In this paper, a computationally simple approach for damage localization and quantification in beam-like structures is proposed. This method is based on using modal flexibility curvature (MFC) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Analytical studies in the literature have shown that changes in the modal flexibility curvature can be considered as a sensitive and suitable criterion for...

Predicting Adolescents’ Self-Differentiation and Attachment Styles Based on Family Flexibility, Parents’ Level of Self-Differentiation and Parental Attachment Styles F. Asl Dehghan, M.A. H. Rezaian, Ph.D. S. Hosseinian, Ph.D. The main purpose of the present study was to determine the role of family flexibility, parents’ level of self-differentiation, and pa...

Mauddud member with the age of late Albian to Cenomanian is equivalent to the lower Sarvak formation in the southern Persian Gulf and adjacent area. In this work, microfacies, depositional environment, and diagenetic processes affected the Mauddud member in a field in the Persian Gulf are investigated. Based on the studies of available cores and thin sections of 3 wells, five types of microfaci...

ICT-enabled new ways of working are in general associated with increases in flexibility, and as such are central to the European Employment Strategy. This paper compares the progress individual EU Member States have made with regard to the diffusion of flexibility on labour markets. In order to do so, the authors set up an index model that is in line with the key policy objectives of the Europe...

First, the equations for calculating the full mass, stiffness and damping matrices from modal data are derived. This deviation was first presented in [1]. However, these equations are difficult to solve because the first step of their solution requires matrix inversion of the flexibility matrix to obtain the stiffness matrix. Not only does matrix inversion amplify errors, but the number of line...

To think quantitatively about comovement, we specify the model of Section I. We use a CES production function for one final good. 42 Thus, we can solve the structure of this economy in closed form, and quantify its comovement. Our model differs in a series of small ways from 43 Its main virtue is that it is solvable in closed form, so that the mechanisms are fairly transparent.