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Classical theory of elasticity, which is founded upon results of mechanical experiments on the large scale materials, has reasonable results in predicting mechanical properties. The basic idea in this theory is that stress at a point of the material is only a function of the local strain and it is independent of the nonlocal strains. Therefore, the size of the material does not play any role in analyzing mechanical behavior of materials using this theory. However, results from experiments and atomic simulations have shown that in nano scale materials, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their composites, mechanical properties are strongly dependent on the size parameters of these materials.... 

Nowadays, by adding a small amount of a desired nanomaterial to a matrix having certain properties one may design a multifunctional nanocomposites with a remarkably improved macroscopic properties of interest. The capability of conventional continuum theories in treating the problems of embedded ultra-small inhomogeneity with any of its dimensions comparable to the characteristic lengths of the involved constituent phases is questioned, mainly, on the grounds of the accuracy and the size effect. In this work, effort is firstly directed at the prediction of the macroscopic shear modulus of composites consisting of nano-/micro-size fibers of elliptic cross-sections via couple stress theory, a... 

The  usual  continuum  theories  are  inadequate  in  predicting  the  mechanical  behavior of solids in presence of small defects and stress concentrators; it is well known that such continuum methods are unable to detect the change of the size of  the  inhomogeneities  and  defects.   For  these  reasons  various  augmented  continuum theories and strain gradient theories have been proposed in the literature. The major difficulty in implication of these theories lies in the lack of information  about  the  additional  material  constants.  For  fcc  metals,  for  calculation of the associated characteristic lengths which arise in first strain gradient  theory,  an ... 

Nowadays, the use of finite element Software applications in enigineering departments has become Inevitable and commonplace. Acceptance of the necessity of using such software applications for reducing the cost of research and development does not require any evidences of financial instruments to be presented. Reducing design and manufacture time together with pseudo-empirical approach has cuased the finite element science to become a conventional designing tools.
Since contact is the main method to apply a load on a ductile object,and stress concentration caused thereby is often a major cause of failure in mechanical parts, the issue of contact is a fundamental topic in mechanics of... 

In the framework of surface elasticity theory, the scattering of in-plane elastic waves by a multicoated nanofiber embedded in an elastic matrix is studied. Atoms near an interface experience a local environment different from it within the bulk. Going from macro to nano dimensions, surface to volume ratio increases significantly. Thus, on this scale it is important to consider the surface/interface properties as well as the bulk properties. In this dissertation, the surface/interface is modeled by a very thin layer in which the traction and displacement are discontinuous. Effects of surface/interface parameters on the dynamic stress concentration factor (DSCF) and scattering cross section... 

Optical metasurfaces are 2D structures of a repetitive arrangement of a number of nanoparticles that are artificially constructed and do not exist in nature. Important applications of optical metasurfaces are meta lenses, flexible solar cells and extremely small antennas. Fabricating surfaces with nanoparticles of proper geometry under light radiation along with elastic deformation, we can have optical metasurfaces with selective reflection or transparency in the visible spectrum. The aim of this project is modeling of an optical metasurface with elastic deformation leading to change of color and transparency. For this purpose, assuming vertical light radiation and linear polarization, we... 

The aim of this study is to investigate the propagation of anti-plane shear waves in an elastic medium composed of periodic nanolayers (metamaterials) with deformable interfaces.Some of interesting properties of metamaterials are band-gaps and negative refraction angle.In nanolayered mediums the effect of interface becomes significant and classical continuum theory is not sufficient individualy. In this research by introducing 4 interface parameters and adding some equations to classical continuum theory, the possibilty of discontinuity of traction and displacement across the interface is provided and the effect of interface is considered. Then, a functional representing the energy of the... 

Dynamic reconfigurability in optical and mobile networks can facilitate heterogeneous service provisioning while utilizing minimal resources. This allows cost-efficient service delivery resulting in increased revenues for network operators. Deployment of elastic mobile and optical networks is a key driver for enabling reconfigurability in modern networks. Elastic optical networks can be utilized as the fronthaul portion of new generation of mobile networks. Such elastic optical fronthaul networks facilitate joint reconfiguration of flexible radio and optical elements and provide considerable performance improvements. This thesis focuses on the joint dynamic selection of functional splits and... 

In this study, the simulation of blood flow through a stenosed coronary artery and a bypass graft are discussed using fluid-structure interaction numerical method. Effects of the geometrical parameters of CABG surgery on hemodynamics have been studied. Investigated hemodynamic variables include shear stress on the vessel wall, the velocity profile in high-risk areas and the pathlines. Lower than 0.5 Pa shear stress on intimal layer of arteries causes the formation of plaque on the wall. Angle of 30 degrees and diameter ratio of bypass to host artery of 1:1 are proposed as the optimum geometry. The distance of the anastomosis from the site of occlusion has no effect on surgery. Also,... 

In recent years, carbon nanotubes have been the focus of considerable researches. Numerous investigators have reported remarkable physical and mechanical properties for this new form of carbon. In particular, the exceptional mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes, combined with their low density, offer scope for the development of nanotube reinforced composite materials. The potential for nanocomposites reinforced with carbon tubes having extraordinary specific stiffness and strength represent tremendous opportunity for application in this century and recently metal matrix type of these nanocomposites, due to their advantages, have received great attention. Classical theories of... 

There are experimental observations that show material response in micro-scale is dependent on some other parameters rather than Lame parameters. Strain gradient elasticity has been recently developed to take into account this characteristic of materials response. In strain gradient elasticity, characteristic length parameters enter the constitutive equations through the elastic strain energy density function. The elastic strain energy density function is assumed to be a function of the gradient of strain tensor in addition to the strain tensor. In this way, new material constant (characteristic length parameters) are introduced and entered into the constitutive equations. In recent years,... 

For half a century, the problem of extracting the components of the nonlocal moduli tensor of anisotropic materials has been remained unsolved. In the present work, for the first time, the solution of this problem is proposed and the components of nonlocal moduli tensor are obtained for close-packed crystals, i.e. face center cubic or hexagonal closed packed. To this end, new distinct nonlocal kernel functions which have the characteristics of discrete atomistic Green’s functions in the stress space are obtained through consideration of the nonlocal dispersion relations. Each of dispersion relations are associated with certain directions and are combined with ab initio Density Functional... 

Characterization and simulation of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites at large scale have been a concern of researchers in the past decade. This is due to the computational complication of considering many embedded carbon nanotubes (CNTs). However a simple meshing of organized CNT distribution in the matrix can ease this obstacle. In this study, a finite element approach is employed to investigate the elastodynamic behavior of a wavy CNT-reinforced composite structure. A three dimensional structure with up to 6400 uniformly distributed wavy CNTs is embedded in a polymer matrix. Each wavy nanotube is represented by a set of beam elements. The effect of nanotube waviness and volume fraction... 

In many structures, crack creation is one of the most significant fracture mechanisms. To predict these fracture mechanisms accurate numerical modeling is necssary. Finite Element Method (FEM) is one of the substantial methods in analysis of numerical fracture problems in recent past decades. But, this method has difficulties in remeshing of elements in each step of calculation in fracture mechanics or large deformation analysis. Therefore, the theory was defined that, without using elements, just with setting of characteristics nodes in geometry of problem, the differential equations can be solved. These methods are called Meshfree or Meshless methods. RKPM is a new meshfree method for... 

To explain the dependence of sliding friction on or between the layers of wet sand, one first needs to have a rather good understanding of the elastic properties of wet granular material. Experimental work that has been done on the subject so far, has shown that these elastic properties have a peculiar dependence on the water volume fraction of the sand system. But till nowno theoretical model has been presented that could illustrate the physical causes of such findings. More specifically, these handful of theoretical models have not been able to explain the complex relationship between the shear modulus of sand and the water volume percentage. In this thesis at first the nature and... 

Control of powered lower limb prostheses has a locomotion mode- ependent structure which demands a pattern recognizer that can classify the current locomotion mode and also detect transitions between them in an appropriate time. In the way to achieve this goal, this project presents a locomotion mode recognition system to classify daily locomotion modes consist of level- walking, stair climbing, slope walking, standing and sitting using low-cost mechanical sensors. Since these signals have a quasi-periodic nature, using sequential pattern recognition tools, such as Hidden Markov Model(HMM) improves the recognition performance,because they use sequences of information to make a decision. On... 

In this paper, the elastic response of a surface-stiffened transversely isotropic half-space subjected to a surface normal load is addressed. The half-space is reinforced by a Kirchhoff thin plate bonded to its surface. Two different boundary conditions are considered across the plate-half-space interface: (i) the classic approach in which the plate in-plane deformation is neglected by writing the interfacial boundary conditions across the plate mid-plane, and (ii) the refined approach that considers the in-plane deformation of plate due to bending by writing the boundary conditions across the bottom face of plate. By virtue of appropriate displacement potentials, the complete set of elastic... 

The present study considers the performance of circular-plan concrete funicular shells due to seismic loads for simply boundary conditions. Vibration frequencies of these shells along with their seismic responses included displacement and stresses generated in them due to the acceleration components of Tabas and Manjil earthquakes are determined via the use Abaqus software. Frequencies of vibration determined with software are compared with the results of a semi-analytical model where good agreement is achieved.The results of the performed analyses for vibration frequencies show that both of the reduction of the base diameter and the incerese of the rise increase the frequencies of... 

This research aims to study the trade trends of Manufactured goods, classified chiefly by Material, identified under Code 6 in the Standard International Trade Classification, SITC, and its nine divisions. The study scope covered 125 countries throughout Asia, Europe and Africa and 9 distinct years spanning a 40-year time period between 1965 and 2005. By means of this study, determinant factors for modelling and investigation of trade flow characteristics for the mentioned items can come to be better understood. The time-series data were grouped into four categories: bilateral trade value, socio-economic, geographical and transportation variables, obtained from centralized international... 

Considering the role of fluid storage tanks within or after an earthquake and the irreparable damages of such structures that arise from the flammable or toxic nature of the fluids stored in them, it is very important to ensure stability and durability of the tanks under seismic loading. One of the most important damages to storage tanks within the past earthquakes has been lack of stability of their shells taking place in the form of a local bulge of wall, known as “elephant foot buckling’. This phenomenon is a subsequent of high levels of hoop tension, which is a result of containing liquid pressure, along with axial load of surrounding walls. Recent studies reveal that there is no...