The proposed work deals with the development of signal processing algorithms to solve the source separation problem. The sound signals recorded in a real environment are not instantaneous but convolutive mixtures, because of the delay and the reflections. In order to separate these signals, it is effective to transform the signals into time-frequency domain. The difficulty in this approach is that the original signals are overlapping at the output stage i.e. suppose signal S1 and S2 are mixed in M1 and M2 mixtures, the mixed components of S1 and S2 will present in both M1 and M2 and while separating from these mixtures as Y1 and Y2 do not match S1 and S2 respectively in the sense components of S1 present in Y2 and vice-versa. This leads to ambiguity in separation and also BSS methods fail in the performance analysis because of permutation problem. This work proposes a novel approach to overcome this problem based on the direction of arrivals of the sources. In this work, clustering based algorithm is used to estimate unmixing matrix. Proposed algorithm is simulated using the MATLAB and the performance is validated in terms of source to distortion ratio (SDR), source to interference ratio (SIR) and source to artifact ratio (SAR) values. Simulation results show the superior performance of the proposed methods compared to other methods.

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The design communication is gradually being changed from 2D based to integrated 3D digital interface. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a model-based design concept, in which buildings will be built virtually before they get built out in the field, where data models organized for complete integration of all relevant factors in the building lifecycle which also manages the information exchange between the AEC (Architects, Engineers, Contractors) professionals, to strengthen the interaction between the design team. BIM is a shared knowledge about the information for decisions making during its lifecycle. There is still much to be learned about the opportunities and implications of this tool. This study deals with the adoption of BIM application in India, to do that a survey has been designed to check the acceptance of BIM till date, while this application is widely accepted throughout the industry in many countries for managing project information with capabilities for cost control and facilities management.

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The bearing capacity and settlement study of shallow footings is a subject which needs consideration for design of a foundation. Most of the studies relate to the case of a vertical load applied centrally to the foundation. However, when loads are applied eccentrically to the foundation, the bearing capacity is different from centrally loaded footings. Meyerhof (1953) developed empirical procedures for estimating the ultimate bearing capacity of foundations subjected to eccentric loads. Based on the review of the existing literature on the bearing capacity of shallow foundations, it shows that limited attention has been paid to estimate the ultimate Bearing capacity of eccentrically loaded square foundation with depth of embedment Df. Hence the present work attempts to investigate the bearing capacity of eccentrically loaded square embedded footing. Square footings of size 10cm x 10cm are used for load-test in the laboratory. Embedment ratio Df /B is varied from zero to one and the eccentricity ratio e/B varying from zero to 0.15 with sand of relative density (Dr) equal to 69%. Ultimate bearing capacity has been found out for central as well as eccentric loading condition. An empirical equation has been developed for the reduction factor in predicting the bearing capacity of eccentrically loaded square embedded foundation. The results of the previous investigators are also analysed and compared with the present experiment. An Artificial Neural Network model is developed to estimate reduction factor (RFs) for settlement. Based on the laboratory model test results taken from Patra et al. (2013) a mathematical equation have been developed by ANN to determine the settlement of eccentrically loaded embedded strip footings. Also the model equation for reduction factor obtained from ANN analysis have been compared with empirical equation proposed by Patra et al. (2013). The predictability of ANN model is found to be better than empirical one.

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Source separation (SS) has attracted a great deal of attention in the engineering field. Source refers to the physical object which generates a signal. For example, in a group of 10 people if 3 or 4 persons are speaking at a time then the generated mixture of voice signals propagate through air and sensed by the ears. For detail study read several paper on this topic. we provide an overview of existing algorithms for blind source separation of convolutive audio mixtures.

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The objective of this article is to study and analyzed the analytical solution to the feeding mechanism of a micro strip patch antenna fed by a probe feed technique. The feeding mechanism employed a circular capacitive structure to improve the impedance matching. A circuit model is modeled to find the parameters. The analyzed results are compared with the conventional models are good agreement.

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Nowadays construction industry is focussing on various wastes from other industries to use them as substitutes for construction materials which will reduce their initial cost. Waste disposal from thermal power plants and ceramic industries are increasing day by day and creating lot of environmental pollution due to lack of utilising them. Due to pozzolonic nature of these materials they can be used in construction industry as substitute to cement. The present experimental investigation examines the possibility of replacing cement with ceramic waste obtained from tiles industry and pond ash from thermal power plants in concrete mix design. The optimum replacement percentage of ceramic waste in cement was already know as 15% from past literatures and now experimental work is carried out by varying remaining percentage of cement with pond ash (5%, 10%, and 15%) in concrete mix. The optimum replacement percentage of pond ash will be obtained.

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The Brain Gate System is established on Cyber kinetics stage technology to sense, transfer, examine and put on the language of neurons. The principle of operation behind the Brain Gate System is that with intact brain function, brain signals are generated even though they are not sent to the arms, hands and legs. The signals are interpreted and translated into cursor movements, offering the user an alternate Brain Gate pathway to control a computer with thought, just as individuals who have the ability to move their hands use a mouse. The "Brain Gate" contains tiny spikes that will extend down about one millimeter into the brain after being implanted beneath the skull, monitoring the activity from a small group of neurons. It will now be possible for a patient with spinal cord injury to create brain signals that convey the intention of moving the paralyzed limbs, as signals to an implanted sensor, which is then output as electronic impulses. These impulses assist the user to work mechanical devices with the help of a computer cursor. Matthew Nagle, a 25-year-old Massachusetts fellow with unadorned spinal cord damage, has been paralyzed from the neck down since 2001.After taking part in a clinical trial of this system, he has opened e-mail, switched TV channels, turned on lights. He even moved a robotic hand from his wheelchair. This character the first time that neural movement signals have been recorded and decoded in a human with spinal cord injury. The system is also the first to permit a human to regulate his nearby situation using his mind.

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What is it that differentiates man and puts him on the throne of the entire animal kingdom? Yes, it is the human brain, and not the human, which is the most valuable creation of God. But the brain, all its knowledge and power are destroyed after the death of man. Is it possible to model a brain and upload the contents of the real natural brain into it thereby propagating life even after death? Yes, indeed. Today, organ donation is giving a new lease of life to many ailing patients; however can brain be added to the list of organs that can be donated? Imagine the marvels that would be back into existence if we could replicate and restore the brains of geniuses like Sir Albert Einstein or Newton or even our great leaders of the past like Mahatma Gandhi. This paper presents a literature survey on the Blue Brain technology that promptly answers all these sparkling questions. Scientists today are in research to take artificial intelligence to a level beyond everything, to create a virtual brain that could think, react, make decisions and also keep everything in some form of memory to do everything that a normal human brain can. To achieve this, the main approach is to upload an actual brain in a virtual brain. So that even after death the persons conscience would be able to function exactly as a normal brain in the form of a machine. IBM along with scientists at BMI (Brain and Mind Institute) École Poly technique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Research University in Switzerland are simulating the brains biological systems into a 3D model, which would recreate the electrochemical interactions that take place inside the brain. If this simulation results in a success, the modelling would extend to different parts of the brain and make it function with all the abilities of a natural brain, thereby eliminating the chances of any brain malfunctions such as psychiatric disorders like depression and autism, which are possible in the normal brain. IBM names this project as the "Blue Brain" project.

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Vehicular Ad Hoc network (VANET) creates a network in which a number of vehicles are interconnected through wireless medium. The area of communication of every vehicle is defined with particular distance of approximately 100 m to 300 m. If any of the vehicles goes out of the coverage area, the vehicle came out from the network. The concept of internet over protocol is integrated as the use of internet is increases day by day. The problem on road such as traffic, heavy loads, accidents are becomes the main problem. For the transmission of data from one vehicle to another vehicles, vehicles used sensors that are implemented on board unit and thus with the help of internet the data is transferred. In this research, the network is also protected from the malicious node. As we know that the VANET is an unplanned network, which is formed by the moving vehicles on road and is designed to enhance road safety along with driving condition. In this research, a vehicular network is designed by using N number of vehicles using a network area of dimension (1000*1000) height * width. A routing algorithm named as AODV (Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector) is used to form a route between source vehicle and destination vehicle. If the performance of the network is degraded it means that there is an occurrence of malicious node in the network. To provide security to the network CS (Cuckoo search) along with SVM (Support vector machine) is used to optimize the route and to detect the malicious vehicle. After finding malicious vehicle, the vehicle is removed from the network and the network is secure.

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Beams are very common types of structural components and it can be classified according to their geometric configuration as uniform or taper and slender or thick. If practically analyzed, the non-uniform beams provide a better distribution of mass and strength than uniform beams and can meet special functional requirements in architecture, aeronautics, robotics, and other innovative engineering applications. Beams and beam-like elements are used in many structures and mainly in aircrafts, turbines and light weight structures etc. Design of such structures are important to resist dynamic forces, such as wind and earthquakes and Due to this dynamic forces “Vibrations” can be induced in the structures and these vibrations can adversely affect the structures and can cause cracks in the structure, which ultimately leads to the failure of the structure therefore It requires the basic knowledge of natural frequencies and mode shapes of those structures. In this research work, steel cantilever beams of different cross sections are used such as Rectangular cross section beam, I-section beam and Channel section beam. In this research work, natural frequencies and mode shapes of uniform and tapered section cantilever beams are calculated, with the help of Finite Element Method by using "ANSYS" program.

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Ground water availability is poor in many areas due to absence of aquifers and occurrence of hard rock lower layers. Farm pond is helpful in ground water recharge. Farm pond is believed to be better cost effective as compared to large scale canal irrigation. The present study was carried out to examine the impact of farm ponds on those aspects of the farmers belonging to Walpur village region. Farm ponds are small water harvesting structure used for collection and storing runoff water. Farm ponds are constructed with varying size and may fulfilled several farm needs such as supply of the water to crops.

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The Madhya Pradesh is very rich in wetlands. Out of the total geographical area of Madhya Pradesh (443, 446 km. sq.), wetlands greater than 56.25 ha. (407 in number) cover 294118 ha. (0.066%), while wetlands smaller than 56.25 ha. are 1476. Majority of the wetland area is under man-made category, which account for 266864 ha. The water reservoirs and village ponds apart from meeting the requirement of water for agriculture, industry and drinking water also function as aquatic eco-systems. The detailed survey of work performed by various research scholars who have performed study in the direction of conservation of water through the construction of water storage resources in this paper. Various studies have been performed to study the effect of construction of ponds find its effectiveness in terms of benefits, costs and sustainability.

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Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and unconfined with minimal management effort. Software is rapidly moving from the desktop to the Web and smart phones. Our work mainly targets the learning community by providing an efficient web interface for MATLAB by coalescing the two major concepts called cloud computing and open source which helps to diminish the troubles of portability, compatibility, power and storage space by making use of the concept of cloud compiler. And our MATLAB compiler allows a user to pick up the fastest or the most convenient tool to compile the code and remove the errors. The validity of our approach is then verified with the experimental results. This paper discusses implementation of Web based interface for compilation and execution of MATLAB language codes. Users can edit, write, compile, debug and store their code on server. Users need not to spend their time for finding and installing an IDE for different languages. User can use IDE in any device like PC, tablet and mobile devices which has browser with internet connection. Web Based IDE can be used in low configuration systems also.

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At the time of travelling, people usually suffer to carry heavy luggage. It takes a lot of effort and also more time consuming for travellers. Generally, old age people suffer a lot more than young people to hold their bags. In order to make it more comfortable and easier to travel, the motorized suitcase can be a better product to use which eliminates the human suffering, efforts and also consumes less time to travel. This project proposes the model of the motorized suitcase in which one can keep their belongings and also ride on it too overcoming the more time consumptions and human hard work. The model uses DC motor in order to convert electrical energy to mechanical energy which enables the scooter to run on a platform. This scooter also contains sections for a person to keep their belongings. Due to this people can travel more effortlessly, comfortably and that luggage will not be a burden to them anymore and travelling can become fun too.

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Indians adore and admire gold more than any other country so purchasing of gold in India can never stop. Gold is considered as a very good scheme of investment and act as beneficial asset for the family. The Gold sector has been playing an important role in Indian Economy. Gold industry has been contributing 6% to 7% GDP in Indian economy and 15% of total merchandise export. Between January to December 2018, the demand for the Gold in India rose to 760.40 tonnes. The liberalization has also resulted in unorganized to more organised set of sellers which gives greater transparency and better quality in design standards. India’s gems and jewelry sector is the quickest growing industry of the country with the growth rate recorded as approximately 15%. The main reason behind the growth of this industry is because of the domestic consumption during the festive season, wedding season and monsoon performance of harvest. Gold jewelry generally priced higher than bullions as they also include the workmanship charges. Gold is generally traded in future exchanges, where the contract is made between consumer and seller.

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Soil stabilization is always a challenging task for the engineers, in this project we are dealing with the stabilization of expansive soils with the help of Sugar Cane Bagasse Ash (SCBA), Hydrated Lime Powder and Bitumen. Different tests are carried out for the determination of the properties of the soil sample as well as the admixtures. The experiments carried out are Grain Size Analysis, Atterbergs Limit, Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) and Maximum Dry Density (MDD), Free Swell Index (FSI) and California Bearing Ratio (CBR). In this paper we use all these mentioned admixtures so that their percentage play crucial role for stabilize the soil this will help in increasing the stability of soil mechanically.

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Waste warmth is created as a result in power age, business systems and electric machines, among others. Tremendous of spend warmed are structured by industry. Thermoelectric engineer is one of the substitute hotspots for the development of intensity. Thermoelectric designer is a gadget which changes heat straight into electrical power, utilizing a wonder called the Seebeck impact. In this paper we will prescribed a thermoelectric designer which will utilize contribute warmed depleted by the spots for advancement of electric power. The proposed program will rely upon thermoelectric substance known as bismuth telluride (Bi2Teз). This engineer having no vitality value in light of the fact that spend warmed is the feelings for this designer. In our recommended framework we utilized voltmeters, ammeter and warmed wide range receptors to discover the respects between the feelings warmed and the planned result control. “Producing power in present there is a deficiency of non-renewable energy source, oil, gas, and so on consuming of these powers causes natural issue like radio movement contamination, a dangerous atmospheric devation and so on. So that these (coal, oil, gas) are the constraining assets henceforth coming about new innovation is required for power age, by utilizing thermoelectric generators to create control as a most encouraging innovation and ecological free and a few points of interest underway. Thermoelectric generator can change over straightforwardly warm (heat) vitality into electrical vitality.

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Systematic monitoring of noise, a measurable quality of the ambient air, was performed during the summer of 2008 and the winter of 2009 between 07:0022:00 hours in and around of a chromate mining complex. A Students test revealed that the equivalent noise level (Leq) was not identical with respect to the test values at the different stations at 1% level of significance. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) also revealed that Leq differed depending on the time of day and the types of locations at 1% level of significance. The Post hoc analysis showed that the Leq had the greatest effect in the evening at the workshop, the automatic teller machine (ATM) and the hospital at 1% level of significance. Similarly, the Leq at the airfield had the greatest effect in the afternoon at 1% level of significance, attributed primarily to the heavy traffic density.

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Electrochemical machining (ECM) has established itself as a major machining process which can be used as an alternative to conventional methods for machining hard materials and complex contours without the hindrance of residual stresses and tool wear. ECM has extensive applications in Aerospace, Petroleum, Automotive, Medical, Textile AND Electronic Industries. Material Removal Rate (MRR) is one of the important process parameters in ECM, because it is one of the determining factors in the process decisions. The project is an attempt to check the design parameters such as material removal rate (MRR), overcut diameter and overcut depth of AISI P20 work piece by using a rotating copper U-tube tool. Four parameters were chosen as process variables: Voltage, Feed Rate, Electrolyte concentration and Tool diameter. The experimental results show that the material removal rate (MRR), increase with increasing feed, voltage and electrolyte concentration but decreases with increasing the tool diameter, and for both overcut depth and overcut diameter they increases with increasing feed ,voltage and electrode diameter but decreases with increasing electrolyte concentration. To identify the optimal parameter setting in the experiment Grey relation grade (GRD) was also applied.

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SAE BAJA is a national level All-Terrain Vehicle building and racing competition, the main objective of this paper is to design analyse and fabricate a reliable and efficient powertrain unit for an All-Terrain Vehicle. Powertrain system comprises an Engine, Transmission unit, Drive axle, Tyres. Purpose of design is that the vehicle must carry approximately one ton of load for 100ft, the vehicle must not get stuck in the mud pool and pass easily, the must be able to climb the grad ability with minimum drive slip and while performing the system must be reliable and system must not fail under any circumstance. During the designing phase of the system, the focus was on to minimize the weight and while doing this optimize the expense without any hamper to the performance and reliability of the system. This paper’s purpose is to study the system and the designing of the two stage gear reducing unit, coupling and aligning methods for CVT (continuously variable transmission) with engine and the double reduction gear train system. Briggs and Stratton engine with 10hp @ 3200 RPM and 18.9 N-m @ 2600 RPM was selecting as power producing device, CVTech CVT with 0.4:1 as higher ratio and 3:1 as lower ratio was selected for transmitting power at variable conditions, a double stage reduction gear train system was used for the to compensate the torque requirement, TATA NANO drive axle were selected for the power transmission purpose from gear train to the wheels. The designing was done one CATIA V5 R21 and assembly were done on PTC Creo 3.0. The design has been evaluated by using FEA software like ANSYS 19.1. Further in the manufacturing phase the gear train casing was machined on vmc, shaft were made on centre lathe machine, and gears were made using hobing process. Hence, all the components were assembled and proper testing was carried out to get the practical evidence of the performance and reliability of the system for the rough terrain as there are in the actual competition.

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Identifying plants just by looking at them is difficult. You need to study every plant in order to identify them which is a tedious job and requires a lot of time investment. But what if you can just grab your smartphone and capture the photo of any plant and machine learning does your job for identifying that particular plant that you encountered? We used TensorFlow by google which provides important functionality of Machine Learning for creating image classification models and deploying them to embedded devices. It contains image processing that helps to identify the surrounding by comparing it with large datasets and train itself to increase its accuracy. A dataset is needed first which will contain tens of thousands of images of different plants taken from different angles. We use Mobilenet architecture with convolutional neural networks for this purpose. The trained model is then deployed to an android platform with the help of TensorFlow lite.

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Reinforced concrete moment resisting frames (RCMRF) are structural systems should have a potent design to assure proper energy dissipation capacity when subjected to seismic loading. In this design philosophy, generally used capacity design approach demands “strong-column / weak-beam” design to have good ductility and a preferable collapse mechanism in the structure. When only the flexural strength of lengthwise beams controls the overall response of a structure, RC beam-column link display ductile behaviour (with the joint panel region essentially remaining elastic). The failure mode having beams form hinges is considered the most favourable mode for ensuring good global energy-dissipation without much degradation of capacity at the connection. Though many international codes and even revised Indian code recommends the moment capacity ratio at beam column joint to be more than one, still there are many discrepancies among these codes.

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As Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an increasingly important role in businesses and all kinds of industry the demand for ICT skilled workers has also increased significantly. To meet this demand young people are encouraged to study ICT and choose ICT as a career. However, ICT does not appeal to many young people due to its poor image and many employers have criticized ICT courses being out dated and irrelevant. In this paper we propose an ontological solution to organize knowledge in the domain of ICT education. The proposed ICT Education Ontology (IEO) consists of four related sub-ontologies: ICT curriculum, ICT jobs, ICT skills and ICT research. The purpose of the IEO is to provide clear definition on terms and concepts used in these four related areas within the context of ICT education.

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A single window for ordering, from a wide range of restaurants, online food delivery mobile applications has become popular over these years. The recent development of the net has boosted the extension of on-line food services by facultative individuals to go looking, compare costs and handily access these services. On-line ordering has been a growing as a requirement have factor for the eating place business. Mobile application may be a combination of promoting acumen and technology – uses the web as a medium to advertise and sell services and merchandise. Today, a lot of individuals have gotten connected through mobile application and that they area unit able to trade through it. It also affects the operation of companies and organizations. Companies have modified their ancient business methods into on-line promoting to suit client wants and style at any time. The online food ordering system sets up a food menu online with the help of mobile applications like Zomato, Swiggy and Uber Eats. This analysis paper aims to debate the consumers perception towards the net food ordering and delivery services. The purpose is to grasp what area unit the influencing factors, their perceptions, needs, positioning of varied attributes of various on-line portals in their mind and overall satisfaction towards on-line food delivery services.

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We prove that a connected graph G contains a circuit—a closed walk that repeats no edges—through any k prescribed edges if and providing G contains no odd cut of size at the foremost k.

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