Influence of Microalloying and Isothermal Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of High Carbon Steel

Indrajit Dey,Rajib Saha,Swarup Kumar Ghosh 대한금속·재료학회 2022 METALS AND MATERIALS International Vol.28 No.7

The influence of isothermal holding (IH) near the pearlite start temperature (Ps≈610 °C) and above the martensite starttemperature (Ms≈245 °C) were studied in two hot-rolled (FRT≈1000 °C) high carbon steels, without (HC0) and with Nbmicroalloying (HC1). Optical microscopy (OM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and high-resolutiontransmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) were utilised for observing the microstructural constituents whereas, nanoindentationand microindentation were performed to estimate the average hardness and elastic modulus values of various phaseconstituents. It has been observed that hot deformation in the austenite region results in the formation of a dual phase-typemicrostructure consisting of fine pearlite lamella and ferrite grains with some amount of degenerated pearlite. IH at 570 °Cleads to a higher volume percentage of ferrite and coarsening of pearlite whereas, IH at 300 °C results in mixed phases comprisingbainite, a very low amount of martensite/retained austenite (M/RA), pearlite and some amount of ferrite. Hot rolledmicroalloyed steel when isothermally held near the Psresults in a significant enhancement of ductility than hot rolled andair-cooled condition while sacrificing tensile strength marginally, which may be attributed to a higher percentage of ferriteand refinement of pearlite due to Nb addition. The estimated yield strength values correlate well with those experimentalyield strength values, but a little discrepancy has been noticed for the ultimate tensile strength values. Possible interpretationsare suggested in this paper.

Maximum Scour Depth at Piers in Armor-Beds

Rajkumar V. Raikar,Subhasish Dey 대한토목학회 2009 KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Vol.13 No.2

The paper presents a design method to determine the maximum equilibrium scour depth at piers embedded in a sand-bed overlain by a thin armor-layer of gravels using the experimental data of Dey and Raikar and those of Ettema. The proposed equation is in terms of empirical relationships, termed K-factors, which account for the effects of flow depth, pier shape, flow intensity, bed sediment size and armor gravel size on scour depth for individual cases of scour holes as identified by Dey and Raikar. These Kfactors are determined by fitting envelope curves to the experimental data. The estimated largest possible scour depths that can occur at circular and square piers with an armor-layer are 3.15 and 3.47 times the pier width, respectively. The paper presents a design method to determine the maximum equilibrium scour depth at piers embedded in a sand-bed overlain by a thin armor-layer of gravels using the experimental data of Dey and Raikar and those of Ettema. The proposed equation is in terms of empirical relationships, termed K-factors, which account for the effects of flow depth, pier shape, flow intensity, bed sediment size and armor gravel size on scour depth for individual cases of scour holes as identified by Dey and Raikar. These Kfactors are determined by fitting envelope curves to the experimental data. The estimated largest possible scour depths that can occur at circular and square piers with an armor-layer are 3.15 and 3.47 times the pier width, respectively.

Application of Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline-Assisted Objective Function on Optimization of Heat Transfer Rate Around a Cylinder

Prasenjit Dey,Ajoy K. Das 한국원자력학회 2016 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.48 No.6

The present study aims to predict the heat transfer characteristics around a square cylinderwith different corner radii using multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS). Further, the MARS-generated objective function is optimized by particle swarm optimization. The data for the prediction are taken from the recently published article by thepresent authors [P. Dey, A. Sarkar, A.K. Das, Development of GEP and ANN model to predictthe unsteady forced convection over a cylinder, Neural Comput. Appl. (2015) 1-13]. Further,the MARS model is compared with artificial neural network and gene expression programming. It has been found that the MARS model is very efficient in predicting the heattransfer characteristics. It has also been found that MARS is more efficient than artificialneural network and gene expression programming in predicting the forced convectiondata, and also particle swarm optimization can efficiently optimize the heat transfer rate.

Coupled dynamic responses of a semisubmersible under the irregular wave and turbulent wind

Dey, Swarnadip,Saha, Kaushik,Acharya, Pooja,Roy, Shovan,Banik, Atul K. Techno-Press 2018 Ocean systems engineering Vol.8 No.4

A coupled dynamic analysis of a semisubmersible-type FOWT has been carried out in time domain under the combined action of irregular wave and turbulent wind represented respectively by JONSWAP spectrum and Kaimal spectrum. To account for the turbine-floater motion coupling in a more realistic way, the wind turbulence has been incorporated into the calculation of aerodynamic loads. The platform model was referred from the DeepCwind project and the turbine considered here was the NREL 5MW Baseline. To account for the operationality of the turbine, two different environmental conditions (operational and survival) have been considered and the aerodynamic effect of turbine-rotation on actual responses of the FOWT has been studied. Higher mean offsets in surge and pitch responses were obtained under the operational condition as compared to the survival condition. The mooring line tensions were also observed to be sensitive to the rotation of turbine due to the turbulence of wind and overestimated responses were found when the constant wind was considered in the analysis. Additionally, a special analysis case of sudden shutdown of the turbine has also been considered to study the swift modification of responses and tension in the mooring cables.

Influence of an Anaerobic Fungal Culture (Orpinomyces sp.) Administration on Growth Rate, Ruminal Fermentation and Nutrient Digestion in Calves

Dey, Avijit,Sehgal, Jatinder Paul,Puniya, Anil Kumar,Singh, Kishan Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2004 Animal Bioscience Vol.17 No.6

The study was to see the effect of administration of ruminal fungi on feed intake, growth rate, rumen fermentation and nutrient digestion of calves (Tharparkar$\times$Holstein-Friesian, average age: 10 months, average body weight: 130 kg). The 6 calves in first group were fed a mixture consisted of 50% wheat straw and 50% concentrate (Maize 62%, Groundnut cake 35%, Mineral mix. 2% and Common salt 1%) along with 1 kg green oats $animal^{-1}$ $day^{-1}$ while second group calves were fed the above-mentioned diet in addition to a dose of 160 ml ($10^{6}$ CFU/ml) fungal culture $calf^{-1}$ $week^{-1}$. The average dry matter intake per day was slightly lowered in fungal fed calves yet feed conversion ratio was higher. The average daily weight gain was significantly higher (15.37%) in fungal administered group as compared to control. The nutrient digestibility was increased for crude fibre, NDF and ADF with fungal administration. Digestible energy value of straw-based diet in terms of percent TDN also increased. The pH and $NH_{3}$-N were lower whereas TVFA, total-N, TCA-N and number of zoospores were higher in rumen liquor in fungal administered group.

A Realistic Approach Towards Solution of Load Frequency Control Problem in Interconnected Power Systems

Dey Prasenjit,Saha Anulekha,Srimannarayana Poluri,Bhattacharya Aniruddha,Marungsri Boonruang 대한전기학회 2022 Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Vol.17 No.2

This paper attempts to identify the diff erent issues related to frequency oscillations in power systems and off ers newer and reliable approach to mitigate them. Load frequency control (LFC) is important to identify the error pertaining to tie-line power exchange in multi-area power systems. A practical system calls for a robust LFC system to handle variations of diff erent parameters owing to load variations. Classical LFC models available in the literature approaches this LFC problem based only on turbine inputs and swing equation and does not consider other important parameters such as stator currents, fi eld voltages, damper winding voltages and network equations etc., which renders the existing models impractical. This paper introduces detailed model using equation based LFC that considers the above parameters and has been implemented on both single and multi-area power systems for validation. For multi-area interconnected power system network, LFC is introduced considering area interchange control (AIC) concept. Integral (I), Integral derivative (ID) and proportional integral derivative (PID), controllers are used to mitigate the frequency oscillations as well as tie-line power deviation between diff erent areas. Three diff erent meta-heuristic algorithms, namely: Salp swarm algorithms (SSA), Grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA), Collective decision optimization algorithm (CDO) have been employed to tune the controller parameters and their results have been compared. To make the analysis much more relevant to practical systems, diff erent load perturbations are also considered i.e. low, medium, and heavy load perturbation. Results obtained demonstrate the effi ciency of the proposed approach with SSA giving the best tuned parameters for the controllers studied

Pyridinolysis of Diethyl Phosphinic Chloride in Acetonitrile

Dey, Nilay Kumar,Kim, Chan-Kyung,Lee, Hai-Whang Korean Chemical Society 2011 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.32 No.2

Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of α-Chloroacetanilides with Pyridines in Dimethyl Sulfoxide

Dey, Shuchismita,Adhikary, Keshab Kumar,Kim, Chan-Kyung,Lee, Bon-Su,Lee, Hai-Whang Korean Chemical Society 2005 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.26 No.5

The kinetic studies of the reactions of $\alpha$-chloroacetanilides $(YC_6H_4NRC(=O)CH_2Cl;\;R=H\;(4)\;and\;CH_3$ (5)) with pyridines have been carried out in dimethyl sulfoxide at 95 ${^{\circ}C}$. The pyridinolysis rates are faster with 4 than with 5 whereas the aminolysis rates with benzylamines are faster with 5 than with 4. The Brønsted ${\beta}_X$ values are in the range from 0.30 to 0.32 and the cross-interaction constants, $\rho_{XY}$, are small negative values; $\rho_{XY}$ = -0.06 and -0.10 for 4 and 5, respectively. Based on these and other results, the pyridinolyses of $\alpha$-chloroacetanilides are proposed to proceed via a stepwise mechanism with rate-limiting addition of the nucleophile to the carbonyl group to form zwitterionic tetrahedral intermediate ($T^{\pm}$) followed by a bridged type transition state to expel the leaving group.

Complementary and alternative therapies for obesity

Dey Lucy,Yuan Chun-Su Kyung Hee Oriental Medicine Research Center 2002 Oriental pharmacy and experimental medicine Vol.2 No.1

Obesity is a serious medical disorder because it can cause a myriad of health problems, such as heart disease, hypertension, and adult-onset diabetes. While conventional medical treatment for obesity has limitations, there is enormous public enthusiasm for complementary and alternative treatments of obesity. This article reviews currently commonly used complementary and alternative therapies for obesity, such as medicinal herbs, nutritional supplements and acupuncture. Beneficial effects and possible adverse effects associated with these treatment are discussed.

Managing Mixtures of Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb) and Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.) for Athletic Turf

Deying Li(다이엥 리),Lei Han(레이 한) 한국잡초학회·한국잔디학회 2008 Weed & Turfgrass Science Vol.22 No.2

톨 페스큐와 한국들잔디의 혼합 조성은 미국의 전이지역에서 두 종간의 장점을 취하고 각종의 단점을 보완하는 실질적 관리기술로 제안되어 왔다. 이러한 두 종간의 초종 혼합은 관리 상 어려움이 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 한국들잔디와 톨 페스큐의 혼합이 운동장 답압 하에서 예초와 시비에 의해 적절한 수준의 잔디 관리가 가능한지 실험하였다. 한국들잔디는 1996년 6월에 파종하였고 동년 8월에 톨 페스큐를 덧파종하였다. 1996년 11월에 한국들잔디의 피복율은 질소시비수준 0, 50, 100㎏/㏊에서 62.36, 29.88, 30.02%를 나타내었다. 예고 6.5, 5, 3.S㎝에서 23.53, 41.95, 57.40%의 피복율을 보였다. 한국들잔디와 톨 페스큐의 혼합잔디는 1997년 7월에 1996년 늦가을과 큰 차이가 없는 피복율 수준을 보였다. 질소 시비율과 예고 간에는 유의한 수준의 교호작용이 있었다. 1998년 11월에는 한국들잔디의 피복율이 혼파 톨페스큐 두 품종간에 차이가 났는데,'Arid'와 'Grassland Garland' 조성구에서 각각 21.68%와 32.25%의 피복율을 보였다. 한국들잔디 피복율은 낮은 예고, 낮은 질소수준과 저답압에서 높은 경향을 보였다. 한국들잔디에서는 톨 페스쥬 품종간과 질소수준, 톨 페스큐 품종간과 예고, 답압정도와 질소수준에서 교호작용을 보였다. 한국들잔디의 줄기밀도는 1998년도 실험에서 예고 6.5, 5와 3.5㎝에서 7.42, 26.47과 58.96%를 나타내었고, 질소 수준 0, 50, 100㎏/㏊ 에서 47.26, 20.27, 26.26%의 밀도를 보였다. 한국들잔디의 밀도는 질소수준과 예고, 답압정도에서 영향을 받았는데 이것은 잔디 관리 방법에 따라 줄기밀도와 잎의 생장이 적응하는 방식이 다르다는 것을 의미한다. Managing a mixture of zoysiagrass with tall fescue has been proposed in transitional zone as a practical practice to combine the advantages of the two species and compensate the limitations. To manage the mixture is a challenge because two species are involved. The objective of this study was to determine if zoysiagrass/tall fescue mixture can be maintained with proper mowing and fertilization under simulated sport traffic at an acceptable quality level. Zoysiagrass was seeded in June and tall fescue was overseeded in August 1996. In November 1996, zoysiagrass coverage was 62.36, 29.88, and 30.02% for 0, 50, and 100 ㎏ ㏊<SUP>-1</SUP> N rates, respectively. At the same time, zoysiagrass coverage was 23.53, 41.95, and 57.40% for the mowing heights of 6.5, 5.0, and 3.5 ㎝, respectively. Zoysiagrass and tall fescue coverage in July 1997 was showing the same trend as in the late season of ] 996 although the differences were not as big. There were significant interactions between N fertilization rates and mowing heights. In November 1998, the zoysiagrass coverage was different among the two tall fescue variety mixtures, 21.68, and 32.25% in 'Arid' and 'Grasslands Garland', respectively. Zoysiagrass coverage was favored in lower mowing height, lower N rates, and lower traffic. Interaction effects on zoysiagrass were found between tall fescue variety and nitrogen rate, tall fescue variety and mowing height, and traffic and nitrogen rate. Zoysiagrass shoot density was 7.42, 25.47, and 58.95% for mowing heights of 6.5, 5, and 3.5 ㎝, respectively; and it was 47.27, 20.27, and 26.26% for N rates of 0, 50, and 100 ㎏ ㏊<SUP>-1</SUP>, respectively in 1998. The effects on zoysiagrass shoot density from the interaction of N rate and tall fescue variety was significant in 1998. Shoot density responded to the N rate, mowing height, and traffic differently from the ground coverage, indicating that shoot and leaf growth have different adaptation strategies.