Engineering & Materials Sciences

Indian Journal of

VOLUME 19	NUMBER  5	OCTOBER 2012
CODEN : IEMSEW	ISSN : 0971-4588

 

CONTENTS

Papers
Microstrip even-mode half-wavelength SIR based I-band interdigital bandpass	299
filter
Ram Krishna Maharjan & Nam-Young Kim
Comparative analysis of Ni-Cr/Pt thin film resistors on silicon and GaAs substrates	304
for IPD technology
Cong Wang & Nam-Young Kim
VLSI implementation of high throughput MIMO OFDM transceiver for 4th	307
generation systems
J Raja & M Kannan
Operational modal analysis of a scaled bridge model using EFDD and SSI methods	320
Ahmet Can Altunişik, Alemdar Bayraktar & Barış Sevim
Polyelectrolyte hydrogels of chitosan and polyacrylamide: A comparison of	331
electroactive characteristics
Rahna K Shamsudeen, V G Jayakumari, R Rajeswari & T Mukundan
Composition study of FePt nanoparticles synthesized from modified polyol process	338
K Chokprasombat, P Harding, C Sirisathitkul, P Muthitamongkol & S Pinitsoontorn
Effect of environments on the thermal properties of epoxy adhesives modified with	343
nano- and micro-particles for in-situ timber bonding
Z Ahmad, M P Ansell, D Smedley & P Md Tahir
Sulphuric acid resistant ecofriendly concrete from geopolymerisation of blast	357
furnace slag
N P Rajamane, M C Nataraja, N Lakshmanan, J K Dattatreya & D Sabitha

Author Index

Ahmad Z                                                                                                     343

Altunişik Ahmet Can                                                320

Ansell M P                                                                343

Bayraktar Alemdar                                                    320

Chokprasombat K                                                     338

Dattatreya J K                                                            357

Harding P                                                                  338

Jayakumari V G                                                        331

Kannan M                                                                 307

Kim Nam-Young                                              299, 304

Lakshmanan N                                                          357

Maharjan Ram Krishna                                                                    299

Mukundan T                                                             331

Muthitamongkol  P

ICJ-Indian Concrete Journal-December 2012

	414. Factors affecting creep and shrinkage of hardened concrete and guide for modelling  Mario A. Chiorino and Domingo J. Carreira Evaluation of the structural response to the time-dependent behaviour of concrete: Part 1 - An internationally harmonized format Mario A. Chiorino and Carlo Casalegno Evaluation of the structural response to the time-dependent behaviour of concrete: Part 2 - A general computational approach Mario Sassone and Carlo Casalegno Costanera Center - Shortenings due to elastic deformation, creep and shrinkage of concrete in a 300-m tall building René C. Lagos, Marianne C. Kupfer, Simón T. Sanhueza and Francisco V. Cordero  1
GUEST Editorial: Structural effects of time-dependent behaviour of concrete NEWS & EVENTS PEOPLE: Dr. C.S. Viswanatha
Ecobuild India 2013  Ecobuild in UK commands the leading and most influential position as the world’s largest expo dedicated to sustainable building designs and eco-friendly construction. Building on the success, UBM Built Environment is delighted to launch Ecobuild India from 16-18 April 2013 at Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC), Mumbai. Conferences by IIT Madras  Rehabilitation and restoration of structures, February 13-16, 2013. Advances in building sciences, February 13-16, 2013. International Conference & Exhibition  The Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) is organising an International Conference and Exhibition scheduled to be held on January 30 to February 1, 2013 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Steel Space & Composite Structures SS12  The Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China is organising the 11th International Conference on "Steel Space & Composite Structures" during 12-14 December 2012 at Harvest Hotel - Qingdao, China. Durability of Concrete  A forum on ‘Durability of Concrete’ will be held on October 12, 2012 at Hotel Mirador, Mumbai Conferences by CI-Premier  Blast resistant design Protection of structures against hazards Emerging trends in transportation structures  The Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers are organising an international seminar on "Emerging trends in transportation structures" during November 24-25, 2012 at Institution of Engineers (India), Haji Ali Park, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai. Design of RCC / steel girders, their launching  The National Bridges Research and Development Centre is organising an international conference on "Design of RCC / steel girders, their launching and allied subjects" during December 14-16, 2012 at Hyderabad. Sky City: China plans world's tallest building  A Hunan-based construction company aims to build an 838-m skyscraper in just three months Innovations in concrete for meeting infrastructure  The Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) is organising an international conference titled  ‘Innovative World of Concrete’ (IWC) on the theme  of “lnnovations in Concrete for Meeting Infrastructure Challenges” Concrete to be held during December 12-15, 2013 in Hyderabad. 2013 fib Symposium  The 2013 fib Symposium with the theme, "Engineering a Concrete Future: Technology, Modelling and Construction", will be held during April 22-24, 2013 at Tel-Aviv, Israel. Concrete Sustainability  The International Conference on Concrete Sustainability ICCS13 to be held during at Tokyo, Japan, from May 27 to 29, 2013, is organized by the Japan Concrete Institute (JCI) and jointly organized by fib, ACI, and RILEM, and will be the first international conference co-organized by the world’s leading academic concrete societies in which there are active committees on the sustainability of concrete. Ferrocement: a suitable and sustainable technology  The National Union of Architects and Construction Engineers of Cuba (UNAICC in Spanish) is organising the 10th international symposium on ferrocement and thin reinforced cement composites at Havana International Conference Center, Cuba during October 15th to 17th, 2012. The theme of the event is " Ferrocement: a suitable and sustainable technology" Women in Science and Engineering  WISE INDIA (Women in Science and Engineering) in association with INWES (International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists) is organising a regional conference during October 12-13, 2012 at New Delhi. Call for Papers: 2nd UKIERI Concrete Congress  Whilst the response to the Congress to date has been excellent, the Congress Organising Committee would be pleased to further receive offers of original papers by the closing date of 31 March 2012 and would like to hear from potential authors with 250 words abstracts of their proposed papers in any of the six conferences of the Congress listed below together with their subject themes. In submitting abstracts, the authors are requested to indicate the Conference and the Theme under which they would like their papers to be considered.  Multi-purpose high-rise towers and tall buildings  International Federation of High-rise Structures (IFHS) is organising the 10th International Conference on Multipurpose High-rise Towers and Tall buildings on Extreme Engineering during November 5 - 6, 2012 at Dubai, UAE. Engineering a concrete future  The International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) will be organising an fib symposium on the theme 'Engineering a concrete future: Technology, modelling and construction', during April 22 to 24, 2013 at Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Civil Engineering & Construction Review-October 2012

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IETE Technical Review-May-June 2012 Volume 29 | Issue 3 Page Nos. 181-256

	May-June 2012 Volume 29 | Issue 3 Page Nos. 181-256

EDITORIAL COMMENTARY
	Literal and Intelligent Plagiarism: Students Beware!	p. 181
	M Jagadesh Kumar DOI:10.4103/0256-4602.98858
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ARTICLES
	How Medical Robots are going to Affect Our Lives	p. 184
	Satwant Kaur DOI:10.4103/0256-4602.98859
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	A Survey of Quality of Service-aware Routing Approaches for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks	p. 188
	Haseeb Zafar, Megat Zuhairi, David Harle, Ivan Andonovic DOI:10.4103/0256-4602.98860
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	Privacy Protection Through k-anonymity in Location-based Services	p. 196
	Rubina Shahin Zuberi, Brejesh Lall, Syed Naseem Ahmad DOI:10.4103/0256-4602.98861
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	A Novel Contention Window Control Scheme for IEEE 802.11 WLANs	p. 202
	Ali Balador, Ali Movaghar, Sam Jabbehdari, Dimitris Kanellopoulos DOI:10.4103/0256-4602.98862
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	Review on Grid Resource Discovery: Models and Strategies	p. 213
	Tinghuai Ma, Sunyuan Shi, Hao Cao, Wei Tian, Jin Wang DOI:10.4103/0256-4602.98863
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	A Review of Techniques for the Analysis of Simulation Output	p. 223
	Haseeb Zafar, Megat Zuhairi, David Harle, Ivan Andonovic DOI:10.4103/0256-4602.98864
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	Survey of Cross-layer Designs for Video Transmission Over Wireless Networks	p. 229
	Ali Abdulqader Bin-Salem, Tat Chee Wan DOI:10.4103/0256-4602.98865
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	Design of Commercial Ads Dissemination System in Vehicular Environments	p. 248
	Yujin Lim, Sanghyun Ahn DOI:10.4103/0256-4602.98866
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Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics-VOLUME 50 NUMBER 8 AUGUST 2012

CONTENTS

Atomic and Molecular Physics
New gallium(III) complex-synthesis, spectral characterization and cytotoxicity         Irena Kostova* & Tsvetanka Stefanova	547
Model for up-conversion luminescence in silver nanoparticles embedded erbium-doped tellurite glass         S K Ghoshal*, M R Sahar, M R Dousti, S Sharma, M S Rohani, R Arifin & K Hamzah	555
Thermoluminescence characteristics of natural kyanite — A study on non pre-heated and pre-heated sample         G Wary & J M Kalita*	566
Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties
Theoretical study of spin splitting in parabolic semiconductor quantum dots         Manish K Bafna*, Pratima Sen & P K Sen	571
Solvothermal synthesis and crystal structure of aluminogermanate halide sodalites using organic solvent         Ashok V Borhade*, Arun G Dholi, Dipak R Tope & S G Wakchaure	576
Vapour-liquid equilibria in binary systems formed by methylocyclopentane with alcohols         Andrzej Kosowski & Paweł Gierycz*	583
Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology
Design and development of atomic flux controller for cesium Fountain clock at NPL, India         Kavindra Pant*, Poonam Arora, Suchi Yadav & Amitava Sen Gupta	593
Current-mode high-Q bandpass filter and mixed-mode quadrature oscillator using ZC-CFTAs and grounded capacitors         Worapong Tangsrirat*, Pratya Mongkolwai & Tattaya Pukkalanun	600

Authors for correspondence are indicated by (*)

 

 

Keyword Index

Absorption coefficient                                 555

Activation energy                                         566

Aluminogermanate sodalite                          576

Bandpass filter                                             600

Binary system                                              583

Bulk inversion-asymmetry                           571

Coumarin-3-carboxylic acid                         547

Crystallization                                              576

Cytotoxicity assay                                        547

Ebulliometer                                                 583

Electron traps                                               566

Feedback control                                          593

FT Raman spectra                                        547

FTIR                                                            547

Gallium(III) complex                                   547

Glow curves                                                566

Kyanite                                                         566

Lock-in amplifier                                         593

Luminescence                                              555

Nanoparticles                                               555

Order of kinetics                                          566

Organic solvent                                            576

P-T-x experimental data                              583

Phase shift                                                   593

Quadrature oscillator                                    600

Rietveld refinement                                      576

Semiconductor quantum dot                        571

Spin splitting                                                571

Surface plasmon resonance                          555

Thermoelectric coolers                                 593

Thermoluminescence                                   566

Up-conversion                                             555

Vapour liquid equilibria                               583

VLE methylcyclopentane
 + alcohols experimental data                    583

Wheatstone bridge                                       593

Z-Copy current follower
 transconductance amplifier                       600

The Indian Concrete Journal-August 2012

	313. Material and structural implications of using ferrocement as permanent formwork A. Spanos, R. Sri Ravindrarajah and R.N. Swamy Effect on structural design due to loss of sign in response spectrum analysis O.R. Jaiswal, Sachin Narsude and Nilesh Mate Pounding between adjacent buildings: Comparison of codal provisions Chenna Rajaram and Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar 1
EDITORIAL NEWS & EVENTS TECHNICAL NOTE: Manufactured sand Suhas S. Dhuri PEOPLE: Bishwajit Bhattacharjee POINT OF VIEW: Fly ash fineness – Comparing residue on 45 micron sieve with Blaine’s surface area S.S. Bagchi, S.V. Ghule and R.T. Jadhav FERROCEMENT: Warehousing structures – An optimal approach A.K. Jain and K.K. Shukla LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ICJ QUIZ
Advance Concrete Technology  A one-day workshop on ‘Advance Concrete Technology’ is being organised on 11th August 2012 at Jubilee Hall, CIRCOT, Matunga, Mumbai. Affordable Housing  The 3rd Annual Innovations in Affordable Housing India 2012 will be held during August 28-31, 2012 at Holiday Inn, Mumbai. Modern equipment for concrete construction  The Indian Concrete Institute and Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai are organising a two day national seminar on 'Modern equipment for concrete construction' during September 20-21, 2012 at ICSR Complex, IIT Madras, Chennai. Conferences by CI-Premier  Blast resistant design Protection of structures against hazards Emerging trends in transportation structures  The Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers are organising an international seminar on "Emerging trends in transportation structures" during November 24-25, 2012 at Institution of Engineers (India), Haji Ali Park, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai. Design of RCC / steel girders, their launching  The National Bridges Research and Development Centre is organising an international conference on "Design of RCC / steel girders, their launching and allied subjects" during December 14-16, 2012 at Hyderabad. UHPFRC 2013 : Call for papers  The second International Symposium on Ultra-High Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) on the theme 'Designing and Building with UHPFRC: From innovation to large scale realizations' will be held during September 30 to October 2, 2013, at Marseille (France). Sky City: China plans world's tallest building  A Hunan-based construction company aims to build an 838-m skyscraper in just three months ICI Annual Awards 2012  The Indian Concrete Institute will be presenting the ICI Annual Awards 2012 on 22nd September, 2012 at Chennai. Applied sciences and engineering technology  The Basha Research Centre, Singapore along with Cafet-Innova Technical Society, Hyderabad is organising a world conference on Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology (WCSET-2012) during 17-19, August 2012 at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. Innovations in concrete for meeting infrastructure  The Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) is organising an international conference titled  ‘Innovative World of Concrete’ (IWC) on the theme  of “lnnovations in Concrete for Meeting Infrastructure Challenges” Concrete to be held during December 12-15, 2013 in Hyderabad. 2013 fib Symposium  The 2013 fib Symposium with the theme, "Engineering a Concrete Future: Technology, Modelling and Construction", will be held during April 22-24, 2013 at Tel-Aviv, Israel. Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologie  The Third International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT3) will be held during August 18-22, 2013 at Kyoto, Japan. Concrete Sustainability  The International Conference on Concrete Sustainability ICCS13 to be held during at Tokyo, Japan, from May 27 to 29, 2013, is organized by the Japan Concrete Institute (JCI) and jointly organized by fib, ACI, and RILEM, and will be the first international conference co-organized by the world’s leading academic concrete societies in which there are active committees on the sustainability of concrete. Conference on Cement and Concrete Science  The 32nd annual conference on Cement and Concrete Science is being hosted by Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK on 17th and 18th of September 2012 in Belfast. International Conference on the Durability .......  The third International conference on the Durability of Concrete Structures (ICDCS-2012) is being hosted by Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK from 17-19 September 2012 in Belfast. Structural health monitoring and rehabilitation  The Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan organising a workshop on structural health monitoring and rehabilitation September 19th – 20th, 2012 at campus Ferrocement: a suitable and sustainable technology  The National Union of Architects and Construction Engineers of Cuba (UNAICC in Spanish) is organising the 10th international symposium on ferrocement and thin reinforced cement composites at Havana International Conference Center, Cuba during October 15th to 17th, 2012. The theme of the event is " Ferrocement: a suitable and sustainable technology" Women in Science and Engineering  WISE INDIA (Women in Science and Engineering) in association with INWES (International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists) is organising a regional conference during October 12-13, 2012 at New Delhi. Conferences by CI-Premier  Fuzhou University, China along with CI-Premier Conference Organization, Singapore is organising the twin international conferences of "New dimensions in bridges" and "Inspection, appraisal, repairs and maintenance of structures" during 27-29 July, 2012 at WuYiSan, China.

SADHANA – Vol. 37, Part 3, June 2012

Topic	Page	Author	ViewPdf
A reduced polynomial chaos expansion method for the stochastic finite element analysis	319	B Pascual and S Adhikari	Click
Plastic collapse load of corroded steel plates	341	Rahbar Ranji Ahmad	Click
Simulation–optimization model for groundwater contamination remediation using meshfree point collocation method and particle swarm optimization	351	Mategaonkar Meenal and T I Eldho	Click
Wavelet packet transform-based robust video watermarking technique	371	Gaurav Bhatnagar and BalasubrmanianRaman	Click
Effects of fly ash fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete	389	Şemsi Yazici and Hasan Şahan Arel	Click
A set of decentralized PID controllers for an n - link robot manipulator	405	G Leena and G Ray	Click