Kongu Engineering College

About: Kongu Engineering College is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Cluster analysis & Control theory. The organization has 2001 authors who have published 1978 publications receiving 16923 citations.

Electronic Braille pad

Abstract: A low cost Braille pad is developed for enabling the visually impaired people to read text document from personal computer by means of tactile perception. Tactile sensation is one of the most important sensory functions along with the auditory sensation for the visually impaired person since it replaces the visual sensation of the person with sight. Braille is a tactile system of raised dots representing alphabets, symbols and numerical. Combination of raised dots represents a character. Braille pad consists of 6 Braille cells each cell has 8 dots. Each Braille cell is actuated by 36V solenoids, which has fast magnetization and demagnetization property and posses good torque. The height of the dot is controlled by a solenoids present underneath. Visual Basic (VB) is used as front-end tool. Variety of specialized user interaction features such as, Cursor location, Routing buttons, File selection, Increment and decrement of reading speed is done through VB. It provides direct access to information on the computer screen. Also speech synthesizer is used to spell out each text.

Development of snake grass fiber-reinforced polymer composite chair:

Abstract: The natural fiber-reinforced composites have been widely used in many applications and emerging as a replacement for wood materials. The wood is a main component for making chairs, tables, and vari...

Synthesis and characterization of polyethylene oxide based nano composite electrolyte

Abstract: Polyethylene oxide (PEO) – montmorillonite (MMT) composite electrolytes were synthesised by solution casting technique. The salt used for the study is Lithium perchlorate (LiClO4). The morphology and percentage of crystallinity data were obtained through X-ray Diffraction and Differential Scanning Caloriemetry. The ionic conductivity of the polymer electrolytes was studied by impedance spectroscopy. The addition of MMT resulted in an increase in conductivity over the temperature range of 25–60∘C. The ionic conductivity of a composite polymer electrolyte containing 1.2 wt% MMT was 1 × 10−5 S cm−1 at 25∘C, which is at least one order of magnitude higher than that of the polymer electrolyte (4 × 10−7S cm−1). The increase in ionic conductivity is explained on the basis of crystallinity of the polymer electrolyte.