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Transport of drilling cuttings at the bottom of the well has always been one of the common problems of oil and gas drilling, which causes stock pipe or reduce the penetration rate and other problem. For this reason, the design of drilling fluid is one of the important drilling problems to be considered in order to optimally transfer drilling cuttings to surface. So far, many papers have been devoted to optimizing the drilling fluid for the transport of cuttings, but these papers focus on the state of drilling fluid static and less to model the dynamics and to examine the interaction between the cuttings and drilling fluid. At this end this study will modeling the drilling fluid flow using... 

Hydrothermal supercritical method is one of the most suitable methods for metal oxide nano powder, ceramics and mineral catalyst synthesis. Metal oxides nanopowder in its pure or mixed form has wide potential application as chemical industrial catalyst, hot Superconductors, magnetic material, gas sensors and car catalyst convertors. One of the most important metal oxides aspects of application is uranium oxide as nuclear reactor fuel is used. In addition, UO2 is selective catalyst for converting methane to methanol process and Decomposition of organic Chlorine material. In Supercritical hydrothermal method done in high pressure reactor with critical to fluid, is new method for the... 

The growth of the word wide Internet causes to increase the request of subscribers for various applications of multimedia which having different traffic characteristics. In order to provide such applications which generate divers data traffic with different transmission rate and quality of service, we need to design a network supporting multi-rate and multi-quality (multi-service) transmission. In this study we present two schemes to support multi-service transmission in generalized multi-protocol label switched (GMPLS) core networks. In the first scheme we use multi-length variable-weight optical orthogonal codes (MLVW-OOC) as signature sequences of optical code division multiplexing system... 

In this thesis the performance of the all optical AND gates, based the Four Wave Mixing process (FWM), for application in optical communication and computing systems, has been investigated. In the performance analysis of these AND gates, we mainly focus on its application in the receivers of the Optical Code Division Multiple Access (OCDMA) systems. For analyzing the performance of these receivers we utilize the existing mathematical model for FWM [1-5], which leads to the nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) coupled equations. The attenuation, chromatic dispersion and Raman scattering effects have been taken into account in this model and the scalar approximation, for approximating the relation... 

With the emergence and development of ultra broadband communication systems incorporating ultrashort pulses, the design of suitable receiver structures became one the most significant problems in such systems; since due the limited bandwidth and speed of current electronic devices, most of the existing receiver structures cannot be used properly. In the field of radio communications, the design of simple and low power consumption receivers for ultrawideband (UWB) and millimeter wave band communication systems, which do not rely on complex channel estimation mechanisms, is of much interest. In ultrashort light pulse optical communication systems –and specially coherent optical CDMA systems–... 

Achieving various data rates over a wide range of applications and in a multiple-access scenario should be done under certain power and bandwidth constraints. Emerging UWB communications has opened a novel perspective against different wireless network challenges, especially overwhelming data rates. In the research field, we begin our thesis with exposition of UWB, narrowband interference and spread time codes. We elaborate on the properties of spread time codes through frequency domain analysis of a reusable multiple-access scheme. Evaluating the variance of ISI, MAI and RUI, we demonstrate the spread time codes behave in an optimum manner, i.e., the most RUI resistibility, along with all... 

Nowadays, microgyroscopes are among the most important products of MEMS. The production of small, precise and inexpensive gyroscopes has become possible as the result of recent developments in fabrication technology. In this thesis it is intended to introduce a new method for manufacturing more precise microgyroscopes regarding manufacture facilities. Using this new method, sensitivity and resistance of microgyroscopes are increased against noises which are primarily caused by vibration and rotation about undesirable axes. The rotational movement imposed on the gyro is detected through fluid flow within its torus channel. This transformation facilitates the measurement of the initial motion.... 

The fiber-reinforced composite materials possess advantage for structural purpose in various industries. Delamination is recognized as one of the major causes of damage during drilling of fiber reinforced composites, which not only reduces the structural integrity, but also has the potential for long-term performance deterioration. It is difficult to produce precise quality holes with high efficiency by conventional drilling method. Drilling is frequently applied in production cycle while the anisotropy and nonhomogeneity of composite materials affect the chip deformation and machining behavior during drilling. In this thesis, a new non-traditional drilling technology is presented for solve... 

Optical Wireless Communication is believed to have a great potential in establishing point to point connection and have attracted an unexpected growth in research , applications and market. Furthermore, Optical wireless systems have recently emerged as a new means of communication, especially in places where electromagnetic interferences is of utmost concern such as in passenger planes and hospitals and in other communications applications where cost could is of concern. In this thesis we build upon previously introduced wireless optical code-division multiple –access communication. In the context of an OCDMA system we begin our study by considering synchronization circuit via a... 

A major breakthorugh in all-optical wireless and wired communication networks is taking place in the last mile such as access networks. In this case، study-ing various multiple-access techniques in all-optical domain، especially optical code-division multiple-access (OCDMA) technique is of utmost importance. In this thesis we study several key signalings and modulation techniques in the con-text of their performance، energy and throughput efficiency for OCDMA systems. In particular we introduce novel multilevel signaling techniques for OOC-based fiber-optic CDMA systems and present their corresponding all-optical receiver structures using advanced optical devices such as optical-logic-gate... 

In this thesis, we statistically model and analyze one of the main systems in optical communications which are based on Second HarmonicGeneration (SHG) process. To this end, we first introduce various applications of this process in optical communication systems and see that the main application of this nonlinear process is in the process of optical clock recovery in both of OTDM and SPE_OCDMA networks. In the rest of the thesis, we characterize the mathematical structure of these systems and use that to statistically analyze their behavior. In considering the optical clock recovery system based on SHG, we introduce three intrinsic sources of timing jitter in the system, namely, the On-Off... 

International trade arrangements have been considerably developed in recent decadees. Especially, one can note the role of these factors in economic development and improvement of life standards in member countries. In the meantime, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was established in 1985, by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey and then extended by seven other countries: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Improving economic development and intra-group trade of member countries is one of the main objectives for the group. The purpose of this research is to estimate the ex-post effects of ECO on the intra-group trade of member countries.... 

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has considerably increased in recent years and achieved two percent of the world GDP in 2009. The positive impact of FDI on many national economic variables such as export and employment has been a great motivation for countries to seek it. In spite of many promoting factors in Iran, the Iranian FDI inflow still remains small. Using a huge panel dataset including 2604 real observations, this study aims to recognize and evaluate the impact of main factors influencing FDI inwards across the world. Based on a theoretical approach, we develop an empirical gravity model which includes not only the traditional mass variables but also some specific factors to FDI... 

In last decades as the international volume of trade increased significantly, examination of the relationship between trade and economic growth is one of the interesting topics for economists and policymakers. Trade can affect performance of economics by many channels, such as trade specialization, human and physical capital accumulation, knowledge and technology transfer. In this regard the aim of this thesis is the examination of trade specialization in industries with high productivity (as one of the trade influences) effects on economic growth.In this research based on Hausmann et al. (2006), we use an economic model with two sectors: modern and traditional. This model gives a primary... 

Superalloys are widely used in aerospace and power industries due to the good performance at high temperatures for examples gas turbines, steam turbines and aircraft components. In addition to the turbines cobalt-base superalloys are used in medical implants such as knee and hip joints. The main strengths of the superalloys are heat-resistant, retaining their high mechanical and chemical properties at high temperatures, high melting temperatures, high corrosion resistance, resistance to thermal fatigue, thermal shock, creep, and erosion. Because of difficult to machine properties of superalloys, grinding is one of the effective methods for machining superalloys. The surface integrity of the... 

U-shaped assembly lines usually are more effective than straight lines. Therefore special attention has been paid to u-shaped line balancing problem in recent years. On the other hand most articles on the line balancing problems are investigated for the first time. However, within the lifetime of an ALB, the balancing problems do not occur only once prior to its construction, but rather continuously as rebalancing. For example whenever the demand structure or production technology changes or producing seasonal products, the ALB needs to be reconfigured. So many balancing issues in the real world are related to re-balancing of production lines.
Therefore in this study, U-shaped assembly...