Shear wave velocity (Vs) is known as one of the fundamental material parameters which is useful in dynamic analysis. It is especially used to determine the dynamic shear modulus of the soil layers. Nowadays, several empirical equations have been presented to estimate the shear wave velocity based on the results from Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and soil type. Most of these equations result i...

AIM The aim of the present study was to investigate right ventricular (RV) myocardial textural properties in asymptomatic and symptomatic mitral stenosis (MS) patients with normal RV systolic function using integrated backscatter (IBS). METHODS The study included 40 patients with MS of moderate or severe degree. Patients were classified into 2 groups according to NYHA class (asymptomatic grou...

In this study, the effect of small-scale of both nanostructure and nano-fluid flowing through it on the natural frequency and longitudinal wave propagation are investigated. Here, the stationary and axially moving single-walled carbon nanotube conveying fluid are studied. The boundary conditions for the stationary nanotube is considering clamped-clamped and pined-pined and for the axially movin...

A mathematical model is presented to investigate the effects of sandiness, irregular boundary interfaces, heterogeneity and viscoelasticity on the phase velocity of Love waves. Geometry of the problem is consisting of an initially stressed viscoelastic layer with corrugated irregular boundaries, which is sandwiched between heterogeneous orthotropic semi-infinite half-space with initial stress a...

Receiver function is defined as the spectral ratio of the radial component and the vertical component of the ground motion. It is used to characterize converted waves. We extend the use of the receiver function to downhole data using waves recorded in a borehole, excited by an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 near San Francisco, California, on 26 June 1994. The focal depth of the event was 6.6 km an...

It is shown that the anomalous glow observed in the recent space shuttle flights can be attributed to a combination of beam plasma discharge and critical ionization phenomena. While the shuttle velocity (~8 km s -x) is below the critical ionization velocity, which for oxygen is 12.7 km s -x, specular reflection of a small fraction (2-3%) of ambient ions forms an ion beam with velocity 16 km s -...

Background : Mitral stenosis (MS) is the most common valvular heart disease. Thromboembolism is one of the most important complications of MS, especially when it is associated with atrial fibrillation (AF).Patients with sinus rhythm (SR) are also sussceptible to this complication when it is associated with left atrial appendage (LAA) dysfunction .LAA dysfunction is an independent predictor of t...