This paper investigates the effect of different methods of carbon nanotubes distribution in a thin matrix on static and dynamic behavior of the nanocomposite. Five different symmetric patterns of distribution are considered, including four parabolic patterns and a linear one. For each pattern, the effective mechanical properties of the resultant nanocomposite are calculated using the rule of mi...

INTRODUCTION The follower load represents the path of the internal force resultant passing through the centers of rotation of successive spinal segments. An ideal follower load is perpendicular to the mid-plane of the intervertebral disc and minimizes shear and bending moments at all levels. Patwardhan and colleagues showed that a follower compressive preload increases the stability and load ca...

According to the component-based design and developing pattern, we present a plug-in architecture for the dependable component-based software. After that, the dependable encapsulation is put forwards, which mainly focuses on the component security and availability attributes. Finally, the developing and implementing method of security interceptor, high available load balancing and fault toleran...

In this study, a static method which makes best load shedding scheme to reach a maximum voltage security margin, prevent voltage instability and emendation of power system frequency during generation unit outage is developed. Minimization of total load interruption cost with considering frequency emendation constraint, Voltage security margin, and alleviating transmission line over loadings hav...

In a distributed-computing environment, it is important to ensure that the processor workloads are adequately balanced. Among numerous load-balancing algorithms, a unique approach due to Das and Prasad defines a symmetric broadcast network (SBN) that provides a robust communication pattern among the processors in a topology-independent manner. In this paper, we propose and analyze three novel S...

This paper presents a new load-balancing algorithm for shared memory multiprocessors that is currently being applied to the parallel simulation of logic circuits, specifically VHDL simulations. The main idea of this load-balancing algorithm is based on the exploitation of the usual characteristics of these simulations, that is, cyclicity and predictability, to obtain a good load balance while p...

The network of collagen fibers in the aortic valve leaflet is believed to play an important role in the strength and durability of the valve. However, in addition to its stress-bearing role, such a fiber network has the potential to produce functionally important shape changes in the closed valve under pressure load. We measured the average pattern of the collagen network in porcine aortic valv...

In Japan, many concrete bridges along the coastline have suffered corrosion due to the chloride attack from seawater and airborne salt. Therefore, now, several researches on corroded RC structures have been ongoing around the world. Especially, as a basic research, many researchers have studied on the numerical and experimental method to evaluate static load resistant capacity of RC beams with ...