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In endurance time (ET) method structures are subjected to a set of predesigned intensifying excitations. These excitations are produced in a way that their response spectrum, while complying with a specified spectrum, intensifies with time so they can be used approximately to simulate the average effects of several ground motions scaled to different intensities. In this paper applicability of the ET method for evaluating collapse potential of buildings is investigated. A set of four steel moment frames is used for collapse assessment. The process of using ET method in collapse evaluation is explained and the results are compared with incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) results. It is shown... 

Low Grade Heat Driven Multi-effect Distillation and Desalination describes the development of advanced multi-effect evaporation technologies that are driven by low grade sensible heat, including process waste heat in refineries, heat rejection from diesel generators or microturbines, and solar and geothermal energy. The technologies discussed can be applied to desalination in remote areas, purifying produced water in oil-and-gas industries, and to re-concentrate process liquor in refineries. This book is ideal for researchers, engineering scientists, graduate students, and industrial practitioners working in the desalination, petrochemical, and mineral refining sectors, helping them further... 

The development of industries has contaminated the soil both below and above the water table. Although extensive research has been conducted on the contaminant transport through saturated domain, the knowledge about the mechanism of contaminant transport in the vadose zone is rather limited. Therefore, this study aims to introduce an instrumented soil column to study bio-logical methods as an eco-friendly approach to remove soil pollutants. The soil column is equipped with moisture measuring sensors and sampling ports. Therefore, the new apparatus can be used to monitor flow of water and contaminant because soil moisture distribution affects the microbial degradation of hydrocarbons. The... 

Low Grade Heat Driven Multi-effect Distillation and Desalination describes the development of advanced multi-effect evaporation technologies that are driven by low grade sensible heat, including process waste heat in refineries, heat rejection from diesel generators or microturbines, and solar and geothermal energy. The technologies discussed can be applied to desalination in remote areas, purifying produced water in oil-and-gas industries, and to re-concentrate process liquor in refineries.
This book is ideal for researchers, engineering scientists, graduate students, and industrial practitioners working in the desalination, petrochemical, and mineral refining sectors, helping them... 

In this paper stabilizing unstable periodic orbits (UPO) in a chaotic fractional order system is studied. Firstly, a technique for finding unstable periodic orbits in chaotic fractional order systems is stated. Then by applying this technique to the fractional van der Pol and fractional Duffing systems as two demonstrative examples, their unstable periodic orbits are found. After that, a method is presented for stabilization of the discovered UPOs based on the theories of stability of linear integer order and fractional order systems. Finally, based on the proposed idea a linear feedback controller is applied to the systems and simulations are done for demonstration of controller performance... 

The design of 3-dimensional (3-D) nanostructured materials on the novel current collectors has recently considered as a promising strategy for developing high-performance supercapacitors. Herein, in the first step, a novel 3-D nickel nanocone arrays (NCAs) are synthesized on the surface of nickel plate (NP) by a one-step electrodeposition method without using any template (NCAs-NP). Then, a simple and efficient method is developed for fabricating ternary metal sulfides electrodes based on the electrodeposition of nickel cobalt iron sulfide (Ni-Co-Fe-S) ultrathin nanosheets on the surface of NCAs-NP. Taking advantages of the unique flower like structure of Ni-Co-Fe-S ultrathin nanosheets and... 

This paper investigates resonance phenomenon in active filters. The paper studies the effect of system/filter parameters on resonance conditions. It also proposes an active technique for damping such resonances. The study is based on modal analysis in which unstable modes or modes with slow damping are first extracted. Then, using a new technique, such modes are considerably damped. PSCAD/EMTDC software is also employed to verify the performance of the proposed technique. © 2008 ACECR  

In tins paper, stabilizing the unstable periodic orbits (UPO) in a chaotic fractional order system called Van der Pol is studied. Firstly, a technique for finding unstable periodic orbit in chaotic fractional order systems is stated. Then by applying tins technique to the van der Pol system, unstable periodic orbit of system is found. After that, a method is presented for stabilization of the discovered UPO based on theories stability of the linear integer order and fractional order systems. Finally, a linear feedback controller was applied to the system and simulation is done for demonstration of controller performance  

In tins paper, stabilizing the unstable periodic orbits (UPO) in a chaotic fractional order system called Van der Pol is studied. Firstly, a technique for finding unstable periodic orbit in chaotic fractional order systems is stated. Then by applying tins technique to the van der Pol system, unstable periodic orbit of system is found. After that, a method is presented for stabilization of the discovered UPO based on theories stability of the linear integer order and fractional order systems. Finally, a linear feedback controller was applied to the system and simulation is done for demonstration of controller performance  

This book focuses on a central question in the field of complex systems: Given a fluctuating (in time or space), uni- or multi-variant sequentially measured set of experimental data (even noisy data), how should one analyse non-parametrically the data, assess underlying trends, uncover characteristics of the fluctuations (including diffusion and jump contributions), and construct a stochastic evolution equation?
Here, the term "non-parametrically" exemplifies that all the functions and parameters of the constructed stochastic evolution equation can be determined directly from the measured data.
The book provides an overview of methods that have been developed for the analysis of... 

Al2O3-SiC composite ceramics were prepared by pressureless sintering with and without the addition of MgO, TiO2 and Y2O3 as sintering aids. The effects of these compositional variables on final density and hardness were investigated. In the present article at first α-Al2O3 and β-SiC nano powders have been synthesized by sol-gel method separately by using AlCl 3, TEOS and saccharose as precursors. Pressureless sintering was carried out in nitrogen atmosphere at 1600 °C and 1630 °C. The addition of 5 vol.% SiC to Al2O3 hindered densification. In contrast, the addition of nano MgO and nano TiO2 to Al 2O3-5 vol.% SiC composites improved densification but Y2O3 did not have positive effect on... 

The governing equations of optical fiber Raman amplifier with broadband pumps in the steady state are systems of uncountable nonlinear ordinary differential equations (NODE). In this paper, the Moment method is used to reduce the uncountable system of NODE to a system of finite number of NODE. This system of equations is solved numerically. The results are compared with that of the full numerical method. It was shown that the Moment method is a precise and efficient technique for analysis of optical fiber Raman amplifier with broadband pumps. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved  

The use of brushless doubly-fed induction generator has been recently proposed for wind turbines because of its variable speed operation with fractional size converter without the need to brush and slip ring. This paper introduces a control scheme to improve low voltage ride-through capability of doubly-fed induction generator considering grid code requirements. The proposed control strategy is based on analysis of flux linkages and back electromotive forces and intends to retain the control-winding current below the safety limit (typically 2 pu) during severe voltage dips. The time-domain simulations validate effectiveness of the proposed scheme to protect the converter against failure as... 

The use of brushless doubly-fed induction generator has been recently proposed for wind turbines because of its variable speed operation with fractional size converter without the need to brush and slip ring. This paper introduces a control scheme to improve low voltage ride-through capability of doubly-fed induction generator considering grid code requirements. The proposed control strategy is based on analysis of flux linkages and back electromotive forces and intends to retain the control-winding current below the safety limit (typically 2pu) during severe voltage dips. The time-domain simulations validate effectiveness of the proposed scheme to protect the converter against failure as... 

In the present article, α-Al2O3 nano powder was synthesized by a simple aqueous sol-gel method by using AlCl3 as precursor. It was shown that the gel calcined at 1000°C, 1100 °Cand 1200 °Cresulted in the formation of a crystalline ?-Al2O3 nano powder. In continue TEOS and saccharose was used to prepare SiO2 xerogels containing carbon nano particles. The conversion of the gel to β-SiC nano powders was accomplished by carbothermal reduction at 1500°Cfor 1 h in argon atmosphere. In second pace alumina matrix composites with nano particles of 5 vol% SiC were prepared with the addition of TiO 2 as sintering aid and densified by pressureless sintering method at 1600°Cand 1630°C for 2 h in nitrogen... 

This study presents a dynamic cube attack on the algorithm Grain-v1 which has resisted all the key-recovery attacks in the single key model. The dynamic cube attack finds the secret key by using distinguishers obtained from structural weaknesses of a cipher. The main idea of the attack lies in simplifying the cipher's output function. After making it simpler, the attack is able to exploit a distinguishing attack to recover the secret key. In this study, the authors first find the appropriate simplifications for Grain-v1. Then, they apply their attack to the algorithm by using a new framework and a new smart choice technique for the classification of initial value bits. Finally, the authors... 

Optical fiber doped with lead salts quantum dots (QDs) of different radii, has previously been proposed as a wide-band amplifier in the optical communication range. The emission and absorption spectra of QDs are size-dependent. Optical fiber amplifier doped with QDs of different sizes is an inhomogeneous gain medium. This inhomogeneity is the principle of operation of wide-band quantum-dot-doped fiber amplifiers (QDFAs). To study the effects of inhomogeneity such as spectral hole burning on the amplifier behavior, a fiber amplifier with an arbitrary size distribution of QDs is taken into consideration. The light propagation equations and rate equations for the inhomogeneous medium are...