http://ijaers.com/ Open Access international Journal to publish research paper en-us March 2017 School adjustment is the process of coping in a new school environment in order to attain the individual and school’s set goals and aspirations. The government, education managers and parents have expressed the need to strengthen school Guidance and Counselling services in order to enhance students’ adjustment to the school environment. Public boarding secondary schools are expected to implement Guidance and Counselling policy of the Ministry of Education and help students adjust to secondary school environment. This study investigated the Gender comparison in the effectiveness of Guidance and Counselling services in enhancing students’ adjustment to school environment in public boarding secondary schools in Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive research survey design. The study target population was 36,671 comprising of 35,659 form 3 students, 506 Form 3 class teachers and 506 teachers in charge of Guidance and Counselling from boarding secondary schools in Kitui, Nyeri and Nairobi counties in Kenya. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 756 respondents comprising of 720 Form 3 students, 18 Form 3 class teachers and 18 teachers in charge of Guidance and Counselling from 18 secondary schools for the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data from Form 3 students and their class teachers while an interview schedule was used to collect data from teachers in charge of Guidance and Counseling. Using Spearman Brown Prophesy formula by split half technique reliability coefficient of 0.745, 0.746 and 0.736 were realized for students, class teachers and teachers In charge of Guidance and Counseling respectfully. This was accepted because an alpha value of 0.7 and above is considered suitable for making group inferences that are accurate. The data was analyzed by use of inferential anddescriptive statistics with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.0 for windows and presented in frequency distribution Tables and percentages. The findings of this study provide information to school administrators, policy makers, parents and other stakeholders on various issues that need to be addressed in Guidance and Counseling to enables students adjust to school environment. The study further suggest ways of ways of improving Guidance and Counselling services in order to make it more effective in public boarding secondary schools. http://ijaers.com/detail/gender-comparison-in-the-effectiveness-of-guidance-and-counselling-services-in-enhancing-students-adjustment-to-school-environment-in-boarding-secondary-schools-in-kenya-2/ Dr. Benjamin Mugambi Kanga http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/1 IJAERS-FEB-2017-52-Gender Comparison in the Effectiveness of Guidance and Counselling Services.pdf In the recent years, the contribution of the wind power to energy supply has increased considerably; hence, the wind farms have to be able to participate to the grid power stability. In this paper, an optimization algorithm allows obtaining the reactive and active power dispatch in a wind power plant is presented. The aim of the proposed algorithm is to minimize the power losses and the difference between the reactive power obtained and required by the transmission system operator at the point of common coupling. The simulation results show the validity and the performance of the proposed algorithm. http://ijaers.com/detail/reactive-and-active-power-output-optimization-in-a-wind-farm-using-the-particle-swarm-optimization-technique-2/ Nazha Cherkaoui, Abdelaziz Belfqih, Faissal El Mariami, Omar Sabri, Jamal Boukherouaa, Mohamed Nouh Dazahra, Meriem Majdoub http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/2 IJAERS-FEB-2017-49-Reactive and Active Power Output Optimization in a Wind Farm.pdf Review of Research Papers Related to V4-cordial Labeling of Graphs http://ijaers.com/detail/review-of-research-papers-related-to-v4-cordial-labeling-of-graphs-2/ N. B. Rathod http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/3 IJAERS-FEB-2017-58-Review of Research Papers Related to V4-cordial Labeling of Graphs.pdf Fusion welding of aluminum and its alloys tends to degrade the mechanical strength at the weld joint area due to high thermal diffusivity and high melting point. Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is the best alternative for joining of these materials against fusion joining. FSW is an emerging solid state joining process in which the material that is being welded does not melt and recast. The main objective of this research is to use FSW for joining of 5 mm thick AA5083-H321 and AA6061 T6 aluminum alloys using taper cylindrical threaded tool pin profile and scrolling on shoulder surface. The microstructure and mechanical characterization of dissimilar friction stir welded AA5083-H321 and AA6061-T6 aluminum alloys were studied. Four different welding speeds (40, 63, 80 and 100 mm/min) were used to weld the dissimilar alloys at constant tool rotational speed of 1120 rpm, tilt angle 2.50. The effect of welding speed on metallurgical and mechanical properties was analyzed. It is found that the welding speed of 80 mm/min produces good mechanical and metallurgical properties than other welding speeds. The observed results were correlated with the fracture features and microstructure. The fracture mode was observed to be a ductile fibrous fracture. http://ijaers.com/detail/effect-of-welding-speed-on-mechanical-properties-of-dissimilar-friction-stir-welded-aa5083-h321-and-aa6061-t6-aluminum-alloys-2/ D. Devaiah, K. Kishore, P.Laxminarayana http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/4 IJAERS-FEB-2017-59-Effect of Welding Speed on Mechanical Properties of Dissimilar Friction Stir Welded.pdf Rapid Prototyping is an emerging technology in the field of advance manufacturing process/technique in which components/parts/models are rapidly created from the visual world (CAD model) to real world with minimum human interaction. Since the manufacturing starts with the creation of geometric data, either as a 3D solid using a CAD model, or 2D layers using a 3D scanning device therefore it is also referred as Layer Manufacturing, Material Deposition Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Solid Freeform Manufacturing and Three-Dimensional Printing. This is one of the best techniques to manufacture prototypes which may be used for physical visualization, making some typical and intrinsic geometry. For the same requirement, in most of the cases it is very cost effective, flexible and time saving than any other available manufacturing technique. Therefore it is the most appropriate technique to manufacture or to recreate components/parts/model in different engineering viz. aerospace, product and tool development. A lot of new developments are occurring in the field of Rapid Prototyping Techniques in recent years. This paper also provides the development, trendsand applications of the Rapid Prototyping Techniques. The authors cover various available literatures to prepare concise and progressive review. There are various components which are associated with RP technique and some of them are listed in this paper. http://ijaers.com/detail/rapid-manufacturing-classification-and-recent-development-2/ Lalit Kumar, Abid Haleem, Qamar Tanveer, Mohd. Javaid, Mohd Shuaib, Vineet Kumar http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/5 IJAERS-FEB-2017-73-Rapid Manufacturing- Classification and Recent Development.pdf A screw conveyor is a versatile conveyor used in many process plants for the transfer of bulk solids and powders. The following article has written to understand screw conveyor design and selection of the right screw conveyor for underwater applications to convey crushed manganese nodules to the pump system for nodule transfer. The nodules from the sea bed will be collected by a pickup device and crushed into less than 30mm pieces by using a crusher and pumped by a positive displacement pump to the mother vessel. Screw feeder is used to transfer curshed Polymetallic Nodules from hopper to pump system with controlled feed rate. A land based screw feeder is modified to suit the under water applications. Studies on screw conveyors were conducted to examine performance in land as well as underwater. Most of these studies were experimental in nature. This paper presents a critical review on the design and validation of a screw conveyor. http://ijaers.com/detail/performance-tests-on-screw-feeder-conveyor-for-nodule-transfer-deep-sea-applications-2/ Amudha.K, Ramesh N.R., Sundaramoorthi.V , Dineshkumar .D ,Muthuswamy.V, Rethnaraj.T , G.A.Ramadass http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/6 IJAERS-FEB-2017-30-Performance tests on Screw Feeder Conveyor.pdf generally, the System-on-chips (SoCs) is usually an Integrated Circuit in which integrates new elements in a single chip. Because of rise in number of transistors on a single chip gives complex system. To reduce the system complexity integrated SoC within a system, it forms a Network on Chip (NoC). Designed for NoC architectures, high performance efficient router design having minimal power consumption are necessary for real-time applications. NoCs having mesh and Ring structured interconnection topologies now are popular for their simple structures. In this paper, we designed the energy-efficient however high performance approach to conventional Hybrid mesh based-Ring using deflection on-chip networks. Most of us try to achieve the scalability associated with meshes by the router simplicity as well as effectiveness of rings. Our design can be a hierarchical ring interconnect that will keep all the simplicity of conventional ring patterns while reaching high scalability as more complex buffered hierarchical ring designs. We propose a router design and also show these types of routers will be significantly simpler, additional area and power efficient compared mesh based routers. In this work, we all establish the conventional error rates of the on-chip and also designed suitable Error Correction Code (ECC) mechanisms to improve their reliability. We show that using the planned specific ECC method it is easy to achieve significantly reduced power dissipation and high performance in the NoC. http://ijaers.com/detail/efficient-design-of-error-recovery-and-improve-the-performance-using-mesh-of-ring-topology-based-noc-2/ A. Kalimuthu, Dr. M. Karthikeyan http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/7 IJAERS-FEB-2017-71-Efficient Design of Error Recovery and Improve the Performance.pdf The term data mining is often used to apply to the two separate processes of knowledge discovery and prediction. Knowledge discovery provides explicit information that has a readable form and can be understood by a user. Forecasting, or predictive modeling provides predictions of future events and may be transparent and readable in some approaches (e.g. rule based systems) and opaque in others such as neural networks. Moreover, some data mining systems such as neural networks are inherently geared towards prediction and pattern recognition, rather than knowledge discovery. Utility item set mining is addition to the frequent pattern mining. The goal of high utility item set mining is to find all item sets that give utility greater or equal to the user specified threshold. The deficiency of this approach is that it does not consider the statistical aspect of item sets. Utility-based measures should incorporate user-defined utility as well as raw statistical aspects of data. Consequently, it is meaningful to define a specialized form of high utility item sets, utility-frequent item sets which are a subset of high utility item sets as well as frequent item sets. In this paper we proposed an efficient approach to mine high utility items form transactional records. http://ijaers.com/detail/an-improved-approach-to-discover-high-utility-item-set-from-large-data-set-2/ Shilpa Shrivastabva, Mr. Abhishek Tiwari http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/8 IJAERS-FEB-2017-1-An Improved Approach to Discover High Utility.pdf The Engine supporting bracket plays a vital role by reducing noise, vibration and harshness. The current work describes the finite element approch for modal and static structural analysis of engine supporting bracket. CAD model of engine supporting bracket was created in CATIA software and same was analyzed for stress and vibration analysis using ANSYS workbench 15.0. Both initial design and modified design was compared for output responses in terms of equivalent Von-Mises stress, deformation and strain energy absorbed. In modal analysis, bracket was considered for vibration studies. The sole aim of modal analysis was to check whether the self excitation frequency of engine supporting bracket was less than natural frequency. Four alternative materials (Gray C.I., Aluminum alloy, Magnesium alloy and ERW-1) were analyzed. Stress analysis results suggest that deformation and Von-Mises stresses observed in EEW-1 materials was less (0.495 mm and 164.87 MPa). Further natural frequency of modified design was found to be 257.83 Hz which was well within the range below self-excitation frequency and less than the natural frequency (268.59 Hz) of initial design. It was found that aluminum bracket limit its use for the said application due to greater deformation and less stiffness. Magnesium bracket can be the option to ERW-1 steel for the Engine supporting bracket application but it cannot be deployed as it is highly susceptible to corrosion. From the results, it can be concluded that ERW-1 material best suit the requirement of the desired application and can be deployed with some safety standards. http://ijaers.com/detail/modal-analysis-of-engine-supporting-bracket-using-finite-element-analysis-2/ A.S. Adkine, Prof.G.P.Overikar, Prof. S .S. Surwase http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/9 IJAERS-MAR-2017-2-Modal Analysis of Engine Supporting Bracket.pdf This paper gives point by point data about adaptable D-STATCOM, which is utilized to decreases a wide range of deficiencies and enhance control quality and work as a Distributed Generation. It gives proceeds with power supply to the heaps even the primary source is separated and doesn't intrude. In this manner D-STATCOM works same as an adaptable D-STATCOM and consequently is known as Flexible D-STATCOM. The execution of Flexible D-STATCOM framework is to enhance the power quality by decreasing flaws in circulation framework execution under a wide range of framework related unsettling influences and framework lopsided deficiencies, for example, Line-to-Line and DLG blames under islanding condition. 12-beat D-STATCOM setup is used with IGBT which is planned and is utilized as a part of deciding the graphical portrayal of the D-STATCOM utilizing the product PSCAD/EMTDC electromagnetic transient recreation program. The unwavering quality and heartiness of the control conspires in the framework is dictated by the voltage aggravations happened by Line to line and twofold line to ground issues and islanded working condition are along these lines confirmed in the outcomes acquired in reproduction. http://ijaers.com/detail/plan-and-implementation-of-flexible-d-statcom-for-mitigating-power-quality-problems-and-improve-the-distribution-system-performance-2/ Ganji Vivekananda, Dr K. Chandra Sekhar http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/10 IJAERS-MAR-2017-1-Plan and Implementation of Flexible D-Statcom.pdf In 2014-16 the author of this article disclosed the laws of heat radiation from isothermal isochoric concentric spherical gas volumes, that the article presents. Radiating gas volumes of any complex form can be entirely filled by concentric spherical together with coaxial cylinder gas volumes and calculate heat radiation from gas volumes, furnace torches, fire boxes, combustion chambers on the heating surfaces with high accuracy. http://ijaers.com/detail/laws-of-heat-radiation-from-spherical-gas-volumes-part-i-laws-formulation-2/ Prof. Dr. A. N. Makarov http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/11 IJAERS-FEB-2017-54-Laws of Heat Radiation from Spherical Gas.pdf The results stemming from mathematical modeling of radiation from gas volumes of torches of furnaces, fire boxes, combustion chambers by spherical and cylindrical gas volumes are presented. The calculation results in the simulation of torches by cylindrical and spherical gas volumes differ by 0,4-2,3%. The calculation of radiation fluxes from torch on a heated product and burner throat in changing the length of the torch is performed, the results from the calculation are given. The density of radiation flux from torch on the burner throat and the burner increases with decreasing the torch length. The calculation results are confirmed by experimental data. Using the laws of radiation from cylindrical and spherical gas volumes, the laws of Makarov and method for calculation heat transfer in furnaces, fire boxes, combustion chambers, developed on their basis, allow to improve exploited and projected flares, improve capacity utilization of fuel in furnaces from 20-45% to 55 -65%, reduce fuel consumption in many countries, development pressure on the environment. http://ijaers.com/detail/laws-of-heat-radiation-from-spherical-gas-volumes-part-ii-modeling-of-heat-radiation-from-volume-bodies-by-radiation-from-spherical-and-cylindrical-gas-volumes-2/ Prof. Dr. A. N. Makarov http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/12 IJAERS-FEB-2017-63-Laws of heat radiation from spherical gas volumes.pdf Some of the most widely-used form of control charts Walter Shewhart charts are sensitive to detecting relatively large shifts in the process. On Shewhart charts every observation is plotted independently of previous observations.The quantity plotted on Cusum charts include all previous observations; All of which are given equal weight in calculating the plotted value. Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) charts are a kind of compromise between these two extremes. The plotted quantity is a weighted average of all the observations to date, but the weights decrease very quickly backwards in time, so that the most recent observations are the main determinants of the current plotting point.[3][4] A cumulative sums (CUSUM) charts plot the of the deviations of each sample value from a target value. It has been used in various industries (especially the chemical industry) and the form of the CUSUM has been refined over the years to further increase its sensitivity. Two types of charts are primarily used to detect smaller shifts, namely Cumulative Sum (CUSUM) charts and Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) charts. E.S.Page2 (1954) originally developed the CUSUM chart. [2][3] Geometric moving–average control chart is effective alternatives to the Shewhart control chart may be used when small process shifts are of interest primarily used to detect smaller shifts, namely CUSUM and EWMA charts are excellent alternatives to the Shewhart control chart. EWMA methodology - developed by S.W. Robert in 1959, he chose the weights to decrease geometrically with the age of the observations, he referred to the control chart based on such a weighting system as a geometric moving –average control chart. Mac Gregor and Harris (1993) recommend that the square root of EWMS, SQR (EWMS), be plotted. Accordingly, they call the corresponding control chart an exponentially weighted root mean square (EWRMS) chart, The EWRMS statistic will react not only to shifts in the process variance but also shifts in the process mean[4] [8] http://ijaers.com/detail/design-of-an-exponentially-weighted-moving-average-ewma-and-an-exponentially-weighted-root-mean-square-ewrms-control-chart-2/ Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa M. Jamal Rashid http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/13 IJAERS-FEB-2017-69-Design of an Exponentially Weighted Moving.pdf This study discusses the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete girders strengthened using post-tensioning embedded in concrete jackets. The concept benefits from the external jacket to help increasing the cross-section inertia as well as to host the post-tensioning tendons without the need of external deviators. This results in a significant enhancement to the strength and stiffness of the original girder. The experimental phase of the study was conducted on two stages the first deals with girders loaded on their original section firstly and then strengthened with the jacket and loaded to failure, while the second had the girders that were strengthened before being subjected to loads. In addition to the stage of jacket introduction, the difference between the original girder and the jacket’s concrete compressive strength was also studied. In the analytical phase of the study, a numerical model was built using the finite element method to simulate the response of the tested girders in the two experimental stages. This paper presents findings of the experimental program as well as the comparison with the analytical results of the model which showed a close correlation. This model may then be used with confidence to conduct an extensive analytical study for untested parameters. http://ijaers.com/detail/flexural-strengthening-of-reinforced-concrete-girders-using-post-tensioned-concrete-jackets-2/ Dina Zakaria, Hussein Okail, Amr Abdelrahman http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/14 IJAERS-MAR-2017-10-Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced.pdf Objective: Friction stir welding (FSW) is a relatively new solid state welding technique for similar and dissimilar materials, especially on current interest with Aluminium 6061 to Aluminim 6061. Method/Analysis: The present paper discusses the process parameters followed by mechanical properties and microstructures which affect the weld strength. Findings: Mechanical properties-Tensile strength attained with different process parameters and Microstructures are obtained by Optical Metallurgical Microscopy (MET SCOPE-1) and a Scanning Electron Microscopy equipped with an X-radiation detector EDS Conclusion/Application: In this study Similar FSW between Al 6061 to Al 6061 plates with thickness 6mm were performed. The future research will contain creep tests and microstructural investigations using aluminium 6061 alloy using TEM microscopy (Transmission Electron Microscopy).It is demonstrated that FSW of aluminium to aluminium alloys is becoming an emerging technology with numerous commercial applications. http://ijaers.com/detail/effect-of-friction-stir-welding-parameters-on-the-mechanical-microstructure-properties-of-aluminium-6061-alloys-2/ Ch.Mohana Rao, K.Mallikarjuna Rao http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/15 IJAERS-MAR-2017-7-Effect of Friction Stir Welding Parameters on the Mechanical.pdf Present dietary scenario necessitates exploring the possibility of incorporating novel ingredients that can improve quality in commonly consumed foods.Moringa olifera is abundant in sub-tropical regions that is an excellent source of beta carotene and other vitamins, minerals and amino acids.This study was conducted to determine effect of cutting and steam blanching before dehydration on organoleptic properties and dehydration pattern of Moringa olifera leaves. Fresh leaves were harvested from same location and dehydrated under four conditions according totwo factor factorial design. Organoleptic properties of dehydrated leaveswere compared forfour sensory attributes ascolour, aroma, taste and overall acceptability using five point hedonic scale. L*a*b* values were determined and drying curves were plotted for each treatment combination. Results revealed that, blanching and cutting can darker the colour and alter the flavour of dehydrated products.Further the surface area of the leaves have a significant effect in dehydrating time while blanching can accelerate the rate of moisture removal. http://ijaers.com/detail/determination-of-dehydration-pattern-and-sensory-properties-variation-of-blanched-and-un-blanched-cut-and-whole-moringa-olifera-leaves-2/ Rathnayake A.R.M.H.A, Navarathna S.B. http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/16 IJAERS-MAR-2017-5-Determination of Dehydration Pattern and Sensory Properties variation of Blanched.pdf One of the primary and most important employments of simulations is for optimization. Simulation optimization can be characterized as the way toward finding the best info variable qualities from among all potential outcomes without unequivocally evaluating each possibility. The goal of simulation optimization is to minimize the assets spent while boosting the data acquired in a simulation experiment. The purpose of this paper is to review the zone of simulation optimization. A critical review of the methods employed and applications developed in this generally new range are introduced and striking victories are highlighted. Simulation optimization software tools are discussed. The target group is simulation practitioners and theoreticians and additionally fledglings in the field of simulation. http://ijaers.com/detail/a-review-on-simulation-optimization/ Mobin Ahmad http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/17 IJAERS-MAR-2017-6-A Review on Simulation Optimization.pdf Traction control system in automotive applications increases the stability and safety of vehicles. There are various types of vehicle control systems employed in internal combustion engine vehicles. The application of control system to motorcycles (two wheelers) is not so widely used as that of four wheelers, because of high cost of the control system. If one moves at high speed in motorcycles at the corners, the centripetal force exceeds the frictional force. At that time lower amount of traction effort occurs in between the tire and road and hence high amount of skidding will occur in the motorcycles. The proposed control system design helps the rider in maintaining a secure of the motorcycle in bend. Geometry parameters such as rolling angle and steering angle of the bike are taken into consideration. The centripetal force and frictional force can be measured using the sensors by interfacing it with the Lab VIEW software. The simulation of the control system design has been carried out and the values for the skidding condition are obtained. http://ijaers.com/detail/simulation-of-corner-skidding-control-system/ M. Arun Kumar, S. Ashwin Kannan, A. Sathish Kumar, S. Kumaravel http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/18 IJAERS-MAR-2017-25-Simulation of Corner Skidding Control System.pdf The replacement of synthetic fibers by natural fibers paves the way for awareness about environmental degradation and stresses on the need for a constant and reliable development for the betterment of the environment.. Therefore this study is based on fabrication and an investigation on the mechanical properties of animal fiber - plant fiber hybrid bio composites. Out of varied plant and animal fibers, the fibers chosen for this research work are coir and human hair. One of the reasons for selecting hair as the reinforcement material is due to the fact that, human hair is unceasingly produced in large quantity and which becomes a waste in large quantity too. Thus, an effective method should be made to utilize such unceasingly produced waste in a better way. Coir fiber is selected due to its wide range of characteristics. The fabrication can be done by hand layup technique. This technique is utilized to manufacture three samples. First one is coir fiber based bio composite, and second is hair based bio composite and the third sample is a hybrid bio composite made from both hair and coir fiber. The bio composite will be verified under mechanical properties such as tensile strength, compressive strength, flexural strength, impact strength and hardness. Mechanical trials conducted previously have disclosed that coir based bio composite is good in compression, flexural and impact strengths. The Hair based composite also has shown higher tensile strength and higher break load. The three composites possess the same hardness because these fibers constitute the matrix phase which is formed by epoxy resin. Analysis of hybrid composite shows that coir and hair composite constitute mutual properties. Therefore it is a better agreement to include hair fiber in the composite to reduce the overall cost of the composite, as the cost of coir is excess. http://ijaers.com/detail/synthesis-and-characterization-of-hybrid-polymer-composites/ Ajai Aravind Nair, S. Prakash, Dr. R. Christu Paul http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/19 IJAERS-MAR-2017-24-Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Polymer Composites.pdf Delivering software in traditional ways is challenged by agile software development to provide a different approach for developing a product. Agile methods aim at fast, light and efficient than any other vigorous method to develop and support customers business without being chaotic. A Collaborative and Innovative Framework presented suggests the solutions for the levelheaded difficulties in Agile that leads to a software product that proves in practice to be of much higher quality. Also an object oriented software metric tool “Metric Analyzer” is proposed that detects and eliminates code smells in the code base by refactoring. http://ijaers.com/detail/effective-implementation-of-agile-software-development-with-a-framework-metric-tool-and-in-association-with-cloud-and-lean-kanban/ V. Esther Jyothi, K. Nageswara Rao http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/20 IJAERS-MAR-2017-21-Effective Implementation of Agile Software.pdf Self-compacting concrete (SCC) is an innovative concrete that does not require vibration for placing and compaction. It is able to flow under its own weight, completely filling formwork and achieving full compaction, even in the presence of congested reinforcement. In the sense of SCC the robustness can be defined as the property that resist the changes of SCC like segregation during and placement (dynamic stability) and post placement (static stability). In a broader and more practical sense robustness as the ability of a given mixture to maintain its fresh properties and uniformity during processing, casting. http://ijaers.com/detail/self-compacting-concrete-robustness-of-scc/ Nalini Thakre, Dipak Mangrulkar, Mahesh Janbandhu, Jaya Saxena http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/21 IJAERS-DEC-2016-16-Self-Compacting Concrete - Robustness of SCC.pdf This paper summarises a novel microstrip patch antenna design over flexible Teflon substrate having dielectric constant εr= 2.1. The proposed antenna exploits a King shaped slot (0.05mm thick) on the radiating patch along with microstrip feed line and reduced ground plane on the other side of the substrate. The radiating element of the flexible flanged antenna design has a King-shaped slot and a finite ground plane to accomplish an excellent impedance matching for maximum power transfer. The proposed antenna has an operating bandwidth of 550.7MHz (3.1244GHz-3.675GHz) with resonant frequency at 3.42GHz and has also an operating bandwidth of 369.1MHz (8.3507GHz-8.7198GHz) with resonant frequency at 8.3609GHz. This flexible flanged microstrip patch antenna design covers various applications including Radio astronomy/ Radiolocation (military&civil)/ UWB/PMSE/FSS Earth stations applications (3.3GHz-3.6GHz), Radio-determination/ Space-research/Fixed applications (8.4GHz-8.5GHz), activesensors (satellite)/ Radiolocation (civil&military)/ Aeronautical-navigation applications (8.5-8.55GHz). The proposed antenna operates for acceptable voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) less than two. The characteristics of the proposed antenna fabricated on a flexible Teflon with different bending angles have been successfully measured. The antenna has been designed in CST Microwave Studio 2014. The proposed antenna has been fabricated and tested using E5071C Network analyser and anechoic chamber. It has been observed that the simulated results legitimately match with the experimental results. http://ijaers.com/detail/a-framework-for-the-analysis-of-3-d-novel-flange-microstrip-patch-antenna-design-employing-flexible-teflon-substrate/ Avneet Kaur, Ekambir Sidhu http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/22 IJAERS-MAR-2017-30-A Framework for the analysis of 3-D Novel flange Microstrip.pdf In recent year automobile industries are mostly concentrating on weight reduction and in improving the riding quality. To reduce vehicle weight, three techniques have been studied rationalizing the body structure, utilizing light weight materials for parts and decreasing the size of the vehicles. In this approach by introducing composite materials into automobile industries, which is having low cost, high strength to weight ratio and excellent corrosive resistance can fulfill the requirement. The suspension leaf spring is one of the potential entities for weight reduction in automobiles as it results in large unstrung mass. The introduction of fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) is used to reduce the weight of the product without any reduction on load carrying capacity and spring rate. As the materials high strain energy storage capacity and high strength-to-weight ratio compared to steel, multi-leaf springs are being replaced by mono-leaf FRP spring.FRP springs also have excellent fatigue resistance and durability. http://ijaers.com/detail/design-and-analysis-of-composite-leaf-spring-for-light-weight-vehicle/ D. Lydia Mahanthi, C. Venkata Siva Murali http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/23 IJAERS-FEB-2017-46-Design and analysis of composite Leaf Spring for light Weight Vehicle.pdf Green houses are designed to support growth of crops under a variety of regulated environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, light etc. Temperature being among them should be maintained at levels suitable for growth of a specific crop. Given that it may be costly to regulate the temperatures using electricity, energy cost can be reduced by use of automatic solar system because it is renewable. During the day the glass traps solar energy. The energy heats up the air which is then stored by the rock pebbles. During the night when the temperatures are low in the green house, the valve on the delivery duct is opened to allow warm air into the green house while at daytime temperatures is regulated by use of an automatic fan. The fan runs once the set temperature is reached and cools the greenhouse up to a certain point. The set point will be in accordance to the crop requirements. The design is cost effective, uses readily available materials and simple to construct which makes it ideal for small scale farmers. http://ijaers.com/detail/automatic-solar-powered-fan-for-regulation-of-temperatures-in-a-green-house/ Harrison K. Tarus http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/24 IJAERS-MAR-2017-26-Automatic Solar Powered Fan for Regulation.pdf A Amplifier is a gadget that is use to intensify the flag quality. The outline of superior and stable low drop-out voltage controllers is a test these days with diminishing gadget sizes and expanding power densities. The proposed circuit is recreated utilizing Cadence ORCAD Capture in 180nm CMOS innovation parameters with the supply voltage of 1.8V. It works at low request supply voltages and gives adequate yield stack current even with negligible utilization of info current. Proposed LDO engineering enhanced the transient reaction. The proposed configuration enhances soundness and gives superior as far as PSRR and slew rate, which are critical performing parameters for a LDO. http://ijaers.com/detail/implementation-of-cmos-low-dropout-voltage-regulator-with-frequency-divider-for-improved-stability/ Kamlesh Sharma, Gajendra Sujediya, Abdul Naim Khan http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/25 IJAERS-MAR-2017-22-Implementation of CMOS Low Dropout.pdf The People development requirements are individual skills and competencies required to improve performances of the entire organization or the company. Many competitive companies are concerned in fulfilling their internal employees' development requirements. It is very important to gather the exact requirements of the client and understand the skills that they are lacking because of the time and resources spent to fulfill the business needs and the mismatch between what is delivered and what was actually needed. This project attempts to develop a suitable model using graph theory concepts to map clients' people development requirements and how to cater an effective service for clients which will meet their requirements. A questionnaire that contains fourteen question statements was designed to gather information from the participants and the questions are based on measuring confidence, knowledge, leadership and management, time management, communication skills, problem solving and decision making. The graph is drawn considering the interrelations between questions and according to participants' responses. Areas of improvements and strengths identified accordingly. After analyzing all the graphs from the participants using graph theoretical concepts it concludes that their areas of improvement are broadly different from each other. By having a proper overall understanding about the areas of improvement of the participants will enhance the effectiveness through customized way of delivery. http://ijaers.com/detail/develop-a-model-to-map-client-s-people-development-requirements-and-the-delivery-of-the-service-to-achieve-effective-results/ S. K. Devanarayana, G. H. J. Lanel http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/26 IJAERS-MAR-2017-47-Develop a model to map client people development requirements.pdf Cryptography methods are widely use in digital communication for secure data transaction. Cryptography methods have two categories symmetric and asymmetric. Both types of encrypting have their own importance and limitations. In Symmetric key based encryption same key is use for encryption and decryption process. One of the most popular and widely used symmetric encryption methods is (AES) Advance encryption standard, which attracts researchers to develop more efficient AES cryptosystem. In this research work we are presenting an improved AES encryption method “IAES”. Proposed IAES method uses a modified S-Box by employing Genetic algorithm (GA) with key size of 256 bit. In proposed method IAES, GA will be used in the S-box to perform various pipelined operations such as substitution, shifting of rows, mixing of column and to perform Add Round Key in the AES rounds. In this work proposed IAES and existing AES method both are implemented over MATLAB simulator and various comparison parameters such as encryption time, speed and decryption time and speed are calculated. The high level of system integration along with high speed and high throughput makes the proposed IAES based cryptosystem a perfect choice for a spread of application. http://ijaers.com/detail/an-improved-aes-cryptosystem-based-genetic-method-on-s-box-with-256-key-sizes-and-14-rounds/ Ashutosh Pandey, Umesh kumar Lilhore http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/27 IJAERS-MAR-2017-44-An Improved AES Cryptosystem Based Genetic.pdf We propose an experimental study of parametric resonance between P-waves and S-waves, which can be used to describe various nonlinear phenomena qualitatively and to obtain bifurcation diagrams quantitatively. It is based on an electronic circuit and is easy to design. We show that it is a good simulation of parametric phenomena, and our results are in good agreement with theoretical predictions. In particular, it may be used to study the influence of pump P waves on the instability’s threshold and amplitude of S waves. http://ijaers.com/detail/parametric-instability-in-mathieu-equation-for-interaction-p-s-waves/ Hector Torres-Silva, Enrique Fuentes Heinrich http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/28 IJAERS-MAR-2017-46-Parametric Instability in Mathieu Equation.pdf Soybean plays an important role in providing a nutritionally balanced diet. It is the principal source of edible oil and protein in human diets. The edible oil industry is one of the most important sectors of agriculture in India. India is a leading player in the industry, with the World’s largest importer from Indonesia and Malaysia and third largest consumer. India is the fourth largest Soybean producing country in the world after US 118.68 MT Brazil 102 MT, followed by Argentina 57 MT, China 12.5 MT and India 12.30 MT during 2015-16. India is the largest consumer and importer of edible oils the global level. Basically a total oilseed area occupied 28.051 million hectares which contributed production 32.75MT during 2013-14. Soybean play an important role, its area 11.16 million hectares 42 percent was contributed production 12.30 million tons production and 41 percent share of total oilseed crops during TE 2015. However, the annual compound growth rate of Soybean area 14%, production 15.5% and yield 1.34%, while in total oilseed area 1.33% production 3.31% and yield 1.96% recorded during 4.5 decades (1970-71 to 2014-15), However the Soybean is leading crop first rank in oilseeds share, while it was start cultivation 1970s decades. It is emerged fastest growth in Indian an oilseed crop and cheap sources of edible oil next to palm oil in India in terms of volumes, crude edible oil contributes about 89% and refined oil contributes about 11% of the total import during 2014-15. The share edible oil of the 89% of imported crude edible oil, palm oil, soybean oil and sunflower oil contributes about 54%, 21% and 11%, respectively. The demand for edible oils in India has shown a steady growth at a CAGR of 6.50 % over the period from 2012-13 to 2016-17. The current per capita consumption edible oil in India (at 15.91 Kg/year for 2015-16) was lower than global averages (25 kg/year). http://ijaers.com/detail/impact-analysis-of-soybean-in-supply-of-edible-oil-in-india/ Prem Narayan http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/29 IJAERS-MAR-2017-20-Impact Analysis of Soybean in Supply of Edible Oil in India.pdf Security is the major requirement for data environment. A cloud system provides the data repository and services in public domain so that it suffers from various security specific threats. The presented work is here defined to analyze the policy driven architecture for cloud system as well as identify the associated criticalities. The work also cover the process stage of this security driven architecture so that the interconnection model can be explored. The system is also defined the secure system integration under the service aspect specification. The work is defined as an improvement to the security system architecture under policy driven specifications. http://ijaers.com/detail/a-study-on-various-security-aspects-in-cloud-policy-oriented-architecture/ Sonia, Kirti Bhatia http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/30 IJAERS-MAR-2017-12-A Study on Various Security Aspects in Cloud.pdf Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) plays vital role in research field. Due to its rapidly increasing application in monitoring various kinds of environment by sensing physical phenomenon. Clustering is an efficient and effective method to enhance performance of the WSNs system. In this project work, we study a secure transmission of data for cluster-based WSNs (CWSNs), where the clusters are formed dynamically and randomly. We propose two Secure and Efficient data Transmission (SET) protocols for CWSNs, called SET-IBS and SET-IBOOS, by using the Identity-Based digital Signature (IBS) scheme and the Identity-Based Online/Offline digital Signature (IBOOS) scheme, respectively. The cluster routing protocol LEACH (Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy) is considered and improved. In SET-IBS, security relies on the hardness of the Diffie-Hellman problem in the pairing area. SET-IBOOS additionally decreases the computational operating cost for protocol security, which is critical for WSNs, while its defense depends on the stability of the problem of discrete logarithm. We propose a clustering routing protocol named Enhanced LEACH, which extends LEACH protocol by balancing the energy consumption in the network. The simulation results show that Enhanced LEACH outperforms LEACH in terms of network system lifetime and reduce the energy consumption. http://ijaers.com/detail/secure-and-efficient-data-transmission-for-cluster-based-wireless-sensor-network-using-cryptography/ Sangamsh J. kalyane, Dr.Nagaraj B. Patil http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/31 IJAERS-MAR-2017-27-Secure and Efficient Data Transmission for Cluster.pdf With the evolution of technology, the tourists can be effectively guided by the aid of Location Based Service of their smart phone. Solo travelling is popular in today’s touring industries and therefore mobile tourist guided system can efficiently support to solo traveler. By applying the combination of Location Based Service of the mobile phone and Google Map services, this tourist guide information system is developed. The purpose of this system is to provide user’s current location, the detailed information of the nearest places and the routes to reach their interesting nearest place. This smarter tour guide system use mobile phones’ GPS for the current location access and also use Google Maps for efficient guidance to users. The tour guide system provides real-time and location-sensitive tourist information of the Yangon region. http://ijaers.com/detail/tourist-guide-information-system-using-google-map-and-gps/ Honey Soe, Myint Myint Sein http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/32 IJAERS-MAR-2017-29-Tourist Guide Information System using Google Map and GPS.pdf In this work, the size of the antenna has been optimized by introducing an air-filled cavity into the lower substrate of the antenna with two layers. Analysis and modeling were performed using the HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simulator) simulator based on the finite element method. The simulation results obtained for the reflection coefficient, bandwidth, and gain were compared with those published. This comparison showed a good satisfaction http://ijaers.com/detail/optimizing-the-size-of-a-multi-layered-patch-antenna-for-k-band-applications/ M.hamdaoui, J.Foshi, A. Roukhe http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/33 IJAERS-FEB-2017-65-Optimizing the Size of A Multi-Layered Patch.pdf Measuring the temperature in high temperature industrial application is an important factor and a challenging part where sensors need to withstand high temperature without destruction. Temperature measurement and monitoring in the industries are necessary to ensure correct and accurate operation of the equipment. In these high temperature application conventional electronic sensors like thermocouple, bimetal switches etc cannot withstand high temperature, malfunction due to overheating and also easily pick up Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). In this paper these conventional sensors are replaced by Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors which is based on the principle of measurement of reflected Bragg’s wavelength and the corresponding shift in the wavelength for the temperature sensed. Advantages of FBG sensors for temperature measurement is that its light weight, small size, flexibility, non interfering, low loss, long range sensing(remote sensing), multiplexing capabilities, withstands high temperature. In this paper the simulation of 2D and 3D model is done using the Comsol software and also the experiment is performed for FBG temperature sensors to depict the shift in Bragg’s wavelength that can be used in high temperature monitoring in oil wells, high temperature optical sensing in gas turbines, widely used in nuclear reactors which has elevated temperature and high levels of electromagnetic interference (EMI).. http://ijaers.com/detail/analysis-of-high-temperature-monitoring-using-fiber-bragg-grating-sensor/ Shruthi S.V, S. Sundaravadivelu http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/34 IJAERS-MAR-2017-43-Analysis of High Temperature Monitoring.pdf In this paper the wavelength shift due to strain is measured by using Fiber Bragg Grating sensors. Structural health monitoring is the emerging field where it involves monitoring of several physical parameters. Strain measurement is one of the most external parameter to be measured in various sensing applications. The conventional strain sensors used to measure strain has many disadvantages in terms of low stability, not immune to Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and other external factors. The Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors has replaced the sensor like strain gauge in various remote applications. The work is centered on fiber optic Bragg grating (FBG) sensors, to detect strains with the wavelength shift that is observed due to the physical perturbation. This kind of strain analysis can be used to monitor strain in complex structures and in remote applications. http://ijaers.com/detail/strain-measurement-using-fiber-bragg-granting-sensor-for-crack-detection/ K. Vinnarasi, Dr. S. Sundaravadivelu http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/35 IJAERS-MAR-2017-45-Strain Measurement Using Fiber Bragg Granting Sensor for Crack Detection.pdf This paper describes about the solarcell antenna which is an integrated device used for trans-receiving the RF signal and generates DC voltage simultaneously. Solarcell Antenna consists of Microstrip patch antenna and Solarcells, during integration various parameters of antenna such as substrate (dielectric materials used), shape of the patch, dimensions of feed are to be obtained for desired frequency range. Different shapes of patches, dielectric materials are taken into account and compared with the results in which Microstrip Patch model suits the best for 2.4GHz frequency. We have integrated Solarcells and Microstrip patch antenna using CST Microwave studio software so that it can act as stand-alone system in remote places for various applications such as disaster alert system, moving vehicles, remote sensing, and meteorological surveillance. http://ijaers.com/detail/a-novel-study-of-semiconductor-material-as-a-substrate-layer-for-microstrip-patch-antenna/ Praveen Kumar E, Sundaravadivelu S http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/36 IJAERS-MAR-2017-38-A Novel Study of Semiconductor Material.pdf The present investigation aims to apply High frequency GTAW variants to apply for the purpose of dressing of weldments. Numerous studies has reviled that the different dressing techniques has improved the life for weldments by modifying the weld bead geometry. It is found that the cracks occur at the weld joints where the stress concentration of the weld geometries is very high. GTAW Dressing reduce the severity of the stress concentration at the weld, remove imperfections, and/or introduce local compressive stresses at the weld can be used for improvement of the fatigue life. This paper compares the variants of GTAW process used for Dressing process in a mild steel fillet welded plate and evaluates the weld bead geometry, microstructure and its surface hardness. http://ijaers.com/detail/high-frequency-gas-tungsten-arc-welding-process-for-dressing-of-weldment/ Cibi Anthony J, K T Thilagham http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/37 IJAERS-MAR-2017-51-High Frequency Gas Tungsten Arc Welding.pdf To attain a flawless real-time data transfer over a communication channel of Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (IWSNs) is a difficult issue. The reason is that data transmission reliability degrades remarkably due to the dynamically changing network topology. Although TDMA-based protocols are widely used for real-time data transmission in IWSNs, they are not suitable for dynamically changing network topology. Therefore, we analyze the communication behavior of real-time multimedia data transmission and try to find out some performance enhancing factors. Then, we propose a slotted-sense scheduling scheme in which a big time slot is shared among the nodes at same tree-level. A sharable slot not only assures the time constraint but also improves the reliability of multimedia data greatly. Moreover, the block data transmission technique with an adaptive acknowledgement is proposed to optimize the size of a sharable slot. Finally, the experimental results show that our approach outperforms other standard MAC protocols for real-time multimedia data transmission in IWSNs. http://ijaers.com/detail/a-slotted-sense-streaming-mac-for-real-time-multimedia-data-transmission-in-industrial-wireless-sensor-networks/ Md Abul Kalam Azad, Amina Khatun, Md Abdur Rahman http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/38 IJAERS-MAR-2017-13-A Slotted-sense Streaming MAC for Real-time.pdf The latest advancements in Science and Technology, have witnessed radical changes in the banking system. Today most of the banks adopt the net banking facility and most of the users are also addicted to this system. Accordingly, most of the transactions are now online based and much emphasis is therefore needed to ensure the security of authenticating a person and validating the transaction. Many models are therefore proposed in the literature. Most of these are an alphanumeric based password schemes or biometric schemes or graphical password based schemes. Each of these models is proposed by underlying an advantage. The alphanumeric passwords are proposed, with the assumption that generating the password is easy and the generated password is unique, the biometric password schemes are proposed with the assumption that tampering a biometric is next to impossible. Graphical passwords are proposed with an option to the user so that he can select an image of his choice and then select some points which is called a click pattern, which is unique to every user. http://ijaers.com/detail/hybrid-model-based-on-user-tags-and-textual-passwords-and-pearsonian-type-iii-mixture-model/ Pavan Gujjar Panduranga Rao, Dr.P.Srinivasa Rao, Dr. G. Lavanya Devi http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/39 IJAERS-MAR-2017-55-Hybrid Model Based on User Tags and Textual Passwords.pdf Rural areas have shortage of electricity, so natural ventilation becomes necessary. Ventilation through solar chimney harnesses solar energy as energy source and can be installed in rural buildings for improvement of air circulation. Rate of ventilation of a solar chimney for natural ventilation was investigated for both Horizontal type and Vertical type. Ventilation rate greatly depends on the temperature gradient of the room. The current work presents the comparative analysis of a room apartment with solar chimney of both types attached to them. In this study, a reduced scale Chimney of Horizontal and Vertical design is modelled through CFD to investigate the improvement of Natural Ventilation. Two different parameters have been considered for current study viz. Outlet Velocity and Temperature of Absorber plate. http://ijaers.com/detail/enhancement-of-natural-ventilation-using-solar-chimney-a-numerical-investigation/ Jitendra Kumar, Abhishek Raj, Hari Mohan Sharma http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/40 IJAERS-MAR-2017-60-Enhancement of Natural Ventilation using Solar.pdf Automated detection and accurate classification of breast tumors using magnetic resonance image (MRI) are very important for medical analysis and diagnostic fields. Over the last ten years, numbers of methods have been proposed, but only few methods succeed in this field. This paper presents the design and the implementation of CAD system that has the ability to detect and classify the tumor of the breast in the MR images. To achieve this, k-mean clustering methods and morphological operators are applied to segment the tumor. The gray scale, Texture and symmetrical features as well as discrete wavelet transform (DWT) are used in feature extracted stage to obtain the features from MR images. Kernel principle components analysis (K-PCA) are also applied as a feature reduction technique and support vectors machine (SVM) are used as a classifier. Finally, the experiments results have confirmed the robustness and accuracy of proposed system http://ijaers.com/detail/breast-cancer-diagnostic-system-based-on-mr-images-using-kpca-wavelet-transform-and-support-vector-machine/ Mustafa Zuhaer AL-Dabagh, Dr. Firas H. AL-Mukhtar http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/41 IJAERS-MAR-2017-58-Breast Cancer Diagnostic System Based on MR.pdf This research discusses the impact of applying the Unified Banking Evaluation model (Camels) on enforcing the banking supervision and control processes. The research explained the nature and consistence of relationship between the evaluation system with its different dimensions and characteristics, and the banking supervision on site and off site; it also analyzed and evaluated the case study of BBSF (as the first private bank in the Syrian banking system). The evaluation results were combined with the other elements that are to be considered when assuming the tasks of banking supervision. Such a case study can be generalized to other banks. http://ijaers.com/detail/the-impact-of-applying-the-unified-banking-evaluation-model-camels-on-enforcing-the-banking-supervision-of-commercial-banks-the-case-study-of-bank-bemo-saudi-french-bbsf/ Dr. Ghassan Farouk Ghandour http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/42 IJAERS-MAR-2017-68-The impact of applying the Unified Banking Evaluation model (Camels).pdf In recent years, text extraction from document images is one of the most widely studied topics in Image Analysis and Optical Character Recognition. These extractions of document images can be used for document analysis, content analysis, document retrieval and many more. Many complex text extracting processes Maximization Likelihood (ML), Edge point detection, Corner point detection etc. are used to extract text documents from images. In this article, the corner point approach was used. To extract document from images we used a very simple approach based on FAST algorithm. Firstly, we divided the image into blocks and their density in each block was checked. The denser blocks were labeled as text blocks and the less dense were the image region or noise. Then we check the connectivity of the blocks to group the blocks so that the text part can be isolated from the image. This method is very fast and versatile, it can be used to detect various languages, handwriting and even images with a lot of noise and blur. Even though it is a very simple program the precision of this method is closer or higher than 90%. In conclusion, this method helps in more accurate and less complex detection of text from document images. http://ijaers.com/detail/text-detection-in-document-images-highlight-on-using-fast-algorithm/ Geetika Mathur, Ms. Suneetha Rikhari http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/43 IJAERS-MAR-2017-57-Text Detection in Document Images.pdf In this work, the boundary value problem of simply supported rectangular Kirchhoff plates subjected to applied transverse loads is solved by the method of finite Fourier sine transform. The finite Fourier sine transform method was adopted as the analytical research tool due to the Dirchlet boundary conditions of the plate problem. Application of the finite Fourier sine transform to the fourth order governing partial differential equation of the Kirchhoff plate problem and the associated boundary conditions simplified the problem to an algebraic problem in the transform domain. The solution is obtained in the plate domain by inversion. The problem was solved for general distributed load p(x, y), point load applied at an arbitrary point on the plate, uniformly distributed patch load over the plate region x0 x  x1, y0 y  y1, and uniformly distributed load over the entire plate. The finite Fourier sine transform solutions obtained in each case were found to be identical solutions obtained with the Navier’s double trigonometrical series method as presented in Timoshenko and Woinowsky-Krieger. The finite Fourier sine transform method was found to yield exact solutions to the classical thin plate flexure problem for simply supported edges. http://ijaers.com/detail/analysis-of-simply-supported-rectangular-kirchhoff-plates-by-the-finite-fourier-sine-transform-method/ Mama B.O., Nwoji C.U., Ike C. C., Onah H.N. http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/44 IJAERS-FEB-2017-60-Analysis of Simply Supported Rectangular.pdf In this work, the governing differential equations of elastic column buckling represented by a system of three coupled differential equations in the three unknown displacement functions, v(x), w(x) and (x) are solved using the method of Fourier series. The column was pinned at both ends x = 0, x = l. The unknown displacements were assumed to be a Fourier sine series of infinite terms, which was found to satisfy apriori the pinned conditions at the ends and substituted into the governing equations. The governing equations were found to reduce to a system of algebraic eigenvalue – eigenvector problem. The buckling equation was found to be a cubic polynomial for the general asymmetric sectioned column. The buckling modes were found as flexural torsional buckling modes. For columns with monosymmetric sections, it was found that the buckling mode could be flexural or flexural – torsional depending on the root of the cubic polynomial buckling equation which is the smallest. For columns with bisymmetric sections, it was found that the buckling modes are uncoupled and bisymmetric columns could fail by pure flexural buckling about the axes of symmetry or pore torsional buckling. The findings are in excellent agreement with Timoshenko’s solutions. http://ijaers.com/detail/flexural-torsional-buckling-analysis-of-thin-walled-columns-using-the-fourier-series-method/ Onah H. N., Ike C.C., Nwoji C.U. http://ijaers.com/uploads/issue_files/45 IJAERS-FEB-2017-61-Flexural - Torsional Buckling Analysis of Thin.pdf