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Nonlinear Finite Element Modeling of the Load-Carrying and Energy Dissipation Capacities for Buckling-Restrained Braces
(2013-07)Conventional concentric braces buckle under compressive loading. To overcome this limitation, the Buckling-Restrained Braces (BRBs) were introduced in the mid 70's which typically consist of a low-yield steel core and a ... -
Nonlinear Friction Identification of A Linear Voice Coil DC Motor
(2015-06)Friction is a nonlinear phenomenon that has a major effect on the performance of servomechanisms and positioning systems such as CNC machines, robot manipulators, printers and disk drives. For this reason, accurate knowledge ... -
Notch Sensitivity of Fiber Reinforced Composite
(2019-04)In most applications, structures made of composite materials involve features such as drilled assembly holes, which induce stress concentrations in their vicinities resulting in a reduction in the load carrying capacity ... -
A Novel Cancer Treatment Platform Utilizing HER2-Immunoliposomes and Ultrasound
(2020-05)Cancer is defined as the uncontrolled growth of cells in the body. It is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. One of the most common approaches to destroy cancer cells is via chemotherapy treatment, in which ... -
Novel Near-Field Microwave Testing Method for Outdoor Insulators
(2011-06)Outdoor insulators are very vital in providing energized overhead lines mechanical support and electrical insulation from grounded structures. Insulators can be divided according to the material they are made of into glass, ... -
A Novel Stochastic Dynamic Modeling for PV Systems Considering Dust and Cleaning Effects
(2020-11)Stochastic photovoltaic (PV) modeling is essential for the long-term planning of renewable power generation. One of the most prevalent problems that PV systems face is the accumulation of dust on the PV panel surface that ... -
Numerical Analysis for Film Cooling Performance Under Different Jet Design Criteria
(2018-04)Cooling gas turbine blades is a crucial technique to allow higher turbine inlet temperatures. A higher turbine inlet temperature allows boosting gas turbine efficiency, which reduces fuel consumption. One of the main cooling ... -
Numerical Modeling of Nanoparticle-Assisted Laser Thermal Ablation of Tumors
(2021-12)The field of thermal ablation of cancer is growing rapidly in the technical and clinical sectors. Image-guided non-invasive techniques in particular have shown high potential for cancer therapy. Many types of cancer are ... -
Numerical Modeling of Sequential Segmentation for Enhancement of Mixing Inside Microchannels
(2019-12)Microfluidics appeared recently as a new tool that facilitates many applications including chemical synthesis, electronics cooling and biological assays. However, flow on the microscale is characterized by laminar flow ... -
Numerical simulations for the optimization of online wash systems for gas turbines
(2011-05)During gas turbine operation, large amounts of small particles are ingested along with the air inflow. As a result, the blade shape changes over time, hence affecting the air flow pattern and reducing efficiency. Field ... -
Numerical Simulations of Drag-Reducing Devices for Ground Vehicles
(2013-01)The aim of the present study is to reduce the aerodynamic drag coefficient of ground vehicles. With the application of efficient drag reducing devices, aerodynamic drag is significantly reduced. This study analyzes numerically ... -
Numerical Study of Localization Failure in Structural Steel Under Impact Loading
(2011-10)High quality steels are used as a skeleton supporting many infrastructure constructions like, for example, skyscrapers, arenas, stadiums, bridges and others. The likelihood that these structures could be severely damaged ... -
Nutrient Recovery from Wastewater Using Desalination Reject Brine
(2020-11)Reject brine, a waste by-product generated during the desalination process, is harmful when discharged into the environment, but it contains some useful minerals such as magnesium. Also, wastewater treatment plants utilizing ... -
Oil Removal From Produced Water Using Natural Materials
(2014-06)The oil and gas industry has had to deal with a massive amount of waste water as a bi-product of the exploration of oil and gas. This waste water referred to as produced water (PW) and the amount of PW increases with the ... -
Omani Teachers' Attitude Toward Classroom Research
(2006-06)Although there has been a lot of research done to investigate teachers' attitudes toward classroom research, there has been little research, if any, in the Gulf area, and especially in Oman. In fact, classroom research is ... -
On Some Applications of the Maximum Principles to a Variety of Elliptic and Parabolic Problems
(2019-07)One of the most important and useful tools used in the study of partial differential equations is the maximum principle. This principle is a natural extension to higher dimensions of an elementary fact of calculus: any ... -
On some bounds for frequencies of membranes and plates.
(2020-05)The problem of optimizing a domain dependent functional, while keeping a domain’s measure (its volume, perimeter, etc.) fixed, is called an isoperimetric problem. The isoperimetric inequalities have a long history in ... -
On Studying the Effectiveness of Extended Finite State Machine Based Test Selection Criteria
(2015-07)Automatic test derivation from formal specifications offers a rigorous discipline to functional conformance testing. In various application domains, such as communication protocols and other reactive systems, the specification ... -
On the Adoption of Circular Economy Concepts in the Manufacturing Sector
(2021-11)Industrialization has brought wealth, prosperity, and abundance to many nations. However, it has had many drawbacks on people’s health and the environment. Several paradigms have been proposed and implemented in an effort ... -
On The Unit Dot Product Graph Of A Commutative Ring.
(2016-01)In 2015, Ayman Badawi (Badawi, 2015) introduced the dot product graph associated to a commutative ring A. Let A be a commutative ring with nonzero identity, 1 n < 1 be an integer, and R =A x A x ... x A (n times). We ...