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The rapid pace of development of nanoscience and nanotechnology and their applications in various fields have made the study of materials in smaller scales more important than any time ever. Having an insight of materials’ microstructure and the mechanism of different phenomena in the atomic scale will be very beneficent in designing new and advanced materials or modifying the current manufacturing processes. Since molecular dynamics (MD) method has been well known as a mean of studying materials in atomic scale, it has been used in this study to investigate two different phenomena. The selection of the appropriate interatomic potential is of great importance in MD; Embedded Atom Method... 

The microstructure and wear performance of WC/Cu-Zn-Ni composite surface coating has been investigated using a combination of microscopy, hardness, and wear testing. The oxidation behavior of tungsten carbide hard metal in the temperature range between 600 and 900 ◦C was also researched. The oxidation mass gain of WC correlated almost directly with temperature as well as time. The particle of hard metal is surrounded by the α Cu+β Zn phase in the surface coating. The size of hard metal is almost unchanged from its original one. There exists an inter-diffusion zone at the interface of the hard metals and Cu-based matrix. The wear volume of the WC/Cu-Zn-Ni composite surface coatings increased... 

The need to build underground structures like tunnels, oil reservoirs are increasing and it requires a good knowledge of behavior of mass rock, exact data and parameters for safe and economic design. Filling materials which usually transfer with water into the joints reduce shear strength of joints significantly and change the behavior of the joints. To evaluate shear behavior of filled joints, 24 tests were conducted with large scale direct shear test apparatus on model rock joints with a regular “saw tooth” surface profile with the dimensions of 15cmx15cmx18cm. Filled material had specified specifications like particles size and strength parameters.
Infill thickness, moisture content... 

One of the most important conditions in weak rock masses with high overbuerden which causes problems in the tunnel construction, is squeezing condition. This is actually defined as increases in the shear deformation of the rock element, when the element is under constant deviatoric stress. Qomroud water tunnel with a length of 36 km and a drilling diameter of 4.5 meters deliveres water from the branches of the Dose to the Golpaygan and Qom. Because of a high overbuerden and existence of schist, slate, clay limestone zones, studing of squeezing potential,prediction of convergence of tunnel wall and lining pressure in this tunnel is very important.In this research, we stuied the 25th to 35th... 

A method of joining dissimilar metals in the semi solid state is presented. By this method bonding of Stainless steel and semisolid aluminum alloy took place in this research. By usage of thermomechanical treatment, dendritic microstructure of cast aluminum alloy changed to globular structure. The experimental process of bonding occurred at semisolid temperature stage of aluminum alloy in a predesigned mold by using a pressure equipment. The relationship between interfacial shear strength and solid fraction of aluminum alloy, bonding pressure and time of keeping pressure were studied by method of orthogonal experiment. By the usage of Taguchi method in designing experiments, plurality of... 

In this study AZ91 alloy reinforced by SiC particles processed by semi-solid casting was produced by using electromagnetic stirrer. In order to prevent ignition and oxidation of the melted AZ91 alloy 1 Wt.% of calcium was added to the melt. In order to surface oxidation of SiC particles, they were heat treated in 1100 ᵒC for 2 hours before adding to the melt. Different methods of adding SiC particles to the melt were investigated. Particle distribution in the matrix was studied qualitatively and quantitatively using microscopic images and image analysis, respectively. It is shown that higher amount of reinforcement particle need to be added to the melt in multi-steps. Frequency versus... 

Generating real traffic and attacks for network equipment and applications are not yet considered a clear straight forward subject. To overcome this issue, we produce real traffic and then add some vulnerability attacks to it. This is an important step towards achieving security tests or evaluation methods which let us examine or assess intrusion detection (IDSs) features of a system.In this dissertation, we generate legitimate and anomalous traffic beside some attacks. Our study yields an implementation which is tested in real environment. We introduce a substantial method to generate DDoS attack in network and transport layers. We develop a software tool for this purpose. The performance... 

In this research the effects of cooling slope angle and the temperature of molten steel on globular structure after holding the samples at semisolid state have been investigated. The globular structure of high speed steel in the form of rolled - annealed and as cast condition, has been investigated in the semisolid state. The results showed that the grain sizes of cooling slope samples were lower than the rolled- annealed samples after holding at semisolid temperature. On the other hand, rolled-annealed solid grains had better roundness compared with cooling slope samples. Dissolution of carbides in the austenite phase at grain boundary leads to formation of globular particles in the... 

In the last decade, magnesium alloy has been developed owing to it’s low density, high specific strength, good castability and damping property. AZ91 alloy is proved to be the most common and most important magnesium casting alloy. It is shown that, rheocasting process is a proper way which increases the mechanical properties of the products. Since 28 years, so many new methods for preparing Semi-Solid alloy slurry and rheoforming process have been suggested. Electromagnetic Stirring ( EMS ) method was used for making globular structures. In this research, the semi-solid slurry of AZ91 magnesium alloy was prepared by electromagnetic stirrer under different conditions of stirring current and... 

We demonstrated efficient direct electron transfer from the enzyme glucose oxidase to vertically aligned gold nanorods with a diameter of ~160 nm and a length of ~2 μm that are covalently linkage to a 3-dimensional network of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets. The assembly can be prepared by a 2-step electrochemical procedure. This hybrid structure holds the enzyme in a favorable position while retaining its functionality that ultimately provides enhanced performance for enzymatic sensing of glucose without utilizing mediators. The nanorod assembly was applied to the voltammetric detection of glucose. Figures of merit include an electrochemical sensitivity of 12 µA⋅mM-1⋅cm-2 (obtained from...