Purpose Simulations exist for the prediction of behaviour building structural systems under fire, including two-way coupled fire-structure interaction. However, these simulations do not include detailed models connections, whereas connections may impact overall structure. Therefore, this paper proposes a two-scale method to screw connections. Design/methodology/approach The consists (a) global-...

This study was an attempt to investigate the effect of metacognitive strategies (MS) on speakingability of the learners and also what MS are specifically employed by learners when it comes todifferent task types. To this end, running a quasi-experimental study, 60 students at advancedlevel (female) from Shenia Language Institute in Sanandaj were randomly selected and given anOxford Placement Te...

Drivers' behavior is one of the most important factors in traffic safety. Understanding of this issue and its effective factors can be helpful to reduce the influences of human factors on traffic accidents. The objective of this study is to apply Manchester driver behavior questionnaire (DBQ) to a group of drivers who have overtaken on two-lane rural roads and to analyze their behavior. Also, t...

In the driving synchronization of two one-way coupled map lattices (OCML) spatiotemporally chaotic systems, the driving sequence plays a very important role. In this paper, we investigate some of its influences to the chaotic system. First, we study the OCML system driven by a periodic sequence. The resulting lattice sequences are also periodic, with the same period as the driving sequence is. ...

The predictive capability of two way–coupled point-particle Euler–Lagrange model in accurately capturing particle-flow interactions under grid refinement, wherein the particle size can be comparable to size, is systematically evaluated. Two situations are considered, (i) uniform flow over a stationary particle, and (ii) decaying isotropic turbulence laden with Kolmogorov-scale particles. Partic...

It is shown that for any class C closed under linear-time reductions, the complete sets for C under sublogarithmic reductions are also complete under 2DFA reductions, and thus are isomorphic under first-order reductions.