Visual Basic Research Articles

A versatile program for the calculation of linear accelerator room shielding

This work aims at designing a computer program to calculate the necessary amount of shielding for a given or proposed linear accelerator room design in radiotherapy. The program (Shield Calculation in Radiotherapy, SCR) has been developed using Microsoft Visual Basic. It applies the treatment room shielding calculations of NCRP report no. 151 to calculate proper shielding thicknesses for a given linear accelerator treatment room design. The program is composed of six main user-friendly interfaces. The first enables the user to upload their choice of treatment room design and to measure the distances required for shielding calculations. The second interface enables the user to calculate the primary barrier thickness in case of three-dimensional conventional radiotherapy (3D-CRT), intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and total body irradiation (TBI). The third interface calculates the required secondary barrier thickness due to both scattered and leakage radiation. The fourth and fifth interfaces provide a means to calculate the photon dose equivalent for low and high energy radiation, respectively, in door and maze areas. The sixth interface enables the user to calculate the skyshine radiation for photons and neutrons. The SCR program has been successfully validated, precisely reproducing all of the calculated examples presented in NCRP report no. 151 in a simple and fast manner. Moreover, it easily performed the same calculations for a test design that was also calculated manually, and produced the same results. The program includes a new and important feature that is the ability to calculate required treatment room thickness in case of IMRT and TBI. It is characterised by simplicity, precision, data saving, printing and retrieval, in addition to providing a means for uploading and testing any proposed treatment room shielding design. The SCR program provides comprehensive, simple, fast and accurate room shielding calculations in radiotherapy.

PERANCANGAN MENGGUNAKAN PROGRAM VISUAL BASIC 6 UNTUK PENGOLAHAN LIMBAH CAIR DENGAN AERATED LAGOON

Dimension of aerated lagoon and another unit operation in this system can easy counted by this software. This software uses VISUAL BASIC6 computer language. Waste water treated have pH between 6.5 and 8, biodegradable waste and BOD less than 500. This waste water treatment need big fi eld and separate far away from people because bad smelt.This software also will guess BOD output and fl ow diagram this system.Key words: aerated lagoon, biodegradable, BOD, pH

SISTEM INFORMASI PENGELOLAAN PERSEDIAAN BAHAN BAKU BERBASIS CLIENT SERVER PADA CV. ALINEA JAVA SEMARANG

Abstract The management of raw material inventory is a very important part for a company. In the process of inventory management of raw materials conducted on CV.Alinea Java until now still using conventional system using Microsoft Excel 2007, starting from material estimation, ordering process of goods to supplier, process of receipt and expenditure of raw materials, raw material returns, addressed to the leadership and related sections. And the utilization of wireless networks that are less effective because only connected computer warehouse administration and purchasing, not all users, to overcome the above problems, it is necessary information that utilizes the inventory management information system raw materials with computer network based client server using a new system of mutual terintregrasi all users so that all interested parties can access the desired data of course with certain restrictions, according to the status entered. Then created a system of inventory management information raw materials server client base on CV.Alinea Java by using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database that will assist in the process of data processing system.

Development of Parametric Modeling System for the Whole High Bypass Ratio Turbofan Engine based on Secondary Development of UG

In this paper, the method of developing parametric design system based upon UG with VB (Visual Basic) and Microsoft Excel has been studied. The development strategy and implement method of the parametric modeling system for the whole high bypass ratio turbofan engine based on secondary development of UG have been put forward. The parametric modeling system for the whole high bypass ratio turbofan engine has been developed, and the parametric solid model of the whole high bypass ratio turbofan engine can be established rapidly with this system. The design period of the high bypass ratio turbofan engine was shortened, the design efficiency was heightened, and the design quantity was improved obviously. The system structure and some program codes were presented in the paper. The method presented in this paper has reference value to developing the parametric design system of complex products.

Injection Molding Parameters Calculations by Using Visual Basic (VB) Programming

Now a day’s manufacturing industry plays a vital role in production sectors. To fabricate a component lot of design calculation has to be done. There is a chance of human errors occurs during design calculations. The aim of this project is to create a special module using visual basic (VB) programming to calculate injection molding parameters to avoid human errors. To create an injection mold for a spur gear component the following parameters have to be calculated such as Cooling Capacity, Cooling Channel Diameter, and Cooling Channel Length, Runner Length and Runner Diameter, Gate Diameter and Gate Pressure. To calculate the above injection molding parameters a separate module has been created using Visual Basic (VB) Programming to reduce the human errors. The outcome of the module dimensions is the injection molding components such as mold cavity and core design, ejector plate design.

PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA AJAR MATEMATIKA DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN MEDIA MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MATEMATIS MAHASISWA (Adopsi Langkah Teori Pengembangan Borg & Gall)

Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine the development of mathematics teaching materials on matrix materials using Microsoft Visual Basic media that is easy to understand learners and quality according to expert materials and programming experts. Based on the assessment of material experts, these teaching materials are included in the criteria very well, with a feasibility level of 87%. Based on the assessment of media experts, this resource is included in very good criteria, with a degree of eligibility of 88%. Based on the results of the test on the learners, this instructional material is included in the criteria very well, with a feasibility level of 86%. Based on the assessment of educational practitioners, these teaching materials are included in very good criteria, with a feasibility level of 86%. So it can be concluded that the end result of the development of this resource is suitable to be used as teaching material of Algebra Liner on matrix material. The final product of this resource is a product that has passed the first and second revision stage. This resource is software that runs on Windows XP, Seven, 77 and Windows 8 and the name SolusiMatrix. Keywords: Matrix, programming, Microsoft Visual Basic. .

Model development for estimating the aging behaviors of gray cast iron (GCI) alloy at different times and temperatures

In this study, both quantitative and qualitative approach for estimating the aging behaviors of gray cast iron (GCI) alloy at different times and temperatures was adopted. The data were obtained from laboratory experimental tests conducted to determine the mechanical properties of the produced GCI alloys. Model was developed using linear differential equation to ascertain the degree of certainty of the effect of the variables (time and temperature) on the properties such as hardness, impact toughness, ultimate tensile strength (UTS), and wear resistance (WR) of the GCI alloys. The results of the model validation showed that there is positive association between experimental data and model predicted data, the standard deviation values are much closer to the mean, a positive or direct linear correlation exists between the two data for all the alloys, there is high degree of direct correlation between experimental and model predicted data, the standard errors were less than 10%, and the confidence intervals at 95% confidence level are within the acceptable tolerance. The model therefore was accepted. From the model, a software package was developed using VISUAL BASIC system. It is users friendly and runs on the computers with VISUAL BASIC, MATLAB TOOL, and EXCEL PACKAGES of at least 64-MB RAM and 3.0-GB free hard disk. It can also run on higher-grade computers such as Pentium-3 and Pentium-4.

IMPLEMENTASI ALGORITMA UNARY CODING UNTUK MENGKOMPRESI TEKS TERENKRIPSI EL GAMAL

The speed at which information is transmitted is indispensable in current technological developments. Information is a message or a collection of messages or a data that has been processed so as to produce something needed by the party in need. Information can take the form of various data formats, including text, video or images. The problem of the speed of information delivery is often slightly inhibited due to the large file size of the information. In addition, the security factor is also very important, as many irresponsible parties will try to steal the information and may harm the stolen information when it is misused. The process undertaken in this study is to analyze the process of encryption and decryption algorithm El Gamal and compression algorithm Unary coding then designing security and compression applications using design tools such as Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 to simplify the making of applications. After completion of the design, then the file will be encrypted and compressed using applications that have been designed. Then, the result of the process is a text file that can not be understood and has a size smaller than the original.

In-flight thrust determination for high-bypass-ratio turbofan using residual error methodology

Advances in turbofan engine technology have led to engines with growing bypass ratios and lower fan pressure ratios, increasing the complexity of the in-flight thrust determination. Thrust values cannot be directly measured in flight; therefore, ground-level test are carried out, and the results calculated from thermodynamic properties of the gas are compared to the force exerted by the engine on the test bench. The result of this comparison is a scalar that is applied to the fan pressure ratio, fan pressure correlation, which attempts to minimize the error between the measured and calculated values. After the thermodynamic properties of the gas are measured during in-flight tests and together with the fan pressure correlation are used to calculate the in-flight thrust. The calculation procedure is implemented through VISUAL BASIC scripts, in the MICROSOFT EXCEL® environment. These scripts are used to calculate the generated thrust and the mass flow that go through the engine from the thermodynamic properties of the gas obtained from a high-fidelity numerical simulation of this engine. These results are then validated against the thrust and mass flow values calculated by this model. An analysis of the free-stream suppression effects on thrust is carried making use of these scripts.

Development of a decision support system for precision management of conjunctive use of treated wastewater for irrigation in Oman

This research aimed at finding alternative options for conjunctive use of treated wastewater (TW) with groundwater (GW) minimizing the irrigation water from aquifers in the Al-Batinah region with the assistance of a Decision Support System (DSS). Oman is facing a three-facet problem of lowering of GW table, wastewater over-production and excess TW. Approved guidelines for use of TW with tertiary treatments are of two classes: class-A (for vegetables consumed raw), class-B (after cooking). The developed DSS is comprised of four management subsystems: (1) data management in Excel, (2) model and knowledge management by macro programming in Excel, (3) with linear programming (LP) optimization models including transportation algorithms, and (4) user interface with Excel or Visual Basic (VB). The results are based on two extreme scenarios: zero TW excess, and zero GW used for irrigation. The DSS could predict water balance for number of crop rotations, and based on adjustable cost variables farmer profit margins could be created. Crop selections and rotation could be done using LP optimizations while transportation algorithm could organize best locations and capacities for treatment plants and the wastewater collection and transportation to farming areas via treatment plants. The developed DSS will be very useful as a water management, optimization and planning tool.

Guideline on radiation protection in medicine requires documentation of radioiodine therapy and follow-up: What are the benefits of an electronic database?

The lately updated German guideline on radiation protection in medicine (Richtlinie Strahlenschutz in der Medizin) requires the physician who administers radioactive substances for therapy, to perform and document follow-ups. In order to decrease the administrative burden, an electronic database was developed that interfaces with a word processing software to generate written reports and statistic analysis. Based on Microsoft Access and Microsoft Visual Basic a database was created to monitor patients with benign and malignant thyroid disorders after radioiodine therapy. It permits automatic creation of therapy documents and necessary patient reports in Microsoft Word. Intuitive handling, third level of normalization in database architecture and automatic plausibility checks guarantee integrity of the data and the efficacy of the database. The new software has been a success in over 1500 patients and over 3800 in- and outpatient therapies and visits. The effort of data entry is easily offset by the automatic generation of the necessary patient reports. The required supervision of the follow-up appointments is now also user-friendly and efficient.

Development of Account Receivable and Payable System for Travel Bureau Company

Sales and purchases of products on credit made by travel bureau companies require serious handling because it involves a lot of money and many parties. This research aims to build information systems to handle account payables and receivables related to the purchase and sale of tour packages on credit. The methodology is object-oriented approach, by using MS. Visual Basic. Net as a programming language and MySQL as its database package. As the results are the Account Receivable information system that is used to handle accounts receivable on agents who have purchased a tour package on credit for the guests it sends, and the Account Payable information system that is used to handle company’s account payable to suppliers who provided products or services to guests who purchase tour packages. Both of these systems handle the interrelated matter of a particular guest. Therefore, if both systems are integrated with the reservation system will be able to provide income statement on the reservation of certain guests.

A quality function deployment-based model for coordinate measuring machine selection

Automated inspection devices are capable of ensuring better quality products, while improving productivity and minimising the overall cost of manufacturing. Coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is one such important automated inspection device used to determine coordinates of points on a workpiece surface using a movable probe. Selection of a suitable CMM for a manufacturing organisation is a complex task as most of the available CMMs are designed to serve a wide array of inspection requirements. Although, the selection of automated inspection devices has been addressed in fewer past studies, most of them have not considered voice of the customers in the decision making process. Hence, this paper proposes a quality function deployment-based model which correlates customers' requirements with technical specifications of the available CMMs. Furthermore, in order to ease out the entire CMM selection procedure, a user friendly software prototype in Visual BASIC 6.0 is developed.

A quality function deployment-based model for coordinate measuring machine selection

Automated inspection devices are capable of ensuring better quality products, while improving productivity and minimising the overall cost of manufacturing. Coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is one such important automated inspection device used to determine coordinates of points on a workpiece surface using a movable probe. Selection of a suitable CMM for a manufacturing organisation is a complex task as most of the available CMMs are designed to serve a wide array of inspection requirements. Although, the selection of automated inspection devices has been addressed in fewer past studies, most of them have not considered voice of the customers in the decision making process. Hence, this paper proposes a quality function deployment-based model which correlates customers' requirements with technical specifications of the available CMMs. Furthermore, in order to ease out the entire CMM selection procedure, a user friendly software prototype in Visual BASIC 6.0 is developed.

Vision-based Robot Manipulator for Industrial Applications

This paper presents a multi-stage process of the development of a vision-based object sorting robot manipulator for industrial applications. The main aim of this research is to integrate vision system with the existing Scorbot in order to widen the capability of the integrated camera-robot system in industrial applications. Modern industrial robot Scorbot-ER 9 Pro is the focus of this research. Currently, the robot does not have an integrated vision system. Thus; a camera has been integrated to the robot gripper to achieve the target objectives. The main difficulties include establishing a relevant sequence of operations, developing a proper communication between camera and robot as well as the integration of the system components such as Matlab, Visual Basics, and Scorbase.

Regiospecific Analysis of Fatty Acids and Calculation of Triglyceride Molecular Species in Marine Fish Oils

The regiospecific distribution of fatty acids (FAs) and composition of triglyceride (TAG) molecular species of fishes were analyzed and calculated by pancreatic lipase (PL) hydrolysis and Visual Basic (VB) program. DHA was preferentially located at sn-2 position in TAG molecule, whereas EPA was almost equally distributed in each position of glycerol backbone. DOP, DPP, EPP, PoPP, PPO, and PPP were the predominant TAG species. MPP in anchovy, DDP, DOP, DPP in tuna, and EOO and OOO in salmon were the characteristic TAG molecules, which were meaningful to differentiate marine fish oils. Furthermore, the data management, according to TCN and ECN, was firstly applied to classify the TAG molecular species. The ECN42, ECN46, and ECN48 groups were rich in TAGs. The lower ECN values, compared to the higher TCN values, indicated that the most abundant TAGs exhibited a higher unsaturated degree. Therefore, our study not only offered a simple and feasible approach for the analysis of TAG composition but also firstly summarized the information by data management within ECN and TCN.

An optimization model for the operations of a pallet pool with both radio-frequency identification–tagged pallets and non-tagged pallets

In a pallet pool, pallets would be delivered through a supply chain. The operation procedure that consists of at least five operation processes as distribution, reposition, recycling, purchase (or rent), and maintenance is quite complex. These pallets are likely to be damaged, lost, destroyed, and so on. So, it is necessary to monitor the pallets using radio-frequency identification technology. However, there is no literature on the management of a pallet pool with both radio-frequency identification–tagged pallets and non-tagged pallets being put into consideration. In our research, an optimization model is presented to manage such a pallet pool. The objective of the optimization model is to minimize the total operation cost of a pallet pool including distribution cost, reposition cost, recycling cost, purchase or rent cost, loss cost, maintenance cost, loading and unloading cost, storage cost, and punishment cost. A particle swarm optimization algorithm is developed in Microsoft Visual Basic. Our numerical example shows that the optimization model and particle swarm optimization algorithm are effective. It is proved that the model and algorithm also can be used to measure whether the investment of a radio-frequency identification system is valuable or not. We proposed some suggestions for the pallet pools management.

Imperfect production system with rework and scrap at a single stage manufacturing system and integrates cost reduction delivery policy

This paper deals with a production inventory model with reworkable defective items and integrates a cost reduction delivery policy. In this work, it is assumed that in each cycle the rework process of all defective items starts when the regular production process finishes. After the rework process, a portion of reworked items fails and this portion becomes scrap. In this paper, two models are developed, in the first model, the perfect finished items can be delivered to customers at the end of rework process and in the second model, integrates cost reduction delivery policy and finished items can only be delivered to customers at a fixed interval of time during production down time with the purpose of reducing holding cost. The objective is to derive the optimal production lot size, number of deliveries and the finished items are delivered by request to customers at a fixed interval of time that minimises total costs. The relevant model is built, solved and necessary and sufficient conditions for a unique and global optimal solution are derived. An illustrative example is provided and numerically verified. The validation of result in this model was coded in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.

EOQ models for deteriorative items with constant, linear and quadratic holding cost and shortages - a comparative study

In the classical inventory model the holding cost was assumed to be constant. However, in reality, holding cost may not always be constant. The holding cost may be time dependent. In this paper, a production inventory model with deteriorating items with constant, linear and quadratic holding cost is considered and also a comparative study is carried out between constant, linear and quadratic holding costs. Three models are developed. In three models, the optimum time and total cost are derived when the holding cost is: 1) constant; 2) linear; 3) quadratic. A mathematical model is developed for each model and the optimal production lot size which minimises the total cost is derived. The optimal solution is derived and an illustrative example is provided. The validation of result in this model was coded in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.

Imperfect production system with rework and scrap at a single stage manufacturing system and integrates cost reduction delivery policy

This paper deals with a production inventory model with reworkable defective items and integrates a cost reduction delivery policy. In this work, it is assumed that in each cycle the rework process of all defective items starts when the regular production process finishes. After the rework process, a portion of reworked items fails and this portion becomes scrap. In this paper, two models are developed, in the first model, the perfect finished items can be delivered to customers at the end of rework process and in the second model, integrates cost reduction delivery policy and finished items can only be delivered to customers at a fixed interval of time during production down time with the purpose of reducing holding cost. The objective is to derive the optimal production lot size, number of deliveries and the finished items are delivered by request to customers at a fixed interval of time that minimises total costs. The relevant model is built, solved and necessary and sufficient conditions for a unique and global optimal solution are derived. An illustrative example is provided and numerically verified. The validation of result in this model was coded in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.