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Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are prone to faults due to battery depletion of nodes, where a node failure can disturb routing, as it plays a key role in transferring sensed data to the end users. A WSN may be partitioned into groups of nodes called clusters; for every cluster, there is a node, called Cluster Head (CH) that is responsible for collecting and transferring data from all nodes in that cluster. This means that the CH is a single point of failure; i.e., once a CH fails, the whole cluster will fail, which leads to inability of its members for transferring data outside the cluster. This thesis presents a Fault-Tolerant and Energy-Aware algorithm (FTEA), which prolongs the lifetime... 

In this study a new SPH model for solving free surface and fluid-fluid interaction problems is presented. The numerical model is capable of simulating two dimensional hydraulic problems with arbitrary boundary and initial conditions and large number of particles. It has the ability to model multi-fluids domain with different densities and viscosities. Several corrections are implemented in SPH formulation such as treatment of free surface and correction of viscous term in order to conserve the angular momentum. Several examples are conducted in fluid-fluid domains to measure the capability of model in this area of study. This new model use Incompressible SPH method for more accurate... 

The goal of this research is the probabilistic estimation of time and cost of the process of seismic retrofitting of structural elements of buildings. In the past, many models have been proposed for estimating the cost of retrofitting buildings, especially masonry buildings. Most of these models have been developed using data from a limited number of retrofitting projects and employing methods such as fitting or regression. A review of the technical literature shows that previous research has not modeled the execution of building retrofitting operations and their complexities, which significantly affect the cost of these projects. Furthermore, the duration of building retrofitting operations... 

This thesis is a research corresponding to Super-Hydrophobic condensation substrates with Nanometer texture. In this study, the foresaid surfaces are fabricated by two methods that are Nano-composite paint and Electrophoretic coating. As a summary for the first method (the Super-Hydrophobic Nano-composite paint), the hybrid coating contains two mineral and organic phases; The organic phase is a two-part clear-coat polyurethane and plays the role as a polymer matrix in Nano-composite structure. Silica Nano-particles are the mineral phase and the two phases of Nano-composite have made connection with silane compounds. Also, surface-modification in Nano-particles for giving hydrophobicity... 

Let D be an F-central division algebra of index n. In this thesis a criterion for the triviality of the group G(D) = D^*/Nrd_(D/F) (D^*)D^' is presented and thus generalizing various related results published recently. To be more precise, it is shown that G(D) = 1 if and only if SK〗_1 (D) = 1 and (F^* )^2=(F^* )^2n. By using this, the role of some particular subgroups of D* in the algebraic structure of D is investigated. In this direction, it is proved that a division algebra D of prime index is a symbol algebra if and only if D* contains a non-abelian nilpotent subgroup  

Since the classical continuum theory fails to deal with the problems associated with defects, stress concentrators, and relevant deformation phenomena in solids, alternative approaches that can detect the atomistic nature of materials' fracture are required. The deficiency of the capture the size effect which yields delusively high values for some components of the stress field right on the edge of the stress concentrators, and its weakness in describing the complex interaction between small inhomogeneities, cracks and the like when they are only a few nanometers apart, are among some of the disadvantages of the classical approach. In recent years, however, atomistic methods are emerging to... 

Aluminum Bronzes have many applications in marine environments. These alloys suffer from both hot cracking and cold cracking. In order to overcome the hot cracking and cold cracking, Semisolid Stir Joining method and a proper thermal cycle was used respectively. Effects of temperature, stirring rate, and tool type were investigated in Semisolid Stir joining method. In this method, butt joint design was used in order to place specimens, and the specimens were heated up to specific temperatures (920, 925, 930°C). A stirrer (Cylindrical and Grooved tool) with three rotational speeds (800, 1200, 1600 RPM) was introduced into the stir weld seam. Welded specimens were cooled to the 900°C... 

The low female labor force participation rate in the Iranian labor market relative to the global average and even to countries that do not differ significantly from the socio-economic characteristics of our country is one of the important questions of the Iranian labor market. In this study, we seek to answer the question of whether the economic participation rate of married women will increase if the gender gaps in wages, job findings and job losses among women and men are eliminated in the Iranian labor market. To answer this question using household expenditure and income data and labor force data, we show that between the two categories of occupations, in terms of the share of women's... 

Shot peening is a cold-working process commonly used in industry to improve the fatigue performance, stress corrosion resistance and surface nano-crystallization of metallic parts. This process extends fatigue life via two mechanisms: Preventing the crack growth due to compressive residual stresses and, preventing the crack initiation because of increased material hardness. These mechanisms are the results of the bombardment of the component's surface with small spherical particles. In this research, an analytical model is developed for estimating the residual stress distribution induced by shot peening process. The modifications of the developed analytical model are related to... 

Solid-State Drives (SSDs) provide high performance, low power consumption, and hence are widely used in the I/O cache of enterprise storage systems and high performance servers. Although employing high performance SSDs in the I/O cache of storage systems significantly improves system performance, it comes with significant reliability threats for write operations upon power failures. In order to provide high level of reliability, storage architectures employ SSDs in I/O cache with RAID-1 configuration, however, such configuration only partially mitigates the reliability issues of the SSDs. In this thesis, we analyze the reliability of SSD-based I/O caches against power outage and high... 

An optimal trajectory for flight through Microburst wind shears is designed which minimizes the maximum deviation from desired trajectory With respect to optimal control methods. The suitable performance of airplane retrieval in abort landing and landing phases at microburst encounter is achieved by influence of mentioned design in worse case of wind fluctuation and variation. 3D Vicroy microburst model is selected to investigate its effects on 6 DOF jet engine aircraft EOMs. Above optimal control problem is solved using gradient method of SD . Furthermore, sensitivity of optimal trajectory to lateral and longitudinal location of microburst, microburst parameters, throttle setting and...