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The focus of this project was on gaining the knowledge of design characteristics and manufacturing of a hydraulic servo valve. Hence, in the first stage, the model of the valve was considered. After investigating the important parameters which influence the performance of the valve, the effect of each parameter on the valve's efficiency was examined. One of the most important characteristics of the valve is the amount of lapping between the spool and sleeve. Numerical analysis was done and all the characteristic curves were elicited. Equations governing the dynamics of the plant including a servo valve, servo actuator and dynamic model of the turbine and waterway were presented. Then the... 

Classified ads are one of the first E-Commerce formed after the introduction of the internet to the world which is still popular. Divar is one of the main online classified ads and thousands of transactions are happening daily. The transaction of demandant and supplier happens in a risky relation that needs trust to facilitate this transaction. In this research, we are trying to study trust models in the context of C2C E-commerce. As there are no structural assurance and feedback mechanisms in Divar, we decide to study the initial trust of members due to a lack of information from each other. In this research, we gather data from 385 participants by an online questionnaire. The results show... 

Transportation systems have been impressed the humankind societies in an astonishing way. However, there are some weak points that have been accompanied with them. In order to decrease these effects, some strategies such as Transportation Demand Management (TDM) methods have been proposed in some few literatures. In this study, regarding increasing women’s role in urban trips and also some gender based differences; the effects of pricing have been applied as a management method through a Logit Model. Results show that using dummy gender based values would lead to more reliable consequences rather than some separated models with insufficient information. Moreover, it was concluded that women... 

This thesis contains four chapters. In first chapter the role of water in organic reactions as a ecofriendly solvent, computational chemistry and dynamic nuclear magnetic resonance were studied. In the second chapter synthesis of new 4-hydroxy pyrrole derivatives in water were reported. For the synthesis of these compounds arylglyoxal derivatives, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and ammonium acetate were used. The reaction conditions are very mild. The third chapter contains the synthesis of new (4 or 5)-Aryl-2-aryloeil-(1H)-imidazole compounds in aqueous media. We also investigated the tauto-isomerisation of isomeric imidazoles during this reaction using DNMR technique. In forth chapter a... 

A Loop heat pipe (LHP) is an efficient two phase heat transfer device that is widely used in cooling applications. In this research a novel LHP was designed, fabricated and its performance was investigated through various experiments. The novel LHP has a new arrangement in evaporator and reservoir configuration in comparison with conventional LHPs, which results in a different energy and fluid flow. In addition, the novel LHP has a new mechanism for active control of working temperature which was not already used. Aside from its good performance, this LHP has easier and lower cost manufacturing process compared with the conventional ones. Also the proposed temperature control method is... 

Formation damage in oil and gas wells is mainly induced by drilling operations. Filtrate and particle invasion into formation as the sources of this damage caused serious problems, e.g. reduction of production rates. Therefore numerical modeling of this phenomenon helps us to better understand the process, and as a result, control and reduce formation damage associated with this impairment. In this research, a model to estimate the invasion depth and damage of mud filtrate from water-based mud is presented. Filtrate invasion into the formation is investigated by convection-diffusion equation with regard to dispersion term. The invasion depth is obtained from mud filtrate profile in the... 

The integration of radar and communication functionalities into a unified Joint Radar-Communication (JRC) system offers enhanced spectral efficiency and reduced hardware complexity. Recognized as a key enabler for next-generation wireless networks, JRC systems require a careful balance between radar and communication demands, where waveform design plays a pivotal role in achieving this equilibrium. Although waveform design has been extensively studied separately in radar and communication domains, the requirements of modern networks necessitate a unified approach that simultaneously addresses the needs of both systems. This thesis advances waveform design methodologies for JRC systems,... 

A user-provided network (UPN) has the potential to achieve a low cost ubiq-uitous Internet connectivity without the need of significantly increase of network infrastructure investment.In this article, we consider such a network where the network operator encourages some of her subscribers to operator as mobile Wi-Fi hotspots (hosts), providing Inter-net connectivity for other subscribers (clients). We formulate the interaction between the operators and mobile users as a two-stage game. In Stage I, the operator decides the usage-based pricing and quota-based incentive mechanism for the data usage. In Stage II, the mobile users decide the membership selection, i.e., choosing to be a host, or a... 

Financial losses and casualties due to the collapse of the masonry facade and the infill walls of the building in recent earthquakes were motivators of this research to study seismic performance assessment of masonry facade. One of the main reasons for the collapse of buildings facade is their inadequate connection to the infill walls and structure frame. The mentioned item caused when earthquakes such as Kermanshah earthquake occurred, although a large number of buildings remained undamaged in terms of their structural, facades of these buildings collapsed. The details of the masonry facade, such as the metal wires mentioned in the codes, are not usually applied in Iran, and the connection... 

In this dissertation, the application of frequency and space diversities in radar target parameter estimation are investigated. On this basis, multi-frequency signal is used to improve the range resolution, array structure is used to increase the angle estimation accuracy and the merger of the multi-frequency signal and array structure are used to increase the maximum number of targets that can be uniquely identified.Considering the desirable properties of multi-frequency signals such as high bandwidth efficiency, high range resolution achievement without chip length decrease and …, there has been increased interest in the vast area of research on the design of such signals that has... 

Target recognition techniques based on micro Doppler phenomenon are popular because they are applicable even on low resolution radars, in contrast to other techniques such as High Resolution Range Profile (HRRP) which need high resolution in range or angle. Usually, main purpose of such techniques is generating robust features against target initial state, velocity, aspect angle, etc. rather than features which exactly identify a target. Main approaches in the literature are based on time-frequency transforms (TFT) such as spectrogram in order to generate features to classify targets, but in this thesis, we propose a totally different method using Recurrence Plot for generating features... 

In this research with Finite Element Methods in ABAQUS, numerical modeling has done in three-dimensions, which can be used to determine the effect of different factors on the surface settlement. Also, various factors such as geotechnical conditions, tunnel diameter,tunnel depth, the impact of the thickness of the segments and the amount of eccentricity of the structure relative to the longitudinal axis of the tunnel considered in this study. Face Pressure Supports, and Grout Injection Pressures are taken into account, too.Tunnel drilling causes a change in the displacement area and creates a changing zone around the tunnel. In this regard, not only adjacent buildings will be affected by... 

Proton precession magnetometers are one of the most sensitive scalar magnetic sensors. Their function is based on Zeeman effect and also nuclear magnetic resonance phenomena. In this project we have designed and implemented needed coils, swithching and signal detection circuits. Because of extremely high sensitivity of this sensor to induced noises and also gradient of earth’s magnetic fileld, detection of precession signal needs design of low noise electronic circuits with special EMC considerations. The implemented system in this project contains different blocks, such as switching circuit and its related control unit, amplifier, filter and frequency meter. Using this system, the obtained... 

Effective field theory is a practical method for model building and explaining experimental/observational data. These theories are constructed based on knowing low energy degrees of freedom and symmetries (accidental or fundamental). By construction, these theories are applicable up to a cut-off scale and their predictions beyond that are not reliable. For applications to higher energies a UV completion is needed through which modifications are applied or new heavy degrees of freedom are introduced. In order to complete a theory in a Wilsonian approach, scattering amplitudes must satisfy some constraints. These constraints are derived from basic assumptions like Lorentz invariance,... 

Numerous structures which are involved in seismic soil-pile-structure interaction have been destroyed. Considering complexities which exist in soil-pile interaction problems and lack of precise methods without imperfect bases, it is necessary to use numerical methods for analyzing soil-pile interaction problems. In this research, three-dimensional modeling and studying the effect of changing soil and pile parameters on the behavior of pile under earthquake loading is performed using finite difference software, FLAC3D. The soil in this model has a softening behavior. Real earthquake spectrum has been applied into the model as the acceleration time history at the bedrock level. The results of... 

In this thesis the dynamic behavior of the thick-walled shell with variable thickness is investigated. Such structures are used in a variety of industries including aerospace, oil, gas and petro-chemistry. In this study, the dynamic behavior of a rotating truncated conical thick-shell with various geometries is investigated. For this purpose, modal analysis is performed using the refined finite element method. Then,the natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes are calculated for several different geometries. Also, the relationship between geometrical variables such as thickness, the ratio of length to radius, ratio of cross-sectional radius and so on, with the natural frequency of... 

The current global economy challenges and the importance of maintaining a sustainable development strategy has increasingly bolded the importance of construction productivity measures. This research describes the results of a running research that is to find the most critical factors affecting the productivity of high rise concrete building projects in developing countries. To achieve that, we have conducted Delphi method in two phases. In the first phase we had a brainstorming program with construction experts from owner organizations, construction contractors and designing engineers to identify factors that have influenced productivity in recent concrete building construction projects.50... 

Multi-period Value-at-Risk (VaR) forecasting is important for risk management. Financial institutions especially commercial banks according to Basel Committee regulations for capital adequacy in “Internal Approach”, should forecast their VaR for multi-period horizons (longer than one day). The most conventional approach for forecasting multi-period VaR is scaling one-day forecasted VaR that is called “square root of time rule”; therefore most works in this area have been focused on forecasting one-day VaR. In this study, we review performance of a wide range of different methods in forecasting multi-period VaR. The results of our study show that historical simulation performs weakly in... 

Modern communication and space systems such as satellite communication devices, radars, SAR and radio astronomy interferometers are realized with large antenna arrays since this kind of radiating systems are able to generate radiation patterns with high directivity and resolution. In such a framework, conventional arrays with uniform inter-element spacing could be not satisfactory in terms of costs and dimensions. An interesting alternative is to reduce the array elements obtaining the so called ‘ thinned arrays’. Large thinned arrays have been exploited because of their advantages in terms of weight,consumption, hardware complexity, and cost over the... 

A large number of structures subjected to the seismic loading have been damaged or have experienced failure in different parts such as the pile structure or even in the entire structure due to unanticipated effects of the soil-pile-structure interaction.The complexity of problems regarding the soil-pile-structure interaction is an influencing factor in prediction of the behavior of structure during the earthquakes. In this study, the effect of the interaction on the dynamic response of bridges was investigated using the finite element software ABAQUS. The primary purpose of this study, as previously described, is to study the effects of the soil-structure interaction on a bridge located on a...