We develop an approach to utilize anisotropic metamaterials to solve one of the fundamental problems of modern plasmonics--parasitic scattering of surface waves into free-space modes, opening the road to truly two-dimensional plasmonic optics. We illustrate the developed formalism on the examples of plasmonic refractor and plasmonic crystal, and discuss limitations of the developed technique an...

Design spectrum is known as an essential tool in earthquake engineering for calculation of maximum (design) responses in a structural system. Soil-structure interaction (SSI), as a phenomenon of coupling of responses of a structure and its underlying soil, was explored after introduction of design spectra and has not been taken into account in developing a design spectrum traditionally. To cons...

1. The need for statistical data analysis 2. Principles of statistical analysis 2.1. Probability – The Foundation of Statistics 2.2. Basic Axioms of Probability Theory Based on Set Theory. 2.3. Types of Probability Distributions 2.4. Outcome and Expectation 2.5. Estimation and Statistical Inference 2.6. Estimators and their Distributions 3. Strategies for statistical data analysis 3.1. Hypothes...

This paper reviews major issues in the implementation of e-manufacturing, particularly the design aspects. It will examine recent progress, drawing out particular issues that are being addressed. Use will be made of the work by the author and colleagues to devise rule-based design and Internet-based control of machines to illustrate how these developments affect the integrated e-manufacturing e...