Fluid pressurization of critically stressed sheared zones can trigger slip mechanisms at work in many geological processes. Using discrete element modeling, we simulate pore-pressure-step creep test experiments on a granular layer under sub-critical stress state to investigate the micromechanical processes stake during fluid induced reactivation. The global response is consistent with available...

—Movement patterns of mobile nodes significantly affect the performance of a Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) routing protocol. Thus, it is essential that the mobility traces generated by a mobility model closely match the trace data collected from experiments. In addition, the probability distribution of mobile nodes (over the simulation area) varies with time before it comes to a steady-state. ...

this paper deals with evaluating the thermal behavior of exterior walls in dwellings of a particular place. today, there is a huge increase in constructing multi-storey apartment buildings and single-family houses in the city of yazd, a city with hot dry climate and a rich historical architecture in iran. unfortunately, the new methods that are used nowadays to make the envelopes of these dwell...

In this study, the non-linear creep behaviour of a thick-walled cylinder made of stainless steel 316 is investigated using a semi-analytical method. The thick-walled cylinder is under a uniform internal pressure and a non-axisymmetric thermal field as a function of the radial and circumferential coordinates. For the high temperature and stress levels, creep phenomena play a major role in stress...