Received: June 06, 2017 Revised: July 05, 2017 Accepted: July 19, 2017 Abstract: Introduction: The use of polymer wastes in pavement as road is an increasing trend in the road construction sector. Those new pavements reduce the amount of solid waste disposed into landfills and provide more sustainable construction due to the use of in-situ materials. Polyurethane foam waste is a thermostable po...

Thermoelectricity, by converting heat energy directly into useable electricity, offers a promising technology to convert heat from solar energy and to recover waste heat from industrial sectors and automobile exhausts. In recent years, most of the efforts have been done on improving the thermoelectric efficiency using different approaches, that is, nanostructuring, doping, molecular rattling, a...

Composite materials ( bred, strati ed, porous, : : :) play an important role in many branches of Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry and Engineering. Typically, in such materials, the physical parameters (such as conductivity, elasticity coe cients, : : :) are discontinuous and oscillate between the di erent values characterizing each of the components. When these components are intimately mixed, the...

Abstract The automotive industry is dealing with rapid innovation and competition, which calls for either changing current products or replacing them more modern materials. Automobile manufacturers are currently focusing on reducing the weight in order to conserve natural resources energy. As luxury safety equipment added, of vehicle increases, reduces overall performance fuel efficiency. a res...

Increasing competition and innovation in automobile sector tends to modify the existing products by new and advanced material products. A suspension system of vehicle is also an area where these innovations are carried out regularly.Leaf springs are one of the oldest suspension components that are being still used widely inautomobiles. Weight reduction is also given due importance by automobile...

The advantages/disadvantages of energy storage devices, which can provide nonpolluting automobile systems are discussed. Four types of storage devices are identified: electro-chemical (batteries) hydrogen electro-mechanical (flywheels) Molten salt heat storage A high speed flywheel with a small permanent magnet motor/generator has more advantages than any of the other systems and might become a...

Particulate reinforced metal matrix composites (MMCs) are potential materials for various applications due to their advantageous of physical and mechanical properties. This paper presents a study on the performance of stir cast Al2O3 SiC reinforced metal matrix composite materials. The results indicate that the composite materials exhibit improved physical and mechanical properties, such as, lo...

Hard turning of martensitic stainless steel is gaining importance in all manufacturing sectors like automobile and aerospace industries. Machinability of materials depends on surface roughness, tool wear, cutting forces, specific cutting pressure and work material hardness. In this research hard martensitic stainless steel AISI 440 C and SCM 440 alloy steel was used as work materials. CBN and P...

There are many kinds of automobile after-sale service spare parts, which are with a complex relationship in replacement and a large time span in models. The management of automobile after-sale service spare parts is a challenge, not only for automobile manufacturer but also for distributor. Therefore, it becomes an important and difficult task for automobile enterprises to do well in the supply...

Although the hype surrounding the promise of electronic commerce seems all pervasive currently, there is an absence of research on automobile eCommerce, especially in developing countries, which covers wide-ranging issues beyond contextual imperatives. This paper tries to fill in the gap, by analyzing the impacts of eCommerce on automobile industry in China, and the factors of eCommerce adoptio...