In this paper we propose a modular structure to define communication acts with verbal and nonverbal elements inspired in the SAIBA model. Our modular structure is a conceptual interpretation of the functional features of a multimodal interaction platform we have developed, with an embodied conversational agent (ECA) that implements verbal and gestural communication strategies aimed at minimisin...

We construct counterexamples to the rationality conjecture regarding the new version of the Makar-Limanov invariant introduced in [Li2]. Let k be an algebraically closed field. Below variety means algebraic variety over k in the sense of Serre (so algebraic group means algebraic group over k). We use standard notation and conventions of [Bo] and [Sp]. In particular, given a variety X, we denote...

Repairing of the cracks by fiber metal laminates (FMLs) was first done by some aeronautical laboratories in early 1970s. In this study, experimental investigations were done on the effect of repairing the center-cracked aluminum plates using the FML patches. The repairing processes were conducted to characterize the response of the repaired structures to tensile tests. The composite patches wer...

Sixth-generation wireless communication (6G) will be an integrated architecture of "space, air, ground and sea". One the most difficult part this is underwater information acquisition which need to transmitt cross interface between water air.In senario, ocean things (OoT) play important role, because it can serve as a hub connecting Internet (IoT) (IoUT). OoT device not only collect data throug...

The competitive and open market nature demands different vendors to collaborate during the product life cycle and to reduce the product’s time to market. In this paper, we propose an infrastructure to enable the concurrent collaboration of heterogeneous Computer Aided tools for concurrent engineering aspect X (CAX) at the feature level using a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach. A Fea...

In this study, discrepancies between the free vibration of fiber-metal laminate (FML) and composite cylindrical shells reinforced by carbon nanotubes (CNTs) based on Love’s first approximation shell theory have been considered by beam modal function model. The representative volume elements consist of three and four phases for composite and FML structures, respectively, which include fiber, CNT...

The modal testing has proven to be an effective and non-destructive test method for estimation of the dynamic stiffness and damping constant. The aim of the present paper is to investigate the modal response of stiffened Fiber Metal Laminated (FML) circular cylindrical shells using experimental and numerical techniques. For this purpose, three types of FML-stiffened shells are fabricated by a s...

Fiber metal laminates (FMLs) have been successfully manufactured by the vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process developed at NASA Langley Research Center. A flow visualization fixture of the FML, VARTM process was constructed and used to observe the resin infiltration process. Results of the flow visualization experiments are reported and compared with the predictions of a VARTM ...