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This research is concerned with the investigation of forced time–harmonic vertical vibration of a rigid disk embedded in a transversely isotropic full space medium. By properties of integral transform methods, the generalized mixed boundary–value problem is formulated as a set of dual integral equations, which in turn, are reduced to a Fredholm equation of the second kind. The obtained Fredholm integral equation is solved by well-known numerical methods. Selected results for the load distribution on the disk and complex compliance are presented for various ranges of frequency.

 

In this study, the analytical treatment of an anchor plate buried in a transversely isotropic half-space and subjected to a normal point load is addressed. In reality, the tension face of the anchor plate is detached from the soil and the edges of the detached zone extend to a region greater than the anchor plate area. To simulate this situation, the anchor plate is modeled as a rigid circular disk located in a penny-shaped crack and it is in smooth contact with only single face of the crack. With the aid of an appropriate displacement potential function and Hankel transform, the governing equations of the problem are written as a set of triple integral equations. Employing some mathematical... 

The following dissertation examines the interaction between the free surface of a homogenous transversely isotropic half-space and a rigid circular foundation. The whole system is under a vertical and an inclined point loads applied simultaneously on the foundation and at the specified depth of the medium, respectively. Determination of the Green’s functions for the proposed mixed boundary value problem is of interest. By employment of the boundary conditions, the governing equations are represented in terms of a dual integral equation which are subsequently solved analytically. Furthermore, the exact closed-form expressions of the tilt (rotation and settlement) of the loaded rigid foundation... 

In this thesis, pull-in of nano/micromirrors under effects of capillary, Casimir and van der Waals (vdW) forces is investigated based on two models. In the first model, only rotation of torsional beams of mirror is considered. In the second model, effect of bending of the torsional beams is also considered. The static behavior of the mirror under capillary, Casimir and vdW loading are also studied using these models. Results show that neglecting bending effect, can lead to considerable overestimation in predicting the pull-in limits of the nano/micromirrors under these forces. Results reveal that the static behavior of the nano/micromirrors under these forces highly depends on the... 

The propagation of anti-plane surface waves in an inhomogeneous magneto-electro-elastic MEE) half-space with 6mm symmetry is studied. By virtue of both direct and indirect methods, the dispersion relations corresponding to two general cases of material properties variation are obtained. In the first case, it is assumed that all material properties involving MEE properties and density vary similarly in depth. Whereas, the second case considers different variations for MEE properties and density. The non-dispersive shear surface wave velocities pertinent to homogeneous MEE media under eight different surface electromagnetic boundary conditions are obtained as the limiting cases of the current... 

The analytical treatment of fracture analysis of a rigid disk inhomogeneity embedded in a piezoelectric medium is addressed. By virtue of the potential functions introduced by Ding for piezoelectric materials, the governing equations corresponding to this mixed boundary value problem are written as a set of triple integral equations. With the aid of some mathematical techniques, the obtained integral equations are reduced to a Fredholm integral equation and solved by a well-known numerical method. Some numerical results for the stress intensity factors at the tip of the penny-shaped crack are presented. The limiting case of an isotropic solid considered by Selvadurai is used for... 

In this research, the surface of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs), as template, were coated by Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) with composition of Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 via sol-gel process. The final product is called PZT-CNT hybrid material. For functionalizing of CNTs, benzyl alcohol was used. Simultaneous thermal analysis (STA) proved that the as-derived amorphous material crystallized at 520 ˚C. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images verified the deposition of a uniform coating of PZT on the surface of CNTs and proved that the functionalizing treatment was done successfully. X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed that the crystal structure of the hybrid was tetragonal perovskite.... 

In the present research, transient liquid phase bonding of dissimilar st52 low carbon manganese steel to 304 stainless steel by pure Cu foil, in induction furnace and SIC furnace, was investigated. Samples were bonded in induction and SIC furnace at 1150 0C for different bonding times. Samples were then cut transversely and cross section of samples was examined by optical and scanning electron microscope. Complete isothermal solidification time was more than 9 hours and 90 minutes for SIC and induction furnace, respectively. Micro hardness and shear strength tests were done on samples bonded in optimum condition. Shear strength of none homogenized samples which had been bonded in SIC... 

The purpose of this study is fabrication and characterization of a mesoporous Perovskite solar cell using Barium Titanate as the mesoporous electron transfer layer. In this study, TiO2 nanoparticles and BaTiO3 oxide perovskites were prepared by sol-gel synthesis method and their pastes were applied to the conductive substrate by spin coating method and applied to electron transfer layer in perovskite solar cells. Then Perovskite solar cells were fabricated with different structures from the electron transfer layer.The results of X-ray diffraction analysis showed that pure Barium Titanate and Titanium dioxide nanoparticles were successfully synthesized with tetragonal and cubic crystal... 

Last generation of solar cells which are organo-metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with power conversion efficiency over 20% are increasingly comparable to the silicon types, these PSCs are poorly stable under working environment. Carbon-based PSCs with lower cost and more stability seem a better choice for commercialization in future. In these PSCs TiO2 and NiO are working as electron and hole transporting materials, respectively. In addition, ZrO2 film between two mentioned layers works as a buffer layer to prevent direct contact. In this thesis, the initial powder, necessary for fabricating the buffer layer is synthesized at the first place. Then, since the printing method is a... 

Many efforts have been put into increasing the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells that part of it has been devoted to structure and chemical composition of photoanode electrode. In this thesis, the effect of changes in the composition and its influence on light scattering ability in photoanode of dye sensitized solar cells was studied.First, the nanoparticles of titanium dioxide powder through solvothermal method as well as spherical particle and barium titanate powder by sol-gel method were synthesized. XRD and FE-SEM analyses indicated that synthesized powders are in good size and morphology regarding the intended chemical composition. Optical properties of TiO2 particles were... 

Direct/inverse scattering of high frequency SH-waves by a circular micro-/nano-fiberembedded in an infinite elastic isotropic medium is addressed in the framework of couple stresstheory with micro inertia. The inadequacy of classical theory of elasticity in the problems dealingwith propagation of high frequency waves as well as the problems concerning the elastic fields inthe vicinity of micro-/nano-size defects in which the wavelengths and the size of the defects arecomparable to intrinsic length of the material is well-known. These dilemmas can be remedied byemploying the more accurate higher order continuum theories. So, in the context of couple stresstheory with micro inertia, the... 

Perovskite solar cells, with high efficiency operation, have been candidated as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly technology. Despite the great progress, there are some primarily issues remained regarding to the perovskite film and its fabrication methods. A very common perovskite cell structure is FTO/TiO2/CH3NH3PbI3/Spiro-OMeTAD/Au. Although, this structure has some advantages, lack of full surface coverage of perovskite film leads researchers to put much effort on finding other constructions. This surface inhomogeneity reduces the amount of light absorption and therefore efficiency. One way to produce a complete and uniform film is applying mixed-halide composition; such as... 

The microstructure, morphology and quality of the perovskite organic-inorganic layer as an absorber layer in perovskite solar cells has a significant role on the efficiency and energy conversion of the device. Different solvent engineering methods have been employed to prepare the perovskite layer with the desired properties and thier reproducibility have been studied. Herein, we applied a two-step solution approach by solvent engineering method, using solvents such as isopropyl alcohol, acetone and thier mixture, for preparation of lead iodide films. Moreover, their metallurgical and photovoltaic properties were investigated. The impact of solvent engineering, using solvents such as... 

The propagation behavior of Love wave in functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic half-spaces with a quadratic variation is addressed. The magneto-electromechanical coupling factor, the dispersion relations, electric potential, magnetic potential and displacement are obtained analytically for both magneto-electrically open and short conditions. The effect of gradient coefficient on phase velocity, group velocity and magneto-electromechanical coupling factor are plotted and discussed. Research on the wave propagation in magneto-electro-elastic materials is still very limited. This work provides us with a theoretical foundation to design and practically apply SAW devices with high... 

In the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM, the produced water would be divided into two phases of vapor and liquid. distribution of both liquid and vapor phases in different cell layers affects the performance, the efficiency and the life of a fuel cell significantly. Moreover, Nano pores of the cathode catalyst layer are involved with some phenomena such as electrochemical reaction kinetics, heat and mass transfer and interface phase change. One of the most important problems in the performance of fuel cells is distribution of liquid water in the porous areas. Water flooding in fuel cells causes to delay in oxygen transport to active sites in the catalyst layer because the pores of... 

In this study, the interaction between thin plate completely bonded to the transversely isotropic halfspace and a concentrated force applied horizontally (Mindlin-type force) are considered. This problem has been solved analytically. This problem is used as sample for thin solid films and surface coating technology, where the surface of solid is covered by thethin plate for increasing its stiffness. Moreover, this problem is a good sample when homogenous solid is subjected to contact loading and can be seen that mechanical properties of material which is near the solid surface varies; consequently, a two-phase solid is created.Because of the influence of noted inhomogeneity, solid is... 

Hydrodynamics plays a crucial role in defining the performance of fluidized beds. The numerical simulation of fluidized bed is very important in the prediction of its behaviour. From this point of view, in the present study a dynamic two dimensioanl model is developed for the modeling of regenerator system of a UOP fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit of Abadan refinery with a high-efficiency regenerator. Of the various modeling and simulation techniques, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is employed in this thesis. Effects of gas velocity, the transient local solid volume fraction, pressure drop for gas and solid phase, solid holdup distribution and solid circulation pattern have been... 

Nowadays large volume of sensitive data of organizations are stored in the databases. Thus, databases are attractive to the attackers to execute different types of attacks with different purposes. The useful information that attackers try to achieve in the preliminary steps of the attacks against the databases, is the database structure or schema. One of the popular approach to extract the schema of a database is to analyze the returned error messages from its DBMS. Hence, a solution to prevent schema disclosure via the error messages is customizing and modifying them. To achieve this goal, in this thesis, we propose a framework to handle and customize the error messages automatically and...