Research and Developments in Engineering Research Vol. 6

This book covers key areas of engineering research. The contributions by the authors include flexural strength, ferrocement technology, slag sand, iron ore tailings, Ribbed slab, reinforced concrete, structural optimization, Surfactant flooding, hard brine solution, microemulsions, interfacial tension, solar PV applications, Binary integer linear programming, Phasor Measurement Units, optimal PMU placement, maximum redundancy, communication line, Wide Area Monitoring and Control, flame stabilization, D-optimal design, computational fluid dynamics, Grooved tube, friction factor, Nusselt number, Reynolds number, heat exchanger, dielectric constant, electromagnetic band gap, multiband applications, cohesive zone models, structural adhesive, tubular joints, torsional load, soft robotics, finite element analyses. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians in the field of engineering research.