June 2015

Equipments Selection for Material Handling in Flexible Manufacturing System

Rajiv Kumar Sharma & Radha Kant

ABSTRACT- Material handling (MH) is important issue for every production site and has a great dependence upon the layout of the system. The important issue in the design of MH system is the selection of material handling equipment for every MH operation. Based upon the literature survey in this area, our purpose is to focus on the evaluation of the MHS-Layout of the system, due to their strong interdependence. The aim of this paper is to present a method for selection of material handli.....>> Read More

Shredded Scrap Tires as Drainage Materials in Landfill Cover System Ajay Kum

Ajay Kumar Verma & Dr. S.M. Ali Jawid

ABSTRACT- Shredded Scrap tire serve as good drainage material and have durability since tires are made up of such material that are indestructible. Over 280 million use, bikes, truck and automobiles tire discarded each year nationwide. Disposal of whole tires in landfills was the common practice in many countries for many years. However whole tire tend to float to the surface. Breaking the landfill cover and causing increased leachate production which can contaminate groundwater. Because of this many states have banned the disposal of tires in landfill.....>> Read More

Comparison of Different Traffic Noise Prediction Models

Swati Tiwari & Dr. R.K. Shukla

ABSTRACT- The incessant growth in the number of vehicles and the ever expanding road network, results in the increase of road traffic noise, which has led to the gradual degradation in the quality of the environment. Also, the management of road traffic noise is a challenging task for environmental managers and urban planners. For the assessment of traffic noise, urban planners often have to rely on road traffic noise prediction models. A review of various traffic noise studies and the number of traffic noise .....>> Read More