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Aluminum metal matrix composites (MMCs) reinforced with nanoceramics are ideal materials for the manufacture of lightweight automotive and other commercial parts. Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system combined with particle swarm optimization method is implemented in this research study in order to optimize the parameters in processing of aluminum MMCs. In order to solve the problems associated with poor wettability, agglomeration and gravity segregation of nanoparticles in the melt, a mixture of alumina and aluminum particles was used as the reinforcement instead of raw nanoalumina. Microstructural characterization shows dendritic microstructure for the sand cast and non-dendritic... 

In the present study, the behavior of fin pile under lateral loading was investigated by ABAQUS software. First, the generated model was verified against an available experimental small-scale test in the literature. Having conducted verification, a study was carried out on the fin pile dimensions under lateral loading. Different parameters, such as pile diameter, fin’s length, and width, were studied. Moreover, a study on the fin’s aspect ratio by setting fin’s area constant was conducted, and then, optimum fin’s ratio was obtained. The results indicated that both fin’s length and width could improve pile efficiency under lateral loading, yet fin’s length had a more critical impact, and... 

The main aim of this article is to find the optimum positions of the stabilizers that reduces the vibration and leads to the largest weight on bit (WOB) in drill strings. In this work, the potential energy of drill strings has been derived by considering the drill string weight and WOB. The potential energy of this continuous system is considered as a multi-degree-of-freedom system by the mode summation method. The equilibrium position of the system and its stability is determined by finding the roots of the first derivative and the sign of the second derivative of the potential energy, respectively. Using this formulation, the best positions of stabilizers that lead to the largest WOB can... 

In this paper, using an analytical optimization method, optimum design of multi-layer compound cylinders with different materials in layers is investigated. For this purpose, considering Tresca criterion, maximum shear stress in each layer is minimized. At the optimum condition, the maximum shear stress at all layers occurs simultaneously. The general analytical relations for optimum dimension of layers, residual pressures and radial interferences are derived. The existence condition of the optimum solution is also investigated and the constraints for materials selection are derived too. It is shown that the allowable shear stress ratio of materials must be close to their geometric mean... 

In this paper, employing an analytical method, optimum design of multi-layer compound cylinders is investigated. To this end, considering Tresca criterion, maximum shear stress in each layer is minimized. Analytical relations for optimum values of a layer dimension, residual pressures and radial interferences are derived. A technique for shrink-fitting of layers is also proposed and relationships for radial interferences, residual pressures and required temperature differences during the shrink-fitting process are derived. Three different examples are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. It is shown that increasing the number of layers makes shear stress distribution... 

This paper presents a new method to counter Anti Radiation Missile (ARM) threats, which is effective against advanced ARM. By using random phase and amplitude active decoys in the specified optimum positions and network implementation we show that ARM threats will be removed profoundly. Also, iterative methods are presented to cancel the internal interference effects in the proposed structure  

There are different well-established strategies for making a process plant inherently safer. The benefits of applying these strategies on reducing the overall risk inside a plant are obvious. However, some of these changes are rejected many times because they appear to be too costly. But if the effects of applying inherently safer design strategies are investigated not only on the processing costs of a plant but also on the potential accident costs, the decision would in fact be different. In this paper an optimization procedure is proposed which integrates both processing and accident costs for different design schemes. In this procedure, some of the design variables are chosen with regard... 

There are different well-established strategies for making a process plant inherently safer. The benefits of applying these strategies on reducing the overall risk inside a plant are obvious. However, some of these changes are rejected many times because they appear to be too costly. But if the effects of applying inherently safer design strategies are investigated not only on the processing costs of a plant but also on the potential accident costs, the decision would in fact be different. In this paper an optimization procedure is proposed which integrates both processing and accident costs for different design schemes. In this procedure, some of the design variables are chosen with regard... 

A distributed dynamic vibration absorber with adaptive capability is presented to improve vibration suppression characteristics of harmonically excited structures. A double-ended cantilever beam carrying intermediate lumped masses forms the absorber subsection. The adaptive capability is achieved through concurrent adjustment of the positions of the moving masses, along the beam, to comply with the desired optimal performance. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of periodic oscillatory behaviour, along with some physical bounds placed on the absorber parameters, form a constrained optimization problem for the optimum tuning strategy. Through numerical simulations it is... 

Due to flexibility, relatively small weight and low energy-dissipative characteristics of cables, they are vulnerable to external excitations such as wind, wind-rain, earthquake and traffic loadings. Among them, galloping phenomenon is one of the most important sources of electrical/mechanical failures in power transmission lines. In this paper, tuneable vibration absorbers (TVAs) are used to suppress galloping forced vibrations (as a semi-active control approach). Using mode summation technique, mathematical model of the hybrid problem including the transmission line and an arbitrary number of absorbers is presented. Developing a sophisticated multi-loops optimization algorithm, best values... 

This paper deals with the optimum design of vibration absorbers utilized to reduce undesirable random vibrational effects that are originated in linear structures. Analytical expressions, for the case of nonstationary white-noise accelerations, are derived. The criterion is different from most conventional optimum design criteria, since it is based on minimizing the displacement or the acceleration variance of the main structure responses, without considering performances required against failure. In this study, in order to control the structural vibrations induced on a mechanical structure excited by nonstationary based acceleration random process, the MOO (multi-objective optimum) design... 

For a Rayleigh fading full-duplex decode-and-forward relay channel, we analytically derive optimum power allocation schemes subject to individual power constraints for the source and the relay. The optimization problem is taken over the source power and the relay power. It is proven that the optimization problem is concave for this scenario, and optimum power allocations are derived in a closed-form. Finally, the implications of the theoretical results are discussed through the graphs  

In this paper, we consider abnormality detection via diffusive molecular communications (MCs) for a network consisting of several sensors and a fusion center (FC). If a sensor detects an abnormality, it injects a number of molecules into the medium which is proportional to its sensing output. Two transmission schemes for releasing molecules into the medium are considered. In the first scheme, each sensor releases a different type of molecule (DTM), whereas in the second scheme, all sensors release the same type of molecule (STM). The molecules released by the sensors propagate through the MC channel and some may reach the FC where the final decision regarding whether or not an abnormality... 

In this article, experimental and numerical investigations are performed to study a thermogravitational column (TGC) for the separation of toluene/n-heptane mixture. This research has tried to determine the main significant parameters and their effects on the performance of the process. In experimental examinations, the influence of the main parameters such as feed flow rate, cut and temperature gradient on the performance of the TGC efficiency is studied. In addition, computational fluid dynamics is used to simulate the separation process in this review. The response surface methodology (RSM) was also applied to minimize the number of runs and investigate the optimum operating conditions.... 

An innovative bi-evaporator electricity/cooling cogeneration system fueled by biogas is introduced. The plausibility of the introduced integrated power plant is examined from thermodynamic and economic vantage points. Later, single- and multi-objective optimization of the reckoned system are achieved by selecting appropriate parameters as decision variables and thermal and exergy efficiencies and total unit product cost (TUPC) of the system as objective functions. Four optimum modes of thermal efficiency optimum design (TEOD), exergy efficiency optimum design (EEOD), cost optimum design (COD), and multi-objective optimum design (MOOD) are selected for optimization and the attained results... 

One of the beneficial impacts of Distributed generation (DG) units on electrical network is power loss reduction in the distribution feeder on which DG is located. In this paper the effect of DG on power losses of a distribution feeder with a combination of uniformly distributed and lumped loads is investigated, and a mathematical model of power loss reduction as a function of DG and the feeder parameters is extracted. Then, based on the derived formula, optimum conditions of utilizing and locating the DG units are obtained. © 2006 IEEE