A new flexibility-based component mode synthesis method is presented, which is derived by approximating the partitioned equations of motion that employ a localized method of Lagrange multipliers. The use of the localized Lagrange multipliers leads to, unlike the classical Lagrange multipliers, a linearly independent set of interface forces without any redundancies at multiply connected interfac...

This work discusses the influence of flexibility within the multibody approach for wind-turbine gearbox modeling and validates them, by means of a generic gearbox calculation consisting of one planetary gear stage and two helical stages. First the state-of-the-art rigid multibody modeling with discrete flexibility is discussed. Secondly flexible multibody modeling by means of reduced finite ele...

Using the visual search method, we show that stimuli that contain curvature discontinuities (i.e., points where the second derivative along an image contour is not defined) are easily found among stimuli containing only smooth changes in curvature. Curved stimuli that lack curvature discontinuities, however, are difficult to find among distractors that have them. These results suggest that the ...

the present paper sets out to investigate the syntactic category of persian modals, šâyad ‘perhaps’ and bâyad ‘must’. the syntactic category of the two modal elements has been viewed differently by different scholars. a number of scholars argue that both šâyad and bâyad are modal auxiliaries, while others claim that they both are modal adverbs. we propose that šâyad is a modal adverb and bâyad ...

Arch dams have delicate sections thanks to their curvature. The fact that these are large, costly and construction takes many years increases the importance of structure. Mistakes / or accidents may occur during such structures major loss life property. Considering volumes, masses slenderness arch dams, they can be significantly affected by dynamic forces as changing water pressure, temperature...

I describe two studies that were designed to illustrate the potential applicability of laboratory-derived ESP effects in trying to predict events of practical consequence in the “real world.” Both studies attempt to predict the behavior of sets of fi nancial indices over a designated week in the future. The studies followed up on earlier work on the prediction of scoring direction and scoring e...

Th is paper investigates the role of information technology in fi nancial reporting as well as the relationship between using information technology and its impact on the quality of fi nancial reporting. To identify the impact of information technology on quality of fi nancial reporting, a questionnaire was designed and developed. In order to test the hypotheses, T-Test, ANOVA and Duncan’s Test...