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Directional dependence of extreme metocean conditions for analysis and design of marine structures
, Article Applied Ocean Research ; Volume 100 , 2020 ; Imani, H ; Karimirad, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2020
Abstract
Marine structures are typically sensitive to the direction of wind and waves, especially in extreme metocean conditions. The extreme metocean conditions and their associated predicted directions are not easily reachable from traditional design methodologies. In this research, the most probable combinations of different extreme metocean conditions along with their associated direction are predicted for the HyWind Scotland wind farm, Scotland. To achieve this, the Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling approach is applied to define the Joint Probability Distribution Function (JPDF) of four combinations of metocean parameters, including wave direction, wind direction and wind-wave misalignment. The...
A unified approach for detection of induced epileptic seizures in rats using ECoG signals
, Article Epilepsy and Behavior ; Volume 27, Issue 2 , 2013 , Pages 355-364 ; 15255050 (ISSN) ; Mousavi, S. R ; Motaghi, S ; Dehghani, A ; Vosoughi Vahdat, B ; Shamsollahi, M. B ; Sayyah, M ; Noorbakhsh, S. M ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
Abstract
Objective: Epileptic seizure detection is a key step for epilepsy assessment. In this work, using the pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) model, seizures were induced in rats, and ECoG signals in interictal, preictal, ictal, and postictal periods were recorded. The recorded ECoG signals were then analyzed to detect epileptic seizures in the epileptic rats. Methods: Two different approaches were considered in this work: thresholding and classification. In the thresholding approach, a feature is calculated in consecutive windows, and the resulted index is tracked over time and compared with a threshold. The moment the index crosses the threshold is considered as the moment of seizure onset. In the...
The Effects of PTO Characteristics on Performance of a Floating Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Behzad, Mahdi (Supervisor) ; Abazari, Abuzar (Supervisor)
Abstract
In recent years, the challenges of using fossil energy causes governments and researchers to focus on renewable energies. In this regard, one of the strategies for generating power is using wave energy converters. The aim of present study is modeling frequency and time domain analysis of the wave energy converter. the study focuses on the effect of Power-Take-Off system on the output power and efficiency under the Macoran sea waves. First, the concept of wave converters is explained and the commercialized ones are introduced. Then the related previous works are reviewed and the wave theories are briefly presented. In the following, a specified one-degree-of-freedom converter is modeled in...
Numerical Simulation and Investigation of Impact of Climate Change on Probability Occurrence of Tropical Cyclone in Sea of Oman and Persian Gulf
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Abbaspour Tehrani Fard, Madjid (Supervisor)
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Super cyclone GONU formed on June 2007 has been recognized the strongest tropical cyclone in the North Indian Ocean (NIO). The aim of this study is to numerically simulate the cyclone GONU and its resulting waves in the southern seas of Iran leading to the best parametric model to simulate future occurrence of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the NIO. In this regard, the best track data of the cyclone is extracted from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The cyclone GONU wind field is simulated by Young and Sobey, Holland, and Rankin models in order to determine the most appropriate model which is then considered for regenerating cyclonic wind fields over the Makran coastline and the sea of...