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Soft computing consists of a set of powerful methods that have been successfully applied to many different application domains, including business, engineering, and bioinformatics. In this research we propose an innovative approach that uses genetic algorithms to mine a set of behavior data output by a biological system in order to determine the kinetic parameters of the system. In our approach, the machine learning method is integrated with the framework of existent biological information in a wiring diagram so that its findings are expressed in a form of system dynamic behavior. An application of the method to the cell division cycle model has shown that the method can discover optimum... 

Epidemiological studies have shown a positive association between particulate matters exposure and adverse health effects. However, the insufficient knowledge about the influences of components or characteristics of these particles on their health effects and toxicity leads into inefficient control practices for reducing particulates health effects. So, relationship between particles toxicity and their emission sources and components is a valuable criterion in particle emission control strategies. Moreover, as people spend most of their time in indoor environment, investigating the main sources and components of particulate toxicity in indoor environment and finding the influence of outdoor... 

In this thesis to simulate the behavior of liquid engine Thrust chamber of hot gas from a quasi one dimensional code used when the effects of the heat transfer and friction in those terma. As well as during the regenerative channel is simulated by considering the equation’s of continuity, momentum and energy for one dimensional, effects of increase temperature, pressure drop, change the density of coolant flow resulting from the warming which is visible along the way to increase the accuracy of calculation of the thermal flux output of the engine, use a suitable model for unclear boiling in consideration of heat transfer coefficient used coolant flow it has been. As well as coupling of heat... 

In most of the studies conducted on the physics of the outflow from impinging jet injectors, Newtonian fluids have been used for their research and experiments. These studies have investigated the effect of factors such as geometrical parameters of the injector and physical properties of the fluid on different regimes resulting from the impact of the jet stream; Unfortunately, very few studies have been conducted on how to form spray and atomization in gel non-Newtonian fluids containing nanoparticles to investigate the above factors when using impinging jet injectors. Furthermore, although the addition of nanoparticles has advantages for better combustion, there are still problems in... 

Liquid atomization have broad range of usage in different industries. Colliding two jets is one method for atomization of different kind of fluids especially high viscose and viscoelastic fluids. Here, we experimentally investigated the effect of skewness and velocity differential of two Newtonian viscose colliding jets on formation of a special oscillating liquid sheet pattern with periodic fragmentation called “fishbone”. For this work, four liquid sheet regimes; triple chain, double chain, close rim, and open rim which fishbone pattern could be observed were produced and Skewness and jets velocity differential were applied to them. A synced CCD camera and stroboscope illumination source... 

In this thesis the instability regimes of the liquid sheet resulted from interactions of three converging jets is investigated. To this end, the shadowgraphy method is used. All the experiments have been done under the atmospheric pressure by using water as the jet fluid. The injectors are orifice ones.In our study, the effects of changing the jet velocities and changing the three jets’ structure (planar and non-planar) in having different liquid sheet shapes are investigated.Although so many researches have been done on interactions of two converging jets until now, there is almost not any researches about interactions of three converging jets. Considering this, this thesis topic is novel,... 

The velocity of the hot outflow gas in laminar premixed flame is one of the important properties of combustion, along with other properties such as temperature and flame components. In fact, laminar flame velocity has been employed in a multitude number of concepts ranging from engine design to achieving flame properties under turbulent conditions. In this research, a cylindrical Bunsen burner and appropriate TIO2 particles were used. Particles with diameters between 10-23 microns were used and the exit diameter of burner considered 14 mm. In this study, the equivalence ratio with a value between 0.9-1.2 are fed with LPG fuel to create a laminar premixed flame. As a result of the present... 

With the increase in the average age of the world's population, osteoporosis is a worldwide incidence. This disease, along with natural disasters, are important factors in the occurrence of fractures in various bones of the body. One of the methods for solving this problem and replacing with broken body bones is the use of metal implants with hydroxyapatite-based coatings. One of the common problems with using implants in the body is the infection in the adjacent parts of the implant. To overcome this problem, several studies have been carried out on the use of hydroxyapatite coatings with metal ions or antibacterial oxide compounds. In the present study, the influence of factors such as the... 

In the present work we first introduced ILIDS and review the theory of interferometry and light scattering from droplets. Bases on ILIDS method, droplets are irradiated by monochrome sheet laser, where the superposition of reflected and first-order refracted beams form a parallel fringe pattern at out of focus plane on the imaging sensor in the forward-scatter region. This pattern can be related to the droplet size by using simple geometrical optics. For the present work, an image processing algorithm is utilized to capture weak and noisy images of droplets to reduce the lost data in the sizing procedure. Since ILIDS method is applied for small and dilute spray, it is suitable for... 

Quantitative measurement of pressure on surfaces in wind tunnels and flight tests is essential to understand the aerodynamic performance of flying vehicles. Pressure data are also essential for validation and verification of computational fluid dynamics codes. One of the relatively new methods of measuring pressure distribution on aerodynamic surfaces is the method of pressure sensitive paint (PSP). The PSP method is an optical technique that can measure the pressure distribution on the surface without using common pressure sensors or transducers, with greater spatial resolution and lower cost. This method has a unique ability for non-contact (non-interfering) measurements. In this method,... 

In the present work, the local Chemiluminescence method has been implemented on a laminar premixed propane-air flame. The goal of this work is to achieve a system capable of measuring the intensity of Chemiluminescent radiations of CH* and OH* radicals locally and with high spatial and temporal accuracy. For this purpose, a setup has been designed and developed. In order to achieve high spatial accuracy for local measurements, a Cassegrain lens has been designed and built, which has the ability to collect light from a cylindrical control volume with a cross-sectional diameter of 58 μm and a depth of 3.4 mm. An optical system for dividing and filtering light based on wavelength has also been... 

Injecting liquid fuel into the cross flow of air provides high penetration of the liquid, rapid mixing with air, and increased efficiency. This method has widespread applications in the propulsion systems of gas turbines, scramjets, turbine blade cooling, and fuel injection for engine afterburners. One of the design strategies for future aircraft engines is to reduce pollutants using fuel spray into the cross flow instead of direct jet fuel injection and using renewable energy sources. The applications of cross flows include injecting fluid through rotating pressure injectors in exhaust flows, injecting fluid through pressure-rotating injectors in radial injectors, and using slinger... 

Due to importance of designing geometry and working condition of injector it is necessary that by testing cold flow, we gain better understanding of atomization characteristics and in particular initial atomization close to injector which defines the spray characteristics. Up to today experimental measurements in the high density zone close to injector has been difficult to to optical limitations and also analytical solutions of atomization process is limited due to complexity and highly nonlinear equations. Numerical solutions are also under development and researchers have recently done researches and simulations. In this field the modeling of liquid sheet collapse has challenged numerical... 

The road authorities of a city have the responsibility of constantly assessing how well their city performs when traffic conditions are taken into account. In many metropolises around the world, if not taken preventive measures, there will be observed a density above the network capacity and a noticeable decrease in the level of service, especially in the morning and evening peak hours. Also, the dynamic congestion pricing of certain areas based on the traffic condition has always been considered significant by urban planning officials. Since this is not possible except by constantly assessing the current traffic state, a variety of methods have been used to predict the future traffic... 

The main purpose of this thesis is to analyze the total productive maintenance based on computerized maintenance management system. At first, a detailed study on total productive maintenance is performed and then the requirements of this maintenance strategy are specified. Also, a computerized maintenance management system is defined which can help total productive maintenance to reach to its requirements. Finally, a conceptual model and entity-relationship model for computerized maintenance management system data base has been created  

The main aim of this thesis is to develop the technical knowledge of designing and making active ingredients of domestically produced drugs, decreasing the costs, independency in producing these products, and checking outflow of currency. It also aims to reduce the financial challenges of patients who have to pay huge amounts for such drugs. Conducting research in the field of reverse engineering and using its definition, and attempt in made to get knowledge into the stages of product development process, to determine the technical standards associated with each stage, to recognize how knowledge is shared during this process, and to present some methods of establishing the infrastructure... 

Today, organizations are surrounded by basic and continuous changes such as declining organizational resources, reduction of the production cycles, and the need for rapid adaption. Those organizations remain competitive while maintaining their productivity, that have following characteristics: accurately plan and assess their knowledge resources, create and absorb beneficial knowledge, store and organize their knowledge, disseminate knowledge to needed areas, and use knowledge in practice and decision making, to improve their products/services as well as their performance. Therefore, the human capital has been considered as knowledge owners and the most important organizational resource, on... 

Increasing population and competition for producing various productions and also more consumption in recent decades, result in producing more wastes. Therefore effective and continuous waste management is essential for monitoring the process (from the wastes generation source to the waste disposal) and establishing the efficient strategies to reduce wastes. One of the major sources of waste generation is hospitals that cause lots of environmental problem unless they are managed properly.Recycling is an important element of waste management that can reduce costs by innovative and proper management. The purpose of this research is identification of recyclable plastic items and estimates the... 

Lack of financial sources for production and performing projects has been an effective issue in all governmental and non-governmental organizations. So, using a structure with capability of detecting and forecasting all expenses and costs, and being able to convert the mass of data into useful and instrumental reports for managerial decision such as estimating total cost, selecting the syntax of production and etc is obvious for recourse management of every organization. Among the various components of the cost engineering system, cost management system by recording and allocating cost is an important issue in efficiency of every cost engineering system.In this thesis, Automotive Industrial...