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Article AlN Piezoelectric Quad-Actuators for 2D Optical Micro Scanning(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022) Hah, Dooyoung; 0000-0002-1290-0597; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Elektrik - Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü; Hah, Dooyoung; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik MühendisliğiPiezoelectric actuation has been one of the frequent choices for optical micro scanning. In most of the cases, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) has been used as the piezoelectric material. However, PZT has a potential issue in biomedical applications due to the content of lead. For this, AlN can be used as an alternative. The main drawback of AlN is its low piezoelectric coefficients. In order to overcome such a drawback, this paper presents a novel actuator configuration, designed for a quasi-static operation mode. Quad-actuators and meander-shaped hinges are the essence of the proposed actuator configuration. Numerical simulation study is carried out to prove the concept of the device. The study also shows that the proposed scanner can have the optical scan angle of 9 degree at a quasi-static mode. Two different scan modes, a raster-like mode and a Lissajous mode are tested, demonstrating the two-dimensional scanning capability of the device.Article Citation - WoS: 11Citation - Scopus: 11Biogas Intake Pressure and Port Air Swirl Optimization to Enhance the Diesel RCCI Engine Characteristics for Low Environmental Emissions(Elsevier, 2024) Dalha, Ibrahim B.; Koca, Kemal; Said, Mior A.; Rafindadi, Aminu D.; 0000-0003-2464-6466; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Makine Mühendisliği Bölümü; Koca, Kemal; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.06. Makine Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik FakültesiExhaust emission and combustion control in RCCI (reactivity-controlled compression ignition) focused mainly on the direct-injected fuel parameters, urging to investigate the advantages of port-fuel intake parameters. The engine was modified for port injection of Biogas at the valve and RCCI mode. The influence of port swirl ratio (PSR, 0 - 80%) and biogas injection pressure (BIP, 1 - 4 bar) on the diesel RCCI combustion and emissions was tested and optimized at varied loads and 1600 rpm in a port injection at the valve (PIVE) approach. Established kinetic mechanisms were combined with multi-objective optimization to further investigate, predict, and analyze emissions occurrence and trade-offs for reduced environmental impacts. The results show that the radiation absorption triggered by increased CO2 lowers combustion temperature, resulting in prolonged ignition. Setting the airflow to swirl lowers the in-cylinder pressure at elevated BIP while raising the heat generated across the BIPs. Increasing the PSR slows the combustion while BIP speeds up the process. BIP and PSR show great trade-off reduction ability among all emission parameters. The optimum unburned hydrocarbon, nitrogen oxide, particulate, and carbon monoxide emissions for the injection at the valve were found to be 109.58, 0.577, and 2.336 ppm, and 0.103%, respectively, at low-load, low-BIP, and high-PSR. The emissions were lowered by 6.58, 91.26, 80.65, and 13.45% compared to the premixed RCCI mode, respectively. Therefore, introducing lowpressure biogas amid high swirling air at the valve elevates the in-cylinder condition while lowering the emissions, mitigating their environmental implications.Article Citation - WoS: 42Citation - Scopus: 51CBI4.0: A Cross-Layer Approach for Big Data Gathering for Active Monitoring and Maintenance in the Manufacturing Industry 4.0(Elsevier, 2021) Faheem, Muhammad; Butt, Rizwan Aslam; Ali, Rashid; Raza, Basit; Ngadi, Md Asri; Gungor, Vehbi Cagri; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümü; Faheem, Muhammad; Gungor, Vehbi Cagri; 01. Abdullah Gül UniversityIndustry 4.0 (I4.0) defines a new paradigm to produce high-quality products at the low cost by reacting quickly and effectively to changing demands in the highly volatile global markets. In Industry 4.0, the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled Wireless Sensors (WSs) in the manufacturing processes, such as equipment, machining, assembly, material handling, inspection, etc., generates a huge volume of data known as Industrial Big Data (IBD). However, the reliable and efficient gathering and transmission of this big data from the source sensors to the floor inspection system for the real-time monitoring of unexpected changes in the production and quality control processes is the biggest challenge for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (IWSNs). This is because of the harsh nature of the indoor industrial environment that causes high noise, signal fading, multipath effects, heat and electromagnetic interference, which reduces the transmission quality and trigger errors in the IWSNs. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel cross-layer data gathering approach called CBI4.0 for active monitoring and control of manufacturing processes in the Industry 4.0. The key aim of the proposed CBI4.0 scheme is to exploit the multi-channel and multi-radio architecture of the sensor network to guarantee quality of service (QoS) requirements, such as higher data rates, throughput, and low packet loss, corrupted packets, and latency by dynamically switching between different frequency bands in the Multichannel Wireless Sensor Networks (MWSNs). By performing several simulation experiments through EstiNet 9.0 simulator, the performance of the proposed CBI4.0 scheme is compared against existing studies in the automobile Industry 4.0. The experimental outcomes show that the proposed scheme outperforms existing schemes and is suitable for effective control and monitoring of various events in the automobile Industry 4.0.Article Citation - WoS: 47Citation - Scopus: 51Comprehensive Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Elevated Temperatures in Geopolymer Concretes With Variable Alkali Activator Ratios(Elsevier, 2023) Ozbayrak, Ahmet; Kucukgoncu, Hurmet; Aslanbay, Huseyin Hilmi; Aslanbay, Yuksel Gul; Atas, Oguzhan; 0000-0001-5148-8753; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü; Kucukgoncu, Hurmet; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.03. İnşaat Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik FakültesiBy growing population and rapid urbanization, demand for concrete increases exponentially. Researches on use of fly ash material in waste product class for concrete production are important to produce concrete more environmentally friendly. However, there is a need for more research to use geopolymer concrete (GPC) in every field where ordinary Portland cement concrete (OPC) is used. Therefore, it is crucial to experimentally investigate thermal properties as well as me-chanical properties of geopolymer concrete. As investigated thermal properties, the main factor affecting strength development of GPC is alkali activator ratios. In this study, GPC prism samples with nine different compositions, produced by various alkali ratios. After flexural strength tests, they were cut into cubes and exposed to 400 degrees C, 600 degrees C and 800 degrees C, then they were subjected to compressive strength tests. Results obtained from different AA/FA and SS/SH ratios were eval-uated as mechanical properties at ambient temperature and physical, mechanical and micro-structural properties at elevated temperature. An empirical formula, which considers the effect of activator ratios, was proposed to calculate flexural strength depending on compressive strength of samples at ambient temperature. As an increase of SS/SH and AA/FA ratios, compressive strength increased, while flexural strength decreased. The increase in AA/FA ratio decreased compressive strength of samples exposed to high temperatures, while increase in SS/SH ratio did not deter-mine at elevated temperatures. There is an inverse change with AA/FA ratio and parallel change with SS/SH ratio between compressive strengths of samples at ambient temperature and exposed to high temperature.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 1Data-Driven Discovery and DFT Modeling of Fe4H on the Atomistic Level(Elsevier B.V., 2024) Zagorac, Dejan; Zagorac, Jelena; Djukic, Milos B.; Bal, Burak; Schön, Johann Christian; 0000-0002-7389-9155; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Makine Mühendisliği Bölümü; Bal, Burak; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.06. Makine Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik FakültesiSince their discovery, iron and hydrogen have been two of the most interesting elements in scientific research, with a variety of known and postulated compounds and applications. Of special interest in materials engineering is the stability of such materials, where hydrogen embrittlement has gained particular importance in recent years. Here, we present the results for the Fe-H system. In the past, most of the work on iron hydrides has been focused on hydrogen-rich compounds since they have a variety of interesting properties at extreme conditions (e.g. superconductivity). However, we present the first atomistic study of an iron-rich Fe4H compound which has been predicted using a combination of data mining and quantum mechanical calculations. Novel structures have been discovered in the Fe4H chemical system for possible experimental synthesis at the atomistic level. © 2024 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Conference Object Design and Development of Functional Organic Small Molecules and Polymers for Optoelectronics(Amer Chemical Soc, 2016) Usta, Hakan; Demirel, Gokhan; Facchetti, Antonio; Muccini, Michele; 0000-0002-0618-1979; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü; Usta, Hakan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik FakültesiArticle Citation - WoS: 11Citation - Scopus: 14Detection of Movement Intention in EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interfaces Using Fourier-Based Synchrosqueezing Transform(World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd, 2021) Karakullukcu, Nedime; Yilmaz, Bulent; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Elektrik - Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü; Karakullukcu, Nedime; Yilmaz, Bülent; 01. Abdullah Gül UniversityPatients with motor impairments need caregivers' help to initiate the operation of brain-computer interfaces (BCI). This study aims to identify and characterize movement intention using multichannel electroencephalography (EEG) signals as a means to initiate BCI systems without extra accessories/methodologies. We propose to discriminate the resting and motor imagery (MI) states with high accuracy using Fourier-based synchrosqueezing transform (FSST) as a feature extractor. FSST has been investigated and compared with other popular approaches in 28 healthy subjects for a total of 6657 trials. The accuracy and f-measure values were obtained as 99.8% and 0.99, respectively, when FSST was used as the feature extractor and singular value decomposition (SVD) as the feature selection method and support vector machines as the classifier. Moreover, this study investigated the use of data that contain certain amount of noise without any preprocessing in addition to the clean counterparts. Furthermore, the statistical analysis of EEG channels with the best discrimination (of resting and MI states) characteristics demonstrated that F4-Fz-C3-Cz-C4-Pz channels and several statistical features had statistical significance levels, p, less than 0.05. This study showed that the preparation of the movement can be detected in real-time employing FSST-SVD combination and several channels with minimal pre-processing effort.Conference Object Effect of Ambient Temperature on the Flexural Behavior of 3D Printed Composite Beams(Soc. for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Janie@sampe.org, 2018) Yildirim, Afsin Talha; Eroglu, Fatih; Yesilyurt, Ogulcan; Albayrak, Kubilay; Sas, Hatice Sinem; Çiftçi, Cihan; 0000-0001-9199-6437; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü; Yıldırım, Afşin Talha; Eroglu, Fatih; Yesilyurt, Ogulcan; Albayrak, Kubilay; Ciftci, Cihan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.03. İnşaat Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik FakültesiAdaptation of the additive manufacturing technology with 3D printers may lead to a new track in the manufacturing of composite materials. This additive manufacturing technology aims to mitigate manufacturing challenges and related design limitations of traditional composite manufacturing methods. The implementation of 3D printing of composite materials has the potential of decreasing the material cost by developing scientific methodologies to understand and optimize this printing process. This study focuses on understanding the flexural behavior of 3D printed composite beam elements and providing material data of both matrix and reinforcement components of composite materials. In this study, the flexural performance at different thermal conditions is experimentally investigated. This investigation involves the effect of the matrix material with and without short-fiber reinforcements for a specified fiber placement in the beam and fiber filaments placement in compression and tension sides of the composite beam elements along with the ambient temperature change. © 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 5Emotion Detection Using Multivariate Synchrosqueezing Transform via 2D Circumplex Model(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018) Ozel, Pinar; Akan, Aydin; Yilmaz, Bulent; Özel, Pınar; Akan, Aydin I.; Yilmaz, Bulent; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Elektrik - Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü; 01. Abdullah Gül UniversityEmotion detection by utilizing signal processing methods is a challenging area. An open issue in emotional modeling is to obtain an optimum feature set to use for the classification process. This study proposes an approach for emotional state classification by the investigation of EEG signals via multivariate synchrosqueezing transform (MSST). MSST is a post-processing technique to compose a localized time-frequency representation yielding multivariate syncyrosqueezing coefficients. After obtaining these coefficients from EEG signals for 18 subjects from DEAP dataset, coefficients and self-assessment-mannequins (SAM) labels of those subjects are used for emotional state classification by using support vector machines (SVM) nearest neighbor, decision tree, and ensemble methods. The accuracy rate is 70.6% for high valence high arousal (HVHA), 75.4% for low valence high arousal (LVHA), 77.8% for high valence low arousal (HVLA), and 77.2% for low valence low arousal (LVLA) cases using SVM. © 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Conference Object Evaluation of Hybrid Classification Approaches: Case Studies on Credit Datasets(Springer Verlag service@springer.de, 2018) Cetiner, Erkan; Güngör, Vehbi Çağrı; Kocak, Taskin; 0000-0003-0803-8372; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümü; Gungor, Vehbi Cagri; 01. Abdullah Gül UniversityHybrid classification approaches on credit domain are widely used to obtain valuable information about customer behaviours. Single classification algorithms such as neural networks, support vector machines and regression analysis have been used since years on related area. In this paper, we propose hybrid classification approaches, which try to combine several classifiers and ensemble learners to boost accuracy on classification results. We worked with two credit datasets, German dataset which is a public dataset and a Turkish Corporate Bank dataset. The goal of using such diverse datasets is to search for generalization ability of proposed model. Results show that feature selection plays a vital role on classification accuracy, hybrid approaches which shaped with ensemble learners outperform single classification techniques and hybrid approaches which consists SVM has better accuracy performance than other hybrid approaches. © 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Excitonic Interaction Amongst InP/ZnS Salt Pellets(Royal Soc Chemistry, 2017) Altintas, Yemliha; Yazici, Ahmet Faruk; Unlu, Miray; Dadi, Seyma; Genc, Sinan; Mutlugun, Evren; 0000-0002-6909-723X; 0000-0003-2747-7856; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Elektrik - Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 04. Yaşam ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi; 04.01. BiyomühendislikSalt matrix has recently been introduced as a promising robust platform for embedding colloidal quantum dots to provide them with photo stability for versatile applications. This work demonstrates the excitonic interaction amongst high efficiency colloidal InP/ZnS quantum dots embedded in a KCl salt matrix. By varying the donor acceptor ratio within the solid platform, 65% Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) efficiency was attained. Optimizing the donor : acceptor ratio, we demonstrated the first FRET-enabled Cd-free pellets for white light generation possessing a color rendering index (CRI) of 84.7, correlated color temperature (CCT) of 5347.5 K, and a high luminous efficacy of optical radiation value (LER) of 324.3 lm/W-opt. Our study of excitonic interactions within quantum dot-loaded salt matrices will open new possibilities for future versatile optoelectronic applications.Article Citation - WoS: 6Citation - Scopus: 6Experimental Measurements of Some Thermophysical Properties of Solid CdSb Intermetallic in the Sn-Cd Ternary Alloy(Springer, 2016) Ozturk, Esra; Aksoz, Sezen; Altintas, Yemliha; Keslioglu, Kazum; Marasli, Necmettin; 0000-0002-1993-2655; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü; Altintas, Yemliha; 01. Abdullah Gül UniversityThe equilibrated grain boundary groove shapes of solid CdSb in equilibrium with Sn-Cd-Sb eutectic liquid were observed from a quenched sample by using a radial heat flow apparatus. The Gibbs-Thomson coefficient, solid-liquid interfacial energy and grain boundary energy of the solid CdSb intermetallic were determined from the observed grain boundary groove shapes. The thermal conductivity of the eutectic solid and the thermal conductivity ratio of eutectic liquid to the eutectic solid in the Sn-35.8 at.%Cd-6.71 at.%Sb eutectic alloy at its eutectic melting temperature were also measured with a radial heat flow apparatus and a Bridgman-type growth apparatus, respectively.Article Citation - WoS: 28Citation - Scopus: 27Flexible Electrodes Composed of Flower-Like MoS2 and MXene for Supercapacitor Applications(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2024) Hayat, Hilal Pecenek; Dokan, Fatma Kilic; Onses, M. Serdar; Yilmaz, Erkan; Duran, Ali; Sahmetlioglu, Ertugrul; 0000-0002-6260-2424; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü; Duran, Ali; 01. Abdullah Gül UniversityFlexible supercapacitors with high charge storage ability are needed for emerging applications in wearable electronics. Here, we introduce a novel flexible supercapacitor electrode by incorporating flower-like MoS2 into MXene via a hydrothermal technique. We mostly focused on the structural design for electrode configuration to enhance the charge storage mechanism. Three different electrodes composed of MoS2, MXene, and MoS2@MXene were fabricated via a versatile drop-casting and drying method. There are unique advantages of incorporating MoS2 with MXene such as the fast electron transfer, hydrophilicity of the interface, and structural stability. The MoS2@MXene // MXene flexible asymmetric supercapacitor device offered a high energy density of 1.21 W h /kg and a power density of 54.45 W /kg. Moreover, the asymmetric device exhibits nearly identical electrochemical behavior following 100 bending cycles at different angles. The high electrochemical activity of MoS2 and MXene and good interaction are ascribed to the superior electrochemical performance of the composite material. Furthermore, this research could guide the development of flexible, high-performance, and low-cost electrodes which will be useful in wearable electronics.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 5Formation of a Very High-Density Amorphous Phase of Carbon and Its Crystallization into a Simple Cubic Structure at High Pressure(Elsevier B.V., 2021) Durandurdu, M.; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü; Durandurdu, Murat; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik FakültesiWe report a direct computational evidence of a two-step transformation sequence for tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) with increasing pressure. First, ta-C gradually transforms into a very high-density amorphous phase (VHDA) phase. Second, the VDHA phase converts into a simple cubic (SC) crystal. The structural defects formed during the high-pressure treatment play important roles for the formation and stabilization of the SC structure, rather than favorable the SC4 crystal. These phase transformations are reversible. © 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Conference Object Fusion and Analysis of PET and CT Images of Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer(Springer, 2016) Ayyildiz, O.; Yilmaz, B.; Karacavus, S.; Kayaalti, O.; Eset, K.; Gazeloglu, C.; Kaya, E.; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Elektrik - Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü; Ayyildiz, O.; Yilmaz, Bulent; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik MühendisliğiArticle Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3High Pressure Modifications in Amorphous Boron Suboxide: An Ab Initio Study(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2020) Durandurdu, Murat; Durandurdu, Murat; 0000-0001-5636-3183; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik FakültesiUsing constant pressure ab initio calculations, we probe the high-pressure modifications in amorphous boron suboxide (B6O) consisting of glassy boron trioxide (B2O3) and boron (B) domains up to a theoretical pressure of 100 GPa. At this pressure, the structure remains amorphous. We find a steady increase in the average coordination of both B and oxygen (O) atoms. O atoms mostly attain threefold coordination as in B2O3 glass at high pressures. On the other hand, the mean coordination number of B-atoms reaches six at high pressures and the structural changes in B-rich regions are perceived to be quite analogous to those of amorphous B. B-12 clusters are found to persevere during the pressurizing process and the high-pressure modifications occur predominantly around O-atoms and the regions that connect the pentagonal pyramid-like motifs to each other. Upon pressure release, some high-pressure configurations persist in the model and another noncrystalline structure being about 10% denser than the original state is recovered, suggesting a permanent densification and a possible irreversible amorphous-to-amorphous phase transformation in B6O. The recovered network shows slightly better mechanical properties than the uncompressed model. During the compression and decompression processes, amorphous B6O remains semiconducting. The delocalization of some band tail states is seen at high pressures.Article Citation - WoS: 43Citation - Scopus: 45Highly Efficient Cd-Free Alloyed Core/Shell Quantum Dots With Optimized Precursor Concentrations(Amer Chemical Soc, 2016) Altintas, Yemliha; Talpur, Mohammad Younis; Unlu, Miray; Mutlugun, Evren; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Elektrik - Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü; Mutlugun, Evren; Altintas, Yemliha; Talpur, Mohammad Younis; Unlu, Miray; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği; 04. Yaşam ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi; 04.01. BiyomühendislikThe chemical composition, the emission spectral bandwidth, and photoluminescence quantum yield of a semiconductor quantum dot (QD) play an important role in the assessment of the performance of the applications related to the quantum dots. Quantum dots based on environmentally friendly compositions with high optical performance have been in demand for high-end technological applications. In this work, we propose and demonstrate a detailed synthesis approach for environmentally friendly and highly efficient InPZnS alloy/ZnS shell quantum dots. Following a systematic study of the ratio and type of the precursors involved, we achieved alloyed core shell InPZnS/ZnS QDs with tunable emission across the visible spectrum, having a record quantum efficiency up to 78% along with a full width at half-maximum as narrow as 45 nm. The effect of the systematic shell growth has been further investigated using time-resolved photoluminescence characterizations along with the observation of the suppression of the nonradiative decay channels, with the photoluminescence lifetime prolonged from 20.3 to 50.4 ns. The development of highly efficient and environmentally friendly QDs will pave the way for robust, sustainable optoelectronic applications.Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 8Low Velocity Oblique Impact Behavior of Adhesively Bonded Single Lap Joints(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019) Atahan, M. Gokhan; Apalak, M. Kemal; Atahan, M. Gokhan; Apalak, M. Kemal; 0000-0002-3263-5735; 0000-0002-8180-5876; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Makine Mühendisliği Bölümü; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.06. Makine Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik FakültesiThis article addresses the low velocity oblique impact behavior of adhesively bonded single lap joints, and the effects of adherend strength and plastic ductility, impact energy, overlap length and oblique impact angle on the damage initiation and propagation in the adhesive layer. The experimental contact force-time, contact force-central displacement variations, axial separation lengths through the adhesive layer and permanent central deflections of overlap region, adhesive fracture surfaces were evaluated in detail. In the explicit finite element analyses, the adhesive layer was divided into three zones: upper and lower adhesive interfaces and the adhesive layer between these interfaces. The adhesive interfaces were modeled with cohesive zone approach to predict the failure initiation and propagation along both upper and lower adhesive-adherend interfaces, whereas the elastic-plastic material model was implemented for the middle adhesive region between the upper and lower adhesive interfaces. The proposed finite element model predicted reasonably the damage initiation and propagation through the adhesive layer, and the contact force-time/central displacement variations. Especially, the test and analysis results were compared with those of the adhesively bonded single lap joints under a normal transverse impact load. Increasing oblique impact angle resulted in lower peak contact forces, shorter contact durations and earlier damage initiation and propagation through the adhesive layer. The peak contact forces increased, the contact duration decreased with increasing impact energy. The strength and plastic deformation capability of adherend materials also affected the damage initiation and propagation through the adhesive layer as well as the after-impact joint geometry.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 1Man-Hour Prediction for Complex Industrial Products(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023) Unal, Ahmet Emin; Boyar, Halit; Kuleli Pak, Burcu Kuleli; Cem Yildiz, Mehmet; Erten, Ali Erman; Güngör, Vehbi Çağrı; 0000-0003-0803-8372; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümü; Gungor, Vehbi Cagri; 01. Abdullah Gül UniversityAccurately predicting the cost is crucial for the success of complex industrial projects. There can be several sources contributing to the cost. Traditional methods for cost estimation may not provide the required accuracy and speed to ensure the success of the project. Recently, machine learning techniques have shown promising results in improving cost estimation in various industrial products. This study investigates the performance of gradient-boosting machine learning models and feature engineering techniques on a private dataset of metal sheet project man-hour costs. A comparison of distinct models is conducted, key aspects influencing cost are identified, and the implications of incorporating domain-specific knowledge, including its advantages and disadvantages, are assessed based on performance outcomes. Experimental results demonstrate that LightGBM and XGBoost outperform other models, and feature selection and synthetic data generation techniques improve the performance. Overall, this study highlights the potential of machine learning in metal sheet sampling projects and emphasizes the importance of feature engineering and domain expertise for better model performance. © 2024 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 5Near- and Far-Field Characterization of Planar mm-Wave Antenna Arrays With Waveguide-to Transition(Springer, 2016) Salhi, Mohammed Adnan; Kazemipour, Alireza; Gentille, Gennaro; Spirito, Marco; Kleine-Ostmann, Thomas; Schrader, Thorsten; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Mühendislik Bilimleri Bölümü; Kazemipour, Alireza; 01. Abdullah Gül UniversityWe present the design and characterization of planar mm-wave patch antenna arrays with waveguide-to-microstrip transition using both near- and far-field methods. The arrays were designed for metrological assessment of error sources in antenna measurement. One antenna was designed for the automotive radar frequency range at 77 GHz, while another was designed for the frequency of 94 GHz, which is used, e.g., for imaging radar applications. In addition to the antennas, a simple transition from rectangular waveguide WR-10 to planar microstrip line on Rogers 3003 (TM) substrate has been designed based on probe coupling. For determination of the far-field radiation pattern of the antennas, we compare results from two different measurement methods to simulations. Both a far-field antenna measurement system and a planar near-field scanner with near-to-far-field transformation were used to determine the antenna diagrams. The fabricated antennas achieve a good matching and a good agreement between measured and simulated antenna diagrams. The results also show that the far-field scanner achieves more accurate measurement results with regard to simulations than the near-field scanner. The far-field antenna scanning system is built for metrological assessment and antenna calibration. The antennas are the first which were designed to be tested with the measurement system.
