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Autonomous runway alignment of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles in landing phase
, Article 5th International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems, ICAS 2009, Valencia, 20 April 2009 through 25 April 2009 ; 2009 , Pages 208-213 ; 9780769535845 (ISBN) ; Saghafi, F ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
In this paper, the development of a controller for autonomous lateral alignment of fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with runway centerline in landing phase is presented. Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) is used in order to enable the vehicle to mimic the decision making procedure that a pilot follow in the same situation. Also, for longitudinal motion controller design for the UAV to follow a pre-defined trajectory, the pole-placement technique is used. It is assumed that the runway relative position and orientation are provided by a built in vision system and its associated image processing unit. The performance of the controller in the presence of the Gaussian noises is investigated by...
Improved optimal control technique for control of parallel three- phase inverters
, Article 2009 International Conference on Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems, EPECS 2009, Sharjah, 10 November 2009 through 12 November 2009 ; 2009 ; 9789948427155 (ISBN) ; Mokhtari, H ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
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This paper proposes a high performance voltage tracking and current sharing among parallel connected inverters by applying optimal control and minimizing the cost function. The control system forces the voltage of load to track the voltage reference, and the current of all inverters becomes equal. Therefore, both current sharing and voltage tracking are obtained. In addition, the smallest input energy and simplicity in control circuit are the other advantages of the suggested method. To show the performance of the proposed control scheme, the simulations with two-modular practical systems are performed and the results are provided. The results indicate that the control objectives are...
Seismic Response of “Karroon III” DAM to Non-Uniform Ground Motions
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Ghaemian, Mohsen (Supervisor)
Abstract
Usually in analysis of arch dams, applied seismic motions on dam-foundation interface are assumed to be uniform. This is while that recorded motions show non-uniform accelerations in dam-foundation interface. Analyzing of the dam under this non-uniform accelerations we can find the importance of this assumption in analysis of arch dams. Two earthquakes were excited “KAROON III” dam at 20.11.2007 and 21.11.2007. The respective motions were recorded by the array of accelerometers that has been installed on the dam. The recorded motions, indicated non-uniformity of excitations in accelerometers were installed near the dam-foundation interface. Therefore this data provided an opportunity to...
The effect of non-uniformity in ground motions on the seismic response of arch dams
, Article SN Applied Sciences ; Volume 3, Issue 3 , 2021 ; 25233971 (ISSN) ; Sohrabi Gilani, M ; Ghaemian, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Nature
2021
Abstract
Recorded ground accelerations at various locations of Karun III Dam during November 20, 2007, were recorded by an array of accelerometers located on the dam. In terms of amplitude and phase, these accelerations show non-uniformities in different elevations. In this paper, the effect of these non-uniform ground motions on the seismic response of the dam taking dam-reservoir-foundation interaction into account is investigated. The EACD-3D-2008 finite element program and ABAQUS Software are used for carrying out the seismic analyses. For this purpose, time histories of the earthquake accelerations are interpolated at nodal points located on the dam foundation interface. The analysis has been...
Thermal analysis of RCC dams during construction considering different ambient boundary conditions at the upstream and downstream faces
, Article Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring ; Volume 12, Issue 3 , 2022 , Pages 487-500 ; 21905452 (ISSN) ; Sohrabi Gilani, M ; Ghaemian, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
2022
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Thermal analysis of Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) dams is generally carried out considering identical ambient boundary conditions at upstream and downstream faces. For the case of Shahri-Kor Dam (an RCC dam with a height of 57 m), recorded thermal data depicts a considerable difference between upstream and downstream ambient temperatures, especially during cold months. This paper investigates how taking this difference into account can affect the thermal response of the dam. For this purpose, two thermal analyses are carried out with and without consideration of these different ambient boundary conditions (DABC). Consequently, the computed temperatures at representative points are compared...
Design of a Control System Based on the Permanent Magnet for Control of a Magnetic Catheter
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Nejat Pishkenari, Hossein (Supervisor)
Abstract
Currently, the use of robots and microrobots in medical applications has significantly increased due to their extensive and unique capabilities. One such application involves the utilization of magnetic continuum robots controlled by an external magnetic field in minimally invasive surgeries. This research focuses on discussing methods for effectively controlling magnetic-continuum robots and applying external magnetic fields. Two primary methods for applying the external magnetic field are explored: the use of electromagnetic coils and permanent magnets. Based on these methods, systems for applying the field and controlling the magnetic continuum robot have been constructed and...
The relationship between an EFL teacher's gender and students' willingness to communicate
, Article International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies ; Volume 10, Issue 4 , 2013 , Pages 17-29 ; 23277882 (ISSN) ; Pakzadian, S. S
Common Ground Publishing
2013
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Learning a foreign language encompasses a process of trial and error that can lead to the progression of the learner's interlanguage, meaning that the learners make use of their language knowledge that receives feedback and brings about progress through diagnosis of the problems and being corrected by the teacher. Therefore, there exists a need to analyze the underlying reasons causing the students to remain taciturn with a low willingness to communicate (WTC) during a language class. There has been much work done investigating the role of the learner's stable personal characteristics (traits) along with their situational changes at a specific time (states) that influence the student's...
An automated simple algorithm for realistic pore network extraction from micro-tomography images
, Article Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering ; Vol. 123, issue , 2014 , pp. 164-171 ; ISSN: 09204105 ; Jamshidi, S ; Salehi, S
2014
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Using 3-D scanned data to analyze and extract pore network plays a vital role in investigation of porous media's characteristics. In this paper, a new simple method is developed to detect pores and throats for analyzing the connectivity and permeability of the network. This automated method utilizes some of the common and well-known image processing functions which are widely accessible by researchers and this has led to an easy algorithm implementation. In this method, after polishing and quality control of images, using city-block distance function and watershed segmentation algorithm, pores and throats are detected and 3-D network is produced. This method can also be applied on 2-D images...
Discrimination of heart arrhythmias using novel features in heart rate phase space
, Article Computing in Cardiology ; Volume 40 , Sept , 2013 , Pages 1035-1038 ; 23258861 (ISSN); 9781479908844 (ISBN) ; Rezaei, S ; Salavatian, S
2013
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In this paper, we try to recognize and distinguish different groups of arrhythmia using novel features which have been obtained from the heart rate's phase space in recent years. For this purpose, we used Triangular Phase Space Mapping (TPSM) and Parabolic Phase Space Mapping (PPSM). For recognition, we used three groups of 15 subjects using the Physionet database (Arrhythmia, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), and Atrial Fibrillation (AF)) with Normal Sinus Rhythm (NSR). The obtained features discriminate arrhythmia from NSR by p
An intelligent hybrid classification algorithm integrating fuzzy rule-based extraction and harmony search optimization: Medical diagnosis applications
, Article Knowledge-Based Systems ; Volume 220 , 2021 ; 09507051 (ISSN) ; Abdullah, S ; Akhavan Niaki, S. T ; Banihashemi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2021
Abstract
Uncertainty is a critical factor in medical datasets needed to be overcome for increasing diagnosis efficiency. This paper proposes an intelligent classification algorithm comprising a fuzzy rule-based approach, a harmony search (HS) algorithm, and a heuristic algorithm to classify medical datasets intelligently. Two fuzzy approaches, as well as orthogonal and triangular fuzzy sets, are first utilized to define the attributes of data. Then, an HS algorithm is integrated with a heuristic to generate fuzzy rules to select the best rules in the fuzzy rule-based systems. Moreover, to improve the performance of the proposed classification approach, a three-phase parameter tuning approach is...
Performance evaluation of shared hosting security methods
, Article Proc. of the 11th IEEE Int. Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom-2012 - 11th IEEE Int. Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications ; 2012 , Pages 1310-1315 ; 9780769547459 (ISBN) ; Arshad, S ; Khoshkdahan, S ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
Abstract
Shared hosting is a kind of web hosting in which multiple websites reside on one webserver. It is cost-effective and makes the administration easier for websites' owners. However, shared hosting has some performance and security issues. In default shared hosting configuration, all websites' scripts are executed under the webserver's user account regardless of their owners. Therefore, a website is able to access other websites' resources. This security problem arises from lack of proper isolation between different websites hosted on the same webserver. In this survey, we have examined different methods for handling mentioned security issue. Also we evaluated the performance of mentioned...
The behaviour of an artificially cemented sandy gravel
, Article Geotechnical and Geological Engineering ; Volume 23, Issue 5 , 2005 , Pages 537-560 ; 09603182 (ISSN) ; Hosseini, S. M ; Toll, D. G ; Yasrebi, S. S ; Sharif University of Technology
2005
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The major section of the city of Tehran, Iran has been developed on cemented coarse-grained alluvium. This deposit consists of gravely sand to sandy gravel with some cobbles and is dominantly cemented by carbonaceous materials. In order to understand the mechanical behaviour of this soil, a series of undrained triaxial compression tests and unconfined compression tests were performed on uncemented and artificially cemented samples. Portland cement type I was used as the cementation agent for preparing artificially cemented samples. Uncemented samples and lightly cemented samples (1.5% cement) tested at high confining pressure showed contractive behaviour accompanied with positive excess pore...
An imperialist competitive algorithm approach for multi-objective optimization of direct coupling photovoltaic-electrolyzer systems
, Article International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ; Vol. 39, Issue 33 , 11 November , 2014 , pp. 18743-18757 ; ISSN: 03603199 ; Sayedin, F ; Khavas, S. S
2014
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In the context of sustainable clean hydrogen production pathways, photovoltaic-electrolyzer systems are one of the most promising alternatives for acquiring hydrogen from renewable energy sources. In fact, determining the optimal set of design and operating variables are always a key issue while coupling directly renewable electricity sources to PEM electrolyzers. Few previous studies have attempted to find the optimal size and operational condition of directly coupled photovoltaic-electrolyzer (PV/El) systems in order to maximize the hydrogen production or to minimize energy transfer loss between photovoltaic devices and the electrolyzer. Nevertheless an easy and efficient approach still...
Kalman filter based packet loss replacement in presence of additive noise
, Article 2012 25th IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering: Vision for a Greener Future, CCECE 2012 ; 2012 ; 9781467314336 (ISBN) ; Ghorshi, S ; Tahaei, A
2012
Abstract
A major problem in real-time packet-based communication systems, is misrouted or delayed packets which results in degraded perceived voice quality. If packets are not available on time, the packets are considered as lost. The easiest solution in a network terminal receiver is to replace silence for the duration of lost speech segments. In a high quality communication system, to avoid degradation in speech quality due to packet loss, a suitable method or algorithm is needed to replace the missing segments of speech. In this paper, we introduce an adaptive filter for replacement of lost speech segment. In this method Kalman filter as a state-space based method will be used to predict the...
Investigation of Mesh Sensitivity Influence to Determine Crack Characteristic by Finite Element Methods
, Article Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention ; Volume 16, Issue 3 , 2016 , Pages 506-512 ; 15477029 (ISSN) ; Mirjavadi, S. S ; Asli, S. A ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer New York LLC
2016
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In this research, an extended finite element model has been investigated. Investigation of opening and closure stress always has been one of the difficult parameters to analysis of results; therefore, the utilization of finite element methods would be a good and logical alternative for this purpose. In addition, linear elastic fracture criteria are used for validation of numerical results from the simulation. In this work, a detailed analysis of the influence of different parameters in the results of a specific specimen with a semi-elliptical tooling groove in terms of closure and opening stress is presented, and the impact of optimum element size in fracture characteristic in various load...
Investigation of the effect of nanosilica on rheological, thermal, mechanical, structural, and piezoelectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanofibers fabricated using an electrospinning technique
, Article Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research ; Volume 56, Issue 44 , 2017 , Pages 12596-12607 ; 08885885 (ISSN) ; Ahmad Ramazani, S. A ; Talebi, S ; Fattahpour, S ; Hasany, M ; Sharif University of Technology
2017
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The effects of different nano-SiO2 contents on the rheological properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) solution and mechanical, thermal, structural, and piezoelectric properties of composite nanofibers were investigated. Results showed an increase in fiber diameter (∼125 to 350 nm) and ∼450% increase in tensile strength as the content of nano-SiO2 particles increased. The degree of crystallinity decreased by 19% as the nano-SiO2 content increased by 2% (w/w). Further investigation demonstrated that silica could significantly improve the piezoelectric properties of PVDF nanofibers as the output voltage showed an increase in the presence of silica attributed to change in the crystalline...
A method for real-time safe navigation in noisy environments
, Article 2013 18th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, MMAR 2013, Miedzyzdroje ; 2013 , Pages 329-333 ; 9781467355063 (ISBN) ; Kamali, E ; Niknezhad, M. R ; Monfared, S. S. M. S ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
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The challenge of finding an optimized and reliable path dates back to emersion of mobile robots. Several approaches have been developed that have partially answered this need. Satisfying results in previous implementations has led to an increased utilization of sampling-based motion planning algorithms in recent years, especially in high degrees of freedom (DOF), fast evolving environments. Another advantage of these algorithms is their probabilistic completeness that guarantees delivery of a path in sufficient time, if one exists. On the other hand, sampling based motion planners leave no comment on safety of the planned path. This paper suggests biasing the Rapidly-exploring Random Trees...
A generalization of the swartz equality
, Article Glasgow Mathematical Journal ; Vol. 56, issue. 2 , May , 2014 , pp. 381-386 ; ISSN: 00170895 ; Fakhari, S. A. S ; Yassemi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
2014
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For a given (d-1)-dimensional simplicial complex Γ, we denote its h-vector by h(Γ)=(h 0(Γ),h 1(Γ),...,hd (Γ)) and set h -1(Γ)=0. The known Swartz equality implies that if Δ is a (d-1)-dimensional Buchsbaum simplicial complex over a field, then for every 0 ≤ i ≤ d, the inequality ihi (Δ)+(d-i+1)h i-1(Δ) ≥ 0 holds true. In this paper, by using these inequalities, we give a simple proof for a result of Terai (N. Terai, On h-vectors of Buchsbaum Stanley-Reisner rings, Hokkaido Math. J. 25(1) (1996), 137-148) on the h-vectors of Buchsbaum simplicial complexes. We then generalize the Swartz equality (E. Swartz, Lower bounds for h-vectors of k-CM, independence, and broken circuit complexes, SIAM J....
Hardware-in-the-loop optimization of an active vibration controller in a flexible beam structure using evolutionary algorithms
, Article Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures ; Vol. 25, issue. 10 , 2014 , p. 1211-1223 ; Hosseini Kordkheili, S. A ; Afshari, S. S ; Sharif University of Technology
2014
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In this study, active vibration control of a cantilevered flexible beam structure equipped with bonded piezoelectric sensor/actuators is investigated. The linear quadratic regulator technique together with an observer is adopted to design the controller as well as to provide the full-state feedback. Two different approaches are subsequently used for simultaneously integrated optimization of the controller and observer parameters. In the first approach, a linear experimental model of the system is obtained using identification techniques, and the optimization is then performed based on a computer simulation of the system. However, in the second approach, a hardware-in-the-loop optimization...
An efficient inference in meanfield approximation by adaptive manifold filtering: (Machine learning & data mining)
, Article Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer and Knowledge Engineering, ICCKE 2014 ; 2014 , p. 581-585 ; Ramezanpur, S ; Kasaei, S ; Sanaei, E ; Sharif University of Technology
2014
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A new method for speeding up the approximate maximum posterior marginal (MPM) inference in meanfield approximation of a fully connected graph is introduced. Weight of graph edges is measured by mixture of Gaussian kernels. This fully connected graph is used for segmentation of image data. The bottleneck of the inference in meanfield approximation is where the similar bilateral filtering is needed for updating the marginal in the message passing step. To speed up the inference, the adaptive manifold high dimensional Gaussian filter is used. As its time complexity is 0(ND), it leads to accelerating the marginal update in the message passing step. Its time complexity is linear and relative to...