In the present study Charpy impact tests on a 7075-T651 aluminium alloy with full size (55×10×10 mm) with different notch tip radius (range of 0.19 to 0.40 mm) were conducted and the fracture energy was measured. The experimental results showed that the relationship between the fracture energy (E) and the notch tip radius of the Charpy samples (r) for the tested Aluminium is E=18.052r+1.741. Using this relationship, the Charpy energy can be determined for this Aluminium for any notch tip radius. Fracture surfaces revealed an intergranular failure for base metal in longitudinal direction, that a predominately brittle failure (cleavage) with some insights of ductile characteristics was observed. Moreover, with increasing notch tip radius, cracked particles were observed and some microvoids were nucleated, i.e., ductile fracture. Changes in the primary crack notch cause a change in the stress intensity factor adjacent to the crack tip, where the fracture energy in the Charpy Impact Test is subjected to the primary crack notch. Manuscript profile

The purpose of this research is to construct and investigate the stability of the ball and beam control system with PID coefficients derived from the simulation and compare them. In this research, by first obtaining the mathematical model of the mechanical system and its simulation, the best PID coefficients are selected for it to minimize the settling time and the error. Then, to create this system, the types of mechanisms provided for the ball and beam control system are examined. Depending on the equipment and facilities available, the best design is chosen and built. The best design is the use of the four_bar mechanism using the servo motor and the ultrasonic sensor. The appropriate design is first developed in SolidWorks software to provide accurate measurements for the production of components. Laser cutting and 3D printers are used to produce system components. After the control system is built, the simulation coefficients in the MATLAB software are inserted into the system microcontroller program to check the system responses to the various control coefficients obtained. So doing multiple experiments indicated that the best PID coefficients for this system are PD coefficient. The difference between the experimental graph and the simulation graph is their overshoot. They also have different settling times. One of the reasons for this difference is the use of some approximations as well as disregarding friction. Manuscript profile

Environmental issues of hazardous metal wastes as well as growing demand for metals has increased focus on the forthcoming provision of metals. Therefore, the recovery and recycling processes of precious metals from secondary resources have become more prominent in the last years. Silver is one of the precious metals which can be recovered from wastes such as electronic wastes, coin and medal production losses, photographic films, and dental filling materials known as amalgam, which has the highest silver content. The present paper investigates the acid leaching of metals from a waste sample of dental silver alloy generated during the melt spray process. The alloy constitutes of 42.13% Ag, 31.03% Sn, and 26.84 Cu. The phase composition of amalgam generally consists of Ag2Hg3, Ag3Sn, SnxHg, Cu6Sn5, and Cu3Sn. The effects of the system temperature (25-80°C), nitric acid concentration as the leachate (13.75-65%), pulp density (33-200 g/l), and reaction time (0-240 min) on the dissolution recovery of silver, copper, and tin have been investigated. In the best case, we recovered 100% of silver and 98% of copper as soluble nitrates while tin was isolated as solid stannic oxide. Manuscript profile

In this research, the friction stir process by adding Al2O3 and graphene nanoparticles at two different distances have been investigated. Nanoparticles are inserted in cavities with a diameter of 2 mm and a depth of 3 mm. Nanoparticles of Al2O3, graphene, and equal compositions of Al2O3 and graphene, each with two cavity spacings of 8 and 10 mm, have been performed in six different groups of friction stir process. From each group, Six Charpy specimens were separated. Charpy impact test was performed on six samples, three of which were heat-treated after the friction stir process. Charpy impact test has shown that the specimens have higher fracture energy after heat treatment. Also, in all cases, the fracture energy at the distance between the two cavities are10 mm more than the distance of 8 mm, this is since nanoparticles do not accumulate at a more distance. Also, to observe the resulting microstructures using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy on the friction welding process and the fracture surface of Charpy impact specimens were performed. The results show that the nanoparticles are accumulated in some samples and well dispersed in the materials in others. Manuscript profile