A Contemporary Survey on IoT Based Smart Cities: Architecture,Applications, and Open Issues

Wireless Personal Communications - Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the emerging technologies, which is widely used across the globe. As the idea of a smart city was founded, IoT has been...     

Analytical approach on magnetohydrodynamic Casson fluid flow past a stretching sheet via Adomian decomposition method

Flow phenomena of three-dimensional conducting Casson fluid through a stretching sheet are proposed in the present investigation with the impact of the magnetic parameter in a permeable medium. The adaptation of particular transformations is useful to modify the governing equations into their nondimensional as well as the ordinary form. However, these transformed equations are nonlinear and approximate analytical methods for the solution of the complex form of governing equations. In particular, the Adomian decomposition method is proposed for the solution. The behavior of several variables, such as the magnetic and porous matrix, on the flow profile as well as the rate of shear stress, are discussed via graphs and tables. The conformity of the current result with the earlier study shows a road map for further investigation. The major concluding remarks are; the retardation in the velocity distribution is rendered due to an increase in the Casson parameter moreover, the Casson parameter favors in reducing the rate of shear stress coefficient in magnitude.     

Middleware Technologies for Smart Wireless Sensor Networks towards Internet of Things: A Comparative Review

Wireless Personal Communications - Internet of Things (IoT) offers complex networks of connected devices, which are used to serve in the real-time environment. Interestingly, Wireless Sensor...     

Energy balanced data gathering approaches,issues and research directions

Telecommunication Systems - Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and Internet of Things domain comprise of numerous small sized battery powered sensor nodes. Energy efficiency and energy balancing are...     

Evaluation and Characterization of Mechanical, Electrical, and Thermal Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites Reinforced with Different Allotropes of Carbon

The present work aims to present the results based on the processing of nanocomposites, which consist of matrix materials like epoxy and filler materials such as conjugated nanomaterials/allotropes of carbon, namely, carbon black, graphite, and multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) used for targeted applications. To improve the physical and chemical properties and to facilitate a better interfacial interface between the polymer and nanotube, functional MWCNT is used during the preparation of the composite. The prime objective of the study is to establish the thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties of nanocomposites using experimental methods. It has been observed from the experimental results that carbon nanotube (CNT) based composite exhibits higher mechanical (tensile and hardness) and thermal properties as compared with the others. The electrical properties are found to be better in a graphite-based composite. Although CNT has superior mechanical and thermal properties, the exorbitant price limits its use. Hence, the allotropes of carbon may be used judiciously considering both the cost and property requirements of the targeted application. The work also studies the dispersion state of nanofibers through scanning electron microscopy (SEM).     

Design of a Variable Depth Axially Corrugated Horn Antenna at X-Band for Low Cross-Polarization Applications

Wireless Personal Communications - This paper presents a study of a class of iris localization algorithms in the presence of blurring. The effect of blurring is a serious problem in most image...     

Possible origin of ferromagnetism in antiferromagnetic orthorhombic-YFeO3: A first-principles study

Rare-earth orthoferrites (RFeO₃) are well-known for the antiferromagnetic ground state. However, some of the recent experimental results suggest that the few members of RFeO₃ family possess ferromagnetism. In the present investigation we report the possible origin of ferromagnetism in antiferromagnetic YFeO₃ using density functional theory. For this purpose, we have considered pure as well as self-doping in YFeO₃ i.e. by considering the point defect at Y, Fe and O sites. Our finding suggests that the point defects in YFeO₃ results in the mixed-valence state of Fe, which may result in ferromagnetism through Zener double exchange mechanism.     

Assessment of relative impacts of various geo-mining factors on methane dispersion for safety in gassy underground coal mines: an artificial neural networks approach

Neural Computing and Applications - Dispersing methane to a safer level is crucial for mines safety as methane has been the greatest contributor of explosion hazard in underground coal mines...