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This research is dedicated to specific issues in the field of Aerial Vision Based Navigation (VBN). It focuses mainly on vehicles with no pilot such as RPVs and small aircraft; having in mind their safety which must be close to commercial applications. Various methods have been studied and the simplest one; which is based on observation, identification and utilization of landmarks is selected for detailed implementation. In this work, we concentrate on using a single-camera while flying in an unknown environment (MonoSLAM). Other available sensors are accelerometer and GPS receiver to keep the cost down. Different studies show that using a low-cost single camera system is much more efficient... 

The applications of science and technology of materials grows rapidly nowadays One of the major aspect of this science discuss about the growth of thin films via deposition of molecules and atoms. By this way we can diagnose physical and chemical properties of thin films whose applications in electronics, computer, microelectronic industry, material engineering telecommunications and so advances every day. In this way we smell out the process of the growth of diamond like carbon (DLC) thin films whose importance is extended nowadays. By acknowledgement of variables that influence the dynamics of film formation we make a big jump in attaining the optical, physical and electrical properties of... 

Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) has been widely studied theoretically and experimentally due to its importance effects on the responses of structures. In experimental studies, acceleration responses recorded during previous earthquakes are generally used in order to investigate the contribution of underlying soil to the response of soil-structure systems. Since acceleration responses are affected by higher modes of vibration, studying the effect of SSI on dynamic characteristics of higher modes are of great importance in these studies. However recent theoretical studies indicate that the influence of SSI on the higher vibrational modes is very much dependent on the behavioral model (bending... 

Recently, due to the increase of environmental concerns, a significant raise in applying films and packaging containers, pollution produced from petroleum-based plastics packaging and problems arising from the various methods of waste disposal, the researchers have concentrate to replace these materials with biodegradable ones. In this study, a nanocomposite based on alloy matrix of thermoplastic starch and polyethylene which is reinforced with different amounts of Montmorillonitenanoclay has been constructed by the extrusion process. Furthermore, in order to increase the compatibility between the polar and non-polar components in the group of samples, compatibilizer was used and its... 

In recent years with the growth and development of emerging technologies, one of the main challenges in various organizations is the issue of Business-IT Alignment programs at different levels of strategic, tactical, and operational. Many managers and experts in the field of information technology recognize the importance of this issue because of its broad effects on the development and maturity of the organization. However, they face various difficulties in creating actionable plans to achieve high levels of alignment. The main problem is the inability to measure the alignment degree index. This index is affected by various sub-indicators in various fields of business and information... 

This paper proposes a novel probabilistic approach to account for soil-structure interaction (SSI) in the seismic design of building structures. In this approach, an SSI response modification factor, RSSI, is introduced to capture SSI effects on the seismic performance of structures. The proposed procedure quantifies RSSI such that the probability distribution of the collapse capacity of the structure designed to account for SSI concurs with that of the structure designed using the default fixed-base provisions. The proposed approach is employed for special steel moment frame buildings with surface foundation. A surrogate single degree of freedom (SDOF) system is developed in this study and... 

In this project, the physics of the thermal infrared spectrum was first studied, focusing on thermal modeling of hidden objects, and field experiments were conducted. Then, with the main goal of the project, which was to design and build an economical thermography system to be used as a complement to other scanners such as millimeter wave or X-ray, the main parameters of thermal infrared image detectors (FPA) available on the market were reviewed and the appropriate option was selected and purchased. In the next step, a comprehensive study was carried out on the specifications and performance of the selected sensor, and the image reconstruction mechanism was described and implemented in... 

Transonic speed is one of the most important flight regimes. There are two main significances related to it. First, all of the supersonic air vehicles should pass through this regime to reach to their final speed. Second, nowadays most of the commercial airplanes fly in nearsonic speeds. According to nonlinear nature of the flow through the speeds, the related researchers haven’t been successful in development of a comprehensive theory as well as subsonic and supersonic ones. So, transonic flow is one of the most critical regimes in wind tunnel testing. In order to eliminate the shock-boundary layer interaction and wave cancellation, perforated walls and side suction are used in test section... 

This project is aimed to design a controller for nonlinear systems that satisfy a prescribed performance while guaranteeing close-loop stability. To do this, the controller must be designed in such a way that the transient response of the system has had these performance indices and does not exceed them. These performance indices predefine some constraints for systems’ output.A comprehensive form for the model system, the unknown dynamics of the system, consideration of a variety of constraints on the system input, usage of the time-finite method for the residence time and consideration of just one tuning parameter to reduce the computation load, are among the other benefits for the proposed... 

Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) method was used for the preparation of ceramic coatings on Aluminum 5052 substrate in a silicate-based electrolyte containing different concentrations of ZrO2 nanoparticles. Before the addition of nanoparticles into the electrolyte, determining process parameters including current density, coating time, and frequency were examined carefully. After studying corrosion behavior, thickness, and coating morphology in different circumstances, the frequency of 50Hz, the current density of 150mA/cm2, and the coating time of 20 minutes were chosen as the optimum parameters. After that and with the usage of those parameters, ZrO2 nanoparticles were added to the... 

When we talk about the large-scale structure of the cosmos and the cosmic web, one of the important issues is to examine the location of the structures formed. We use statistical characteristics to check the cosmic web. Nearest neighbor distribution, two-point correlation, count in cell, etc. are some of the parameters that help us in this way. Our main problem in this project is to examine these statistical parameters in large scale structure for two different time periods. First, in the time period near the present age(z ≈ 0), we want to check these parameters for the dark matter halos that have formed the structure, and secondly, for the initial conditions and transition to high... 

In elliptic curves equation, if the number of solution is infinite, complication of calculation increase quickly. Even the simplest solutioncan be large. y2 + y = x35115523309x − 140826120488927 The x-coordinate number of smallest solution has 5454 digits. The theorem of Mordell and Weil states that “The set E(Q) of rational solutions has the structure of an infinitely generated abelian group.” E(Q) = (Z)rankE(Q) ⊕T Can the rank be arbitrary large? The current record is rank(E)=28.Manjul Behargava has recently made progress on the study of the average rank for all elliptic curves with rational coefficient. Every such curve has a unique equation of the form y2 = x3 +Ax+B, where A and B are... 

Statistical studies indicate the fact that in Iran, like many other developing countries, a significant percentage of buildings are made of traditional materials and most of them are adobe buildings especially in rural areas. Furthermore, geological data indicates that Iran is located in alps-Himalayas seismic zone and exposed by destructive earthquakes and adobe buildings suffer the most damages comparing with other type of the structures. According to these explanations, this research deals with adobe buildings behavior and provides solutions for reinforcing them and improving the seismic response of these buildings. These studies include numerical modeling with finite elements methods by...