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Developing to the sub-micron dimentions reduces the size of integrated circuits, so interconnects and a variations in their characteristics has more effects on circuit performance. Worst case study is the most common method in these systems, but in many cases interconnect lines are independent from eachother. Analysis state that worst case is out of the distribution in many cases (with zero possibility) and result in a pessimistic design. Statistical analysis should replace worst case analysis in multi varient systems. In this titile, statistical analysis will be used to investigate performance of interconnects in new technology. Maximum variation in interconnect parameters are considered... 

In this thesis, we aim to study the elastic-plastic behavior of short fiber reinforced composites experimentally and analytically. The experimental investigation is applied to glass fiber-polypropylene composites (PP/GF). The samples are produced by injection process with maximum temperature of 190C. Fibers are randomly oriented in this procedure of fabrication. The samples are tested in tension, and the mechanical strength is measured by changes in fiber content. The Young's modulus is also investigated in these experiments.Also in this thesis, an analytical model for calculation of Young’s modulus of fiber reinforced composite materials is proposed. In this analysis a displacement field is... 

In this study, an elastic-plastic analysis of fiber reinforced metal matrix composite structures loaded by uniaxial uniform tension in the direction perpendicular to the fiber is carried out by assuming elastic-plastic matrix with kinematic hardening. Representative volume element (RVE) is used for this analysis. The element consists of a combined square field composed of a solid circular cylinder fiber and matrix in plane strain condition. Elastic analysis is carried out using Airy stress function and Michell solution. Unknown coefficients of the Airy stress function are determined by satisfying boundary conditions as well as continuity conditions. The governing equation of plastic zone is... 

Excellent mechanical properties and high aspect ratio of carbon nanotubes have been the reason for extensive research on nanocomposites reinforced by this nanostructure, and recently metal matrix type of these nanocomposites, due to their advantages, have received great attention. Moreover, nanoporous materials are another type of nanostructured materials which due to their very high porosity have special applications in hydrogen storage, separating molecules, purification and energy absorption. Because of completely neglecting the details of nanoscale structure and not paying attention to the length scale, classical continuum mechanics methods are not precise enough for evaluating different... 

The aim of this work is numerical analysis of wave propagation in earth by using spectral element method for single and multi phase with application in oil industry. In this method, numerical solution has high accuracy due to using high order polynomials and appropriate integration points. Also, the mass matrix is diagonal by using this method which results in considerable decrease in computational cost with respect to finite element method.
The wave propagation in the mentioned models is studied by many researchers. The main problem in petroleum industry is large dimension of the model which results in high computational costs. Thus, using the proper numerical approach for these... 

Nanocrystallization kinetics of amorphous Finemet-type alloys was studied using Isokinetic and Isoconversional methods (Kissinger model-fitting method, Vyazovkin advance method, Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose(KSA),Flynn–Wall–Ozawa(FWO),Tang and Starink) under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions. Effects of chemical composition on the nanocrystallization kinetics, microstructure and magnetic properties of Fe73.5Si13.5B9Nb3Cu1 and Fe77Si11B9Nb2.4Cu0.6 alloys were also investigated. Kinetic triplet (activation energy, frequency factor and reaction model) were determined by these methods and compared for the alloys. According to isoconversional methods, the activation energy is variable as a... 

The current study was attributed to uranium uptake by Varion-AP resin from Saghand, Iran Uranium Mine, ore leach liquor. A suitable high-efficiency system was designed for continuous ion exchange at the bench scale and the uranium uptake parameters were optimized. In this system, 1 reactors was used with a volume of 3 liters in stage with the same height difference. A leach liquor containing uranium with a concentration of between 200 and 300 mg/l was flowed from the feed storage by gravity between reactor 1 to 10 at a flow rate of 30 lit/h and Varion-AP resin was transferred in counter-current flow from stage 10 to 1 by a pneumatic pump. The output of each reactor had a screener that... 

The concept of generalized strains is a well-established subject in the classical continuum mechanics. The characteristics and various applications of the generalized strains have been the point of interest of many researchers in the classical continuum mechanics. The aim of this thesis is the introduction of generalized strains in the micropolar theory, as a non-classical continuum theory. A set of generalized strains is suggested for the deformation of macro-elements. Moreover, a set of generalized strains is proposed for the micro-structures. Since the rate of strains possesses a significant importance in the constitutive equations of nonlinear analysis of solids, expressions for the rate... 

In this project, a size-dependent formulation is presented for mechanical analyses of inhomogeneous micro-plates based on the modified couple stress theory. The modified couple stress theory as a non-classical continuum theory has the ability to consider the small size effects in the mechanical behavior of the structures.The material properties are supposed arbitrarily to vary through the thickness of the plate. The governing differential equations of motion are derived for functionally graded plates utilizing variational approach. Based on the derived formulation, the static and free-vibration behaviors as well as buckling analysis of a rectangular functionally graded micro-plate are...