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Obada DO, Salami KA, Oyedeji AN, Osuchukwu OA, Abass J, Ogwuche C, Bansod ND, Ubgaja MI, Ibrahim IU, Abdulkareem B, Olawale RK, Abidoye LK. Mechanical and frictional properties of coconut husk powder reinforced polymer immersed in a simulated acidic medium for oil/gas applications. Heliyon 2024; 10:e25026. [PMID: 38327431 PMCID: PMC10847602 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
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Polymeric materials are constantly exposed to aggressive environments, negatively impacting their mechanical and chemical properties. In salt, acid, or alkaline solutions, polymer materials degrade due to surface flaws, microcracks, or other irregularities. For the first time, this study considers the behaviour of coconut powder/coir-reinforced synthetic LDPE hybrid composite immersed in an aggressive (acidic) medium for 15, 30 and 45 days. The structural, mechanical, and frictional behaviour of the developed coir/coconut husk powder/LDPE hybrid composites were measured after ageing in hydrochloric acid (HCl) as potential materials for oil and gas applications. From the XRD patterns, the prominent reflections in the control samples increased with the acid ageing days, while less prominent reflections characterized the hybrid composites. The hardness of the reinforced samples immersed for 30 and 45 days (30B and 45A) showed the highest values of 0.28 Hv, while the control samples immersed for 15 days had the least hardness. The reinforced samples immersed for 15 and 30 days (15B and 30B) showed the lowest and highest fracture toughness, respectively. The control samples were observed to absorb little water after immersion for 144 h. The result showed that although the reinforced hybrid composites showed better mechanical properties, with an increase in the days of immersion in an aggressive medium, the properties became compromised compared to the un-reinforced samples. Hence, the applications of the produced reinforced polymers in the oil and gas industries may be limited.
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Affiliation(s)
- David O. Obada
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi Arts, Science and Late N.P. Commerce College, Armori (M.S.), India
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- Department of Polymer Technology, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
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Osuchukwu OA, Salihi A, Abdullahi I, Obada DO, Abolade SA, Akande A, Csaki S, Dodoo-Arhin D. Datasets on the elastic and mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite: A first principle investigation, experiments, and pedagogical perspective. Data Brief 2023; 48:109075. [PMID: 37020900 PMCID: PMC10068552 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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The purpose of this data article is to report the quantum mechanical analysis by generalized gradient approximation (GGA) exchange-correlation functional using density functional theory (DFT). The predictions were based on the elastic constants and mechanical properties of stoichiometric hydroxyapatite (HAp) crystal. The elastic stiffness constants in hexagonal symmetry were obtained by fitting the Hookes' law for the energy-strain and stress-stain relations. Some of the theoretical datasets were compared to measured mechanical properties of produced HAp pellets obtained through micro and nanoindentation experiments. The datasets show considerable anisotropy in the stress-strain behaviour and are discussed in the context of the mechanical properties of HAp which are useful for tissue engineering. We also provide a pedagogical snapshot on the use of the datasets herein to teach and interpret DFT based atomistic simulations in a typical blended online teaching set-up for engineering students using a new pedagogy, CACPLA (Communicate, Active, Collaborate, Practice, Learning and Assessment).
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Affiliation(s)
- Obinna A. Osuchukwu
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, 700241, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 810222, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, 700241, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, 700241, Nigeria
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- Mathematical Modelling and Intelligent Systems for Health and Environment Research Group, School of Science, Atlantic Technological University, Ash Lane, Ballytivnan, Sligo, F91 YW50, Ireland
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 810222, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 810222, Nigeria
- Corresponding author.
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- Mathematical Modelling and Intelligent Systems for Health and Environment Research Group, School of Science, Atlantic Technological University, Ash Lane, Ballytivnan, Sligo, F91 YW50, Ireland
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 810222, Nigeria
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- Mathematical Modelling and Intelligent Systems for Health and Environment Research Group, School of Science, Atlantic Technological University, Ash Lane, Ballytivnan, Sligo, F91 YW50, Ireland
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 810222, Nigeria
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- Department of Physics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, 949 11, Slovakia
- Department of Horticultural Machinery, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Valticka 337, Lednice, 691 44, Czech Republic
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ghana, Legon, 25, Ghana
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Obada DO, Bako RB, Ahmed AS, Anafi FO, Eberemu AO, Dodoo-Arhin D, Oyedeji AN, Salami KA, Samuel BO, Samuel ET, Obada IB. Teaching bioengineering using a blended online teaching and learning strategy: a new pedagogy for adapting classrooms in developing countries. Educ Inf Technol (Dordr) 2022; 28:4649-4672. [PMID: 36311036 PMCID: PMC9589752 DOI: 10.1007/s10639-022-11330-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Research and academia have been recently affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and physical classrooms and laboratory experiments have been affected significantly due to the recent laboratory closures. This has led to innovative approaches to curb this problem. To address these difficulties in teaching bioengineering related courses that is of significant interest to students of the Faculty of Engineering in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and of course, useful for engineering-based higher education institutions (HEI), a transitional pedagogy: Communicate, Active, Collaborate, Problem-based Solving, Learning and Assessment (CACPLA), which encompasses blended learning, was developed as a new teaching and learning strategy. In this study, we show that this new strategy can initiate a steady transition from physical classrooms to full online instruction for some subjects in engineering. This method has been trialled as an exercise for a module as part of an envisioned biomedical engineering degree programme which can be integrated with local industries and research institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. The teaching materials and environment were carefully designed and 253 students of third and final year classes participated as the experimental group. Also, the effect of critical thinking, pre-lecture, and post lecture on the overall performance of the students was assessed. Two questionnaires were designed for data collection, (a) for technical questions, (b) for receptiveness. The result of a student survey suggests favourable reception of the teaching methodology, which aided their understanding of the general bioengineering concept as applied to the materials chemistry and mechanical measurements context. It was noticed that 80% of the students indicated that the blended learning method was sufficient in achieving the learning outcomes of the study. The method is envisioned as a useful and sustainable complement to traditional teaching pedagogies and workshops due to the convenience and relatively high accessibility to Zoom and Google Meet Apps which can be readily employed without incurring significant costs.
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- David O. Obada
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria
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Okafor E, Obada DO, Dodoo-Arhin D. Ensemble learning prediction of transmittance at different wavenumbers in natural hydroxyapatite. Scientific African 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Abifarin JK, Obada DO, Dauda ET, Dodoo-Arhin D. Experimental data on the characterization of hydroxyapatite synthesized from biowastes. Data Brief 2019; 26:104485. [PMID: 31667250 PMCID: PMC6811912 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2019] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The purpose of the dataset is to present the morphological features, elemental composition and functional groups of hydroxyapatite (HAp) synthesized from non-separated biowastes (animal bones) by a modified facile heat treatment method up to a maximum temperature of 1100 °C. The synthesized powders were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with electron dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). These evaluations were to reveal the surface features, elemental composition and identify the functional groups of the synthesized powders. After heat treatment of the raw biowastes to 900 °C, 1000 °C, and 1100 °C (regime of heat treatment), the morphological features of the samples exhibited a more densely packed microstructure at the highest sintering temperature (1100 °C). The elemental composition as evaluated by EDX on a weight and atomic basis for all samples provided information on the calcium to phosphate transforms into apatite with a Ca/P ratio of 3.60, 2.04, 2.50 and 2.32 wt % and 2.79, 1.58, 1.94 and 1.78 at. % respectively for raw biowastes (RB) to sintered samples (HA-900, HA-1000 and, HA-1100 °C). The FTIR data showed phosphate and hydroxyl peaks in the thermally treated samples and all the samples produced characteristic stretching modes of O–H bands at about 3417 cm−1 which are noticed in all FTIR spectra of HAp.
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- J K Abifarin
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.,Institute of Applied Science and Technology, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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Iliyasu I, Iliyasu I, Tanimu IK, Obada DO. PRELIMINARY MULTIDOMAIN MODELLING AND SIMULATION STUDY OF A HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE (HAWT) TOWER VIBRATION. Nig J Tech 2016. [DOI: 10.4314/njt.v36i1.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Renewable energy sources have gained much attention due to the recent energy crisis and the urge to get clean energy. Among the main options being studied, wind energy is a strong contender because of its reliability due to the maturity of the technology, good infrastructure and relative cost competitiveness. It is also interesting to note that there are physical limits to the potential height of a wind turbine tower since the mechanical structure of wind turbines are thus very flexible and tend to oscillate. This makes the design of wind turbines a demanding task. In this paper, the oscillation of a wind turbine tower due to imbalance in the masses of the blades is modeled in maplesim and the effect of the tower height on its oscillation was simulated. For a wind turbine with three rotor blades, two of which have masses of 10 kg, a mass moment of inertia of approximately 20 kg/m2 and one of the blades has a moment of inertia which is 1% less than the other blades. The simulation showed the most stable system for the most energy capture for this case study to be a rotor speed of 5.5rad/s at a height of 10m. At this angular frequency the deflection of the top of the wind turbine was approximately 1mm. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v36i1.16
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Ibrahim AA, Dauda M, Pam GY, Obada DO. Design, Construction and Performance Comparison of Two Solar Stills Having Different Absorber Design. Nig J Tech 2015. [DOI: 10.4314/njt.v34i4.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Dauda M, Kuburi LS, Obada DO, Mustapha RI. Effects of Various Quenching Media on Mechanical Properties of Annealed 0.509wt%C –0.178wt%Mn Steel. Nig J Tech 2015. [DOI: 10.4314/njt.v34i3.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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