In this paper, the shaking table tests of a Seismic–Soil–Pile–Superstructure Interaction (SSPSI) in medium-soft and hard base soil were carried out. Silted clay with unit weight 1.70 g/cm3 shear wave velocity 175 m/s was adopted to simulate soil, while composite obtained by adding 20% quicklime silted 1.75 300 tests. By inputting artificial seismic motion time history different amplitudes synth...

Semi-active base isolation system has been proposed mainly to mitigate the base drift of isolated structures while in most cases, its application causes the maximum acceleration of superstructure to be increased. In this paper, designing optimal semi-active base isolation system composed of linear base isolation system with low damping and magneto-rheological (MR) damper has been studied for co...

Process Synthesis seeks to develop systematically process flowsheets that convert raw materials into desired products. In recent years, the optimization approach to process synthesis has shown promise in tackling this challenge. It requires the development of a network of interconnected units, the process superstructure, that represents the alternative process flowsheets. The mathematical model...

In this work, a novel lead sulfide (PbS) hierarchical superstructure, denoted as octapodal dendrites with a cubic center, has been synthesized employing a simple single-source precursor route. Our experimental results demonstrate that the novel hierarchical superstructure was generated through the delicate balance between the kinetic growth and thermodynamic growth regimes. Moreover, the morpho...

The fabrication of optically active inorganic nanomaterials with chiral superstructures attracts attention because of their potential applications in chemical sensing and non-linear optics. Here, we present a facile way to prepare TiO2 nanofibres, in which the nanocrystals are helically arranged into a chiral superstructure. Notably, the chiral superstructure shows strong optical activity due t...

The paper presents a systematic approach for the extraction, interpretation and exploitation of design knowledge in process synthesis. Knowledge is developed in the course of superstructure optimisation. Semantic models (ontologies) and analytical tools are combined to simplify the superstructures and interpret solutions. In the course of the search the method translates intermediate solutions ...