IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Engineering & Technology

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Authors: HARE KRISHNA PANIGRAHI & BHASKAR JYOTI DUTTA

Properties of agricultural waste plastic composites largely depend on mass ratio and chemical composition of individual components, as well as of the mixing methods and mixing sequence of the components. Significantly higher values of the properties of polypropylene – agricultural waste (PP-Aw) composites indicated that two-step procedure of the composite preparation is more favorable. Maleic anhydride (MA) in the form of maleated polypropylene (MAPP) was frequently used as a coupling agent for production of PP-Aw composites. It was found, that MA reliably improves adhesion at the waste - polypropylene interface, thus creating composites with better mechanical properties. The achievement of effective coupling action already at 1.7 % - 2% of MA addition, together with its favorable accessibility and relatively low price, recommend it for this purpose. However, the addition of MA, at the same time reduced impact resistance of the resulting composites. This study was conducted to examine the influence of MA addition to tensile strength, elongation, modulus of elasticity of PP-Aw composites made with MAPP coupling agent as per the application

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Authors: KALPANA WANI, ARCHANA SHIRKE & PARIMITA DAS

Aim of this paper is to study and analyze different Web Mining Tools and techniques used to mine the information from World Wide Web. This survey will provide the detail information of different web mining tool/techniques for Web Content Mining, Web Structure Mining and Web Usage Mining, as well as a comparative study of their advantages and disadvantages

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Authors: O. O. OJO, T. I. OGEDENGBE & B. KAREEM

This paper parametrically examined the strategy of estimating cost of jobs produced on lathe machine with consideration for varying the complexity of jobs. Holistic assessment of the associated cost of production of jobs on a lathe was adopted taking into considerations the lathe, the workshop-environment and the machinist remuneration. The cost estimation approach utilizes machine hour rate assessment together with a multiple linear regression model for predicting the release time of jobs. The product of machine hour rate and the estimated release time gives cost of jobs produced on lathe. This method gives adequate room for evaluation of a piece and as well as mass produced jobs on the lathe. It further captures some of the salient cost elements such as overhead cost, repair and maintenance on lathe, cost of working space on the lathe, repair and maintenance of lathe floor space and insurance cost on lathe machine that are usually not included among the production factors on lathe machines

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Authors: MOHAMED ABDEL FATTAH OMAR & HESHAM ELSAYED ELSAYAD

Ballast water is required for the safety and stability of the ship. Ballast known as “any solid or liquid place in a ship to increase the draft to change the trim”. Ballast water contain viruses, bacteria, protests and microalgae which are three fields with high densities in natural water, able to from resting stages, and pathogenicity. The international maritime organization (IMO) has actively taken regulated measure to minimize the species transfer by adopting the international convention for the control and management of the ships’ ballast water and sediments 2004. But till now doesn't into force which will enter into force 2016. Many countries started implementation the convention for example Canada implement the convention by way of amendment to the regulation from 2010. Canada made ballast water control and management regulation to be affective on the great lakes. The paper will discuss the effect of the convention, how Canada implemented this convention and how Egypt will prepare for implementation of this convention

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Authors: MOHAMED SOLIMAN EL-SHERIEF-CAPTAIN & MOHAMED NABIL ELNABAWY

There is no doubt that the maritime transport is one of the most important means of the global transportations. Whereas the maritime transport represents around 90% of the global trade market, according to BIMCO (The Baltic and International Maritime Council) statistic. Maritime transport has several trends globally, among which is the transfer of cargo and its movement between different countries in the east and west, north and south as well as the transfer of drilling materials and equipment to the rigs, which do their part in the field of gas and oil exploration and search in the depths of the seas and oceans. The human factor is considered one of the fundamental elements upon which the maritime transport depends. It has been demonstrated that this factor was the main cause of accidents and consequently the human and material losses (Berg, 2013).There are several other factors, such as the act of god, ships maneuverability, port accessibility, etc. therefore, it is important to study those factors which affecting to those who work in the field of maritime transport and the large workload undertaken by seamen. Given the difficulty of labour on some cargo vessels and the continuous work periods without getting adequate rest, the seaman’s health and psychological well-being may be negatively affected. Accordingly, human error occurs especially on large vessels operating on short trips including non-stop loading and discharging work. There are several causes of fatigue to seamen, such as manning ships with the minimum crew members, the increasing of the operational and administrative burdens in the shorter trips, the seamen being distant from their families for a long time as well as the difficulty of getting enough time to rest and sleep because of the ship’s positions and movement during sailing or loading, discharging and the noise. International organizations such as the IMO (International Maritime Organization) and the ILO (International Labour Organization) were concerned with all the seamen’s problems and the long working hours from which they suffer. They had issued several international agreements where they specified the maximum working hours and the minimum hours of rest, such as the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978 and the Maritime Lab or Convention (MLC), 2006. This research paper addresses a study of the causes of maritime accidents of ships, including the fatigue factor and the impact on the marine environment and, subsequently, injuries and considerable economic losses. This will be achieved through a deep study of two ship collisions, one carrying general cargo, and the other carrying liquefied gas