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International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas in Education, 2017
Being able to control aspects of our houses, and for having the feature to respond automatically ... more Being able to control aspects of our houses, and for having the feature to respond automatically to events, it is becoming more and more popular and necessary due to security and cost purposes. We propose to implement an integrated home automation and security system. Our project proposes a low cost solution using off the shelf components to reduce cost and open source software to get around licensing requirements of software. Zeus controls sensors and actuators that monitor a defined location and take action based on specified parameters like ambient light, temperature etc. The Zeus can also send alerts if it detects an abnormality. The voice recognition schema allows the user to use voice commands to control his house. Zeus refers to combined hardware of Personal Computer with Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
Current demand on resources have forced engineering sector to look at more efficient design and c... more Current demand on resources have forced engineering sector to look at more efficient design and construction methods. Methods that will yield better designs that are cost effective and puts less demand on decreasing resources. In this dissertation the use of topology optimisation for the design of concrete beams is investigated. The method uses topology optimisation to obtain the optimum strut-and-tie model (STM) and then uses the STM provisions of AS3600:2009 to design the beam. As a control a similar beam is designed using the conventional design methods and both beams are tested. Test results showed that the conventional beam performed better then the optimum beam and it was concluded that construction methods utilised maybe the reason for this results. It has been recommended that further research in this area is required with better construction procedures implemented.
International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas in Education, 2017
Being able to control aspects of our houses, and for having the feature to respond automatically ... more Being able to control aspects of our houses, and for having the feature to respond automatically to events, it is becoming more and more popular and necessary due to security and cost purposes. We propose to implement an integrated home automation and security system. Our project proposes a low cost solution using off the shelf components to reduce cost and open source software to get around licensing requirements of software. Zeus controls sensors and actuators that monitor a defined location and take action based on specified parameters like ambient light, temperature etc. The Zeus can also send alerts if it detects an abnormality. The voice recognition schema allows the user to use voice commands to control his house. Zeus refers to combined hardware of Personal Computer with Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
Current demand on resources have forced engineering sector to look at more efficient design and c... more Current demand on resources have forced engineering sector to look at more efficient design and construction methods. Methods that will yield better designs that are cost effective and puts less demand on decreasing resources. In this dissertation the use of topology optimisation for the design of concrete beams is investigated. The method uses topology optimisation to obtain the optimum strut-and-tie model (STM) and then uses the STM provisions of AS3600:2009 to design the beam. As a control a similar beam is designed using the conventional design methods and both beams are tested. Test results showed that the conventional beam performed better then the optimum beam and it was concluded that construction methods utilised maybe the reason for this results. It has been recommended that further research in this area is required with better construction procedures implemented.