UWB) APPLICATIONS
Numan Ahmad, Shahid Bashir, Shahid Rauf
A miniaturized Multi-input Multi-output (MIMO) antenna is proposed for Ultra-wideband (UWB) applications having capability to mitigate interference with the WLAN (5.15GHZ-5.85GHZ) operating band. A ‘spider’ shape structure is etched on the gr…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
CHARACTERIZATION OF NICKLE FREE TITANIUM ALLOY TI-27NB FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Muhammad Amjad, Saeed Badshah, Muhammad Adil Khattak, Rafi Ullah Khan, Muhammad Mujahid
Bone implantation is common since several decades. Titanium alloys are the most commonly used bone implant materials. TI-27Nb (Titanium-27% Niobium) having no toxic effects on human body and also having low modulus. The objective of this paper is the mec…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
A NOVEL WIDEBAND MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS IN KU-BAND
Gulzar Ahmad, M. Inayatullah Babar, M.Irfan
In this paper bandwidth enhanced microstrip patch antenna has been proposed for satellite communications. The bandwidth has been increased using parasitic patches. The size of the proposed antenna is 15x8mm2. It has been observed that the antenna has a b…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF SQUEEZE CASTING PROCESS PARAMETERS ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OVERCAST ALUMINIUM-ALLOY JOINT USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY
Muhammad Asad Ali, Mirza Jahanzaib, Muhammad Ahsan Ul Haq
This study contains, the overcast 2024-2024 wrought aluminium alloy joints produced by casting liquid 2024 wrought aluminium alloy onto the solid 2024 wrought aluminium alloy inserts using squeeze casting process. The quality of overcast joints fabricate…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
HYDRODYNAMIC DESIGN OF TIDAL CURRENT TURBINE AND THE EFFECT OF SOLIDITY ON PERFORMANCE
Mujahid Badshah, Saeed Badshah, Sakhi Jan
Blade element momentum (BEM) flow model in conjunction with pattern search optimization algorithm embedded in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) tool HARP_Opt was used to design a horizontal axis tidal current turbine (HATCT). The numerical…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE QUANTIFICATION FROM RAINFALL IN PESHAWAR DISTRICT-KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
Mahmood Alam Khan, Afzal Munir, Muhammad Shahzad Khattak, Daulat Khan, Muhammad Ajmal
Water is an unlimited and exquisite gift which has been given by nature. However, its increasing demand and current pattern of usage are threats to human welfare, livelihood, development, and for the life itself, in the coming years. The main objective o…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
ANALYSIS OF CHIP PRODUCED IN FREE MACHINING OF TI-6AL-7ZR-3NB- 4MO-0.9ND AND TI-5AL-7ZR-7NB-0.7ND ALLOYS
Numan Habib, Naseer Ahmed, Riaz Muhammad, Himayat Ullah, Muftooh Ur Rehman, Kareem Akhtar
The use of Titanium and its alloys in modern era can never be discarded. Continuous developments in many industries like aviation and power generation increased its use in many applications, not only because of its chemical properties but also because of…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
FERMENTATION OF SUGARCANE MOLASSES BY SACCHARAMYCES CEREVESIA: EFFECTS OF OPERATING PARAMETERS ON ETHANOL PRODUCTION
Muhammad Irfan, Saeed Gul, Mohammad Younas, Babar Nawaz, M. Ishfaq, M. Amir Durrani et al.
Pakistan has more than 70 sugar manufacturing industries which are responsible for massive production ofmolasses. Typically the molasses is converted to ethanol through fermentation process. A pilot plant has been designed and fabricated to investiga…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
CHARACTERIZATION OF TALC-CARBONATE ROCK OF MINGORA EMERALD MINES, DISTRICT SWAT, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
Nisar Mohammad, Mohammad Mansoor Khan* Noor Mohammad
In present research characterization/ pre-concentration investigations study was done for low-grade talc- carbonate rock of Mingora emerald mines located in District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. These rocks host emerald crystals and…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
IDENTIFICATION OF VITAL VEHICLE MECHANICAL DEFECTS CAUSING ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN PAKISTAN
Khizar Azam, Abdul Shakoor*~ Afzal Khan, Riaz Akbar Shah*~ Shaukat Ali Shah·
Vehicle Mechanical Defects (VMD) is one ofthe major cause ofRoad Traffic Accidents (RTA) in developing countries. This paper presents the quantitative analysis of RTA on Motorways in Pakistan caused due to VMD. The data is collected from the Na…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
IMPACT OF LANTHANUM DOPING ON SAC305 LEAD FREE SOLDERS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS
Tabassum Yasmin, Muhammad Sadiq
The environmental concerns over the toxicity of lead- bearing electronics are forcing electronic industry to use leadfree solders. Among various lead-free candidate material, Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu (SAC305) appeared as a strong candidate. However, due to the coar…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
EXTRACTION OF HIGH QUALITY TALC FROM TALC-CARBONATE ROCK OF MINGORA EMERALD MINES BY FLOTATION AND LEACHING
Nisar MohammadÙ, Mohammad Mansoor KhanÙ, Noor MohammadÙ
Talc is hydrated magnesium silicate with chemical formula Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. In natural form pure talc is an extreme rarity and it is mostly associated with undesired minerals like magnesite, calcite, dolomite, quartz, muscovite, chlorite, tremolite and iron bear…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
A SURVEY OF MOBILE PHONES CONTEXT-AWARENESS USING SENSING COMPUTING RESEARCH
Shaukat Ali, Shah Khusro, Laiq Hasan, Asif Ali Khan
Recent technological advancements have not only emerged mobile phones as the key computing and communication platforms for performing individual's daily activities but have turned them into global sensing devices as well. Mobile phones sensing is a n…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
DETERIORATION OF ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT AND FLY-ASH BASED GEO-POLYMER CONCRETES DUE TO SULFATE ATTACK UNDER THE ACTION OF SULFURIC ACID AND WASTEWATER
Naeem Ejaz, Daulat Khan, Usman Ali Naeem, Muhammad Ali Shamim, Muhammad Fiaz Tahir, Faisal Shabbir et al.
Corrosion in concrete sewers and wastewater treatment plants has been a major problem but this issue has not been resolved satisfactorily yet. Generally, deterioration happens due to sulfuric acid reaction with treatment units and sewer materials. Ge…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
SOME AGGREGATION OPERATORS FOR BIPOLAR-VALUED HESITANT FUZZY INFORMATION BASED ON EINSTEIN OPERATIONAL LAWS
Tahir Mahmood, Kifayat Ullah, Murad Ullah, Naeem Jan, Irfan Deli, Qaisar Khan
This article is based on Einstein operations for bipolar-valued hesitant fuzzy sets (BVHFSs). We extend the concept of Einstein operators for BVHFSs by defining bipolar-valued hesitant fuzzy Einstein weighted averaging (BPVHFEWA) operators and weighted g…
10 Aug 2020 - Articles
YIELD RESPONSE AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY OF SUGAR BEET IN SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT UNDER DIFFERENT DEFICIT IRRIGATION REGIMES
Abdul Malik, Abdul Sattar Shakir, Muhammad Jamal Khan, Muhammad Latif, Zia-ul-Haq
A field study was conducted to find the effect of deficit irrigation regimes on yield and water use efficiency ofsugar beet under furrow irrigation system during the cropping season of 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 at Sugar Crops Research Institute Mardan, Khyb…
10 Aug 2020