The Layerwise Shell Theory is used to model discretely stiffened laminated composite plates and cylindrical shells for stress, vibration, pre-buckling and post-buckling analyses. The layerwise theory reduces a 3-D problem to a 2-D problem by expanding the 3-D displacement field as a function of a surface-wise 2-D displacement field and a 1-D interpolation polynomial through the shell thickness....

A new Navier-Stokes algorithm for use on unstructured triangular meshes is presented. Spatial discretization of the governing equations is achieved using a finite-element Galerkin approximation, which can be shown to be equivalent to a finite-volume approximation for regular equilateral triangular meshes. Integration to steady state is performed using a multistage time-stepping scheme, and conv...

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) is used to study the evolution of a boundary layer that was laminar initially followed by separation and then reattachment owing to generation of turbulence. This creates a closed region of recirculation, known as the laminar-separation bubble. The present simulation emulates the flow environment encountered in a modern LP turbine blade, where a laminar separat...

different methods arising from scientific investigation for removing noise from chaotic signals have been introduced and one of their best is local projection approach. the local projection approach projects the chaotic data in the neighborhood onto the hyper-plane. selection of neighborhood radius has a direct impact on its performance. a noticeable feature associated with chaotic trajectories...

it is shown that when a special vertex stretching is applied to a graph, the cochordal cover number of the graph increases exactly by one, as it happens to its induced matching number and (castelnuovo-mumford) regularity. as a consequence, it is shown that the induced matching number and cochordal cover number of a special vertex stretching of a graph g are equal provided g is well-covered bipa...

The Leech River Shear Zone (LRSZ) on southern Vancouver Island separates the metasedimentary schists of Complex (LRC) from accreted oceanic plateau Siletz-Crescent terrane. juxtaposition these rock units suggests a possible origin as subduction plate boundary but tectonic context LRSZ has yet to be fully established. We present field, microstructural, petrological, and geochronological observat...

natural vibration analysis of plates represents an important issue in engineering applications. in this paper, a new and simplify method for vibration analysis of circular and rectangular plates is presented. the design of an effective robust controller, which consistently attenuates transverse vibration of the plate caused by an external disturbance force, is given. the dynamics of the plate i...