نشریه مهندسی مکانیک مدرس
سال هفدهم شماره 12 (اسفند 1396)

In this paper, the study application of pre-heating on the repair welds in the steel pipes and analysis of thermo-elastic-plastic molding of this process was investigated using finite element method. In order to verify the model, experimental data for repair welding of carbon steel pipe, obtained by deep hole drilling method, were utilized. Good agreement was observed between the finite element and experimental data. The results indicated that the developed computational method is an effective tool to predict the residual stress of pipes in the repair welded. The present finite element model was developed in repair welded carbon steel and stainless steel pipes to consider the effect of preheating. It was observed that by increasing the preheating temperature in the repair welded pipes, tensile axial residual stresses on the inner surface and outer surface of the carbon steel and stainless steel pipes decreased 35 and 50 percent respectively, but the compressive axial residual stresses on the outer surface have small variation. Moreover, by increasing the preheating temperature tensile hoop residual stresses on the outer surface on the stainless steel side and tensile hoop residual stresses on the inner surface on the carbon steel side decreased, but only a small variation was observed on the compressive hoop residual stresses. In general, there is no significant effect on the magnitude and distribution of hoop residual stresses on the inner surface of the stainless steel pipe. Also, high preheating temperatures will have wider distribution of axial residual stresses.

In the current research, the effect of severe plastic deformation on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-7075 alloy focusing on toughness was investigated. For this purpose, the Al-7075 alloy was subjected to ECAP process up to 4 passes by route BC at room temperature. Microstructure and fracture surface of the specimens were analyzed by optical and electron microscopy and mechanical properties were studied by hardness, tensile and impact tests. Dynamic and static toughness of the alloy were measured from the area under the stress-strain curve and impact test, respectively. The experimental data revealed that after 4 passes of ECAP, the grain size decreased from 40 µm to about 600 nm, and the hardness and strength of the specimen increased about 2 times in comparison with initial material. Static and dynamic toughness decreased about 62% and 30% after the first pass of ECAP, respectively. While, by increasing the pass number, the static toughness increased and dynamic toughness remained approximately constant. The fracture surface of specimens revealed that the fracture of all specimens was ductile. ECAP process caused a considerable increase in strength of Al-7075 (more than 100 percent), whereas, the toughness declined slightly during ECAP process (about 30 and 5 percent in dynamic and static toughness, respectively). So, it can be concluded that one the most advantages of ECAP process in comparison with common forming process is the notable improvement of strength without considerable sacrifice of toughness.

This study investigates the effect of injection parameters on the geometric and optical quality of a Bi-convex lens injected with PMMA polymer. An important part of this research is the effect of each parameter on the geometric and optical quality of the lens and the obtaining of optimal quantities for injection. According to the results of this study, the effective factors simultaneously on the geometric quality and the optical quality of these types of lenses are melt temperature, packing time, injection pressure and packing pressure, respectively. These factors indicate that the simultaneous control of the pressure, in the mold cavity both during the injection and at the packing stage, can represent a suitable injection with minimal optical errors. According to the collected data, the average volumetric shrinkage check is 5.847% singly, in this case the refractive index is equivalent to 7.12E-05. The refractive index analysis is 6.28E-05 singly. In this case, the minimum average volume contraction is 9.1%. Therefore, optimizing and minimizing one of the geometric or optical factors will not produce the proper values of the other factor. Using the multi response Taguchi method, is obtained the minimum average volumetric shrinkage is 5.503% and the minimum refractive index is 6.96E-05.

In the present study, properties of unsteady blood flow through an stenosed artery is investigated. The study has a tapered artery stenosed and asymmetric elastic walls is considered. The flow of blood is assumed to be incompressible, laminar and fully developed. To consider the effect of suspended particles in the blood, fluid model is used to describe micropolar Eringen. Governing equations are extracted and Mild stenosis approximation is applied to simplify. Also, an suitable converted is applied to momentum equations, initial and boundary conditions, the cosine shape mesh grid to regular mesh grid by utilizing suitable transformation. Non-slip boundary condition equations using finite difference method is solved numerically. To investigate the graphical shapes in the study, the effect of parameters related to flow and tapered angle has been the matter of into rest to investigate the Axial and rotational velocity profiles, the volumetric flow rate, Wall shear stress and the resistance to flow. Characteristics of elastic and non-elastic artery are compared and the results confirm the importance of elastic assumed artery. To confirm the accuracy results, these are compared the results of previous literature.

In this paper, low velocity impact on nano-beam using couple stress theory was investigated. Modified couple stress theory was utilized to capture size-dependent effects. Hamilton’s principle was employed to derive governing equations and boundary conditions and then general solution was proposed. The solutions validity was confirmed by comparing present results with that of the literature. Comparing the results shows the present theory is capable to predict low velocity dynamic behavior with acceptable accuracy. The results show as mass ratio increased, natural frequencies decreased and then trend to a constant value. This limit is higher for second and third natural frequencies. Also, the natural frequencies increased when characteristic length to thickness ratio increased. It can be noted higher natural frequencies are more sensitive to variation of this ratio .Furthermore, maximum dynamic deflection raised when mass ratio increased. Moreover, a considerable result from this study is the profound effect of poison ratio on natural frequencies for nano-sized beams. As Poisson’s ratio increased, natural frequencies increased. Also, for low length scale to thickness ratio the size effect is insignificant and response trend to classic solution. Therefore, the couple stress theory can be employed to take into account size effects in low velocity impact on nano-beam problem.

The intermetallic compound of gamma titanium aluminide is a kind of recently developed material which has outstanding potential for utilization in high temperature structural applications due to higher ratios of strength to density and also elasticity modulus to density. In this study with considering two dielectric fluids of kerosene and de-ionized water, the effects of the most important input parameters of electrical discharge machining including pulse current and pulse on time on the output characteristics of material removal rate, tool wear ratio, some surface integrity criteria such as surface roughness and cracks, are investigated. The results indicate that, rough machining of titanium aluminide in contrary to finishing of this material, is performed efficiently. As the result of more thermal conductivity coefficient of water comparing with kerosene, the energy dissipation or loss and also plasma channel radius expansion in water is noticeably more than kerosene. This issue leads to more concentration and higher rates of thermal energy on the machined surface in the case of kerosene. Consequently, the density of surface cracks, surface roughness and intensity of surface topography alterations for the machined surface in kerosene is more than the samples which are machined in de-ionized water, but in contrary, the material removal rate with kerosene is much more than MRR in de-ionized water and also the tool wear ratio during machining process by means of kerosene is significantly less than the de-ionized water.

In recent years, many attentions have been paid to decrease of the weight of components in automotive, transport and aeronautical industries, in respect of reduction of energy consumption and environmental pollution. Therefore, low-density aluminum alloys reinforced with nanoparticles especially CNT and Al2O3 have been broadly considered for application in such industries due to high strength/weight ratio. In current work, Al-CNT-Al2O3 nanocomposite was produced by accumulative roll bonding (ARB) after 6 passes. CNT-Al2O3 composite with 1wt% multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) and 2wt% nano-alumina was prepared by ball milling process. The effect of the ARB cycles on the microstructure and mechanical properties of nanocomposite were studied by field emission scanning electron microscopy images (FESEM), X-ray diffraction data, tensile and micro hardness results. FESEM images showed the uniform distribution and high quality bonding of carbon nanotubes in the matrix. X-ray diffraction analysis indicated the composite nanostructure formation with the crystal size of 53.3 nm after 6 cycles of ARB compared to 77 nm of Al after pass 11. The results obtained by the tensile and hardness tests showed that at the end of ARB process, ultimate strength was 5.9 times, and hardness was 3 times more than those of the annealed aluminum.

In the present study numerical simulation of synthetic jet is performed to optimize geometric parameters and excitation frequency to maximize mass flow rate and velocity of the jet and to avoid separation on the airfoil. Geometric parameters include: diameter and height of the cavity and orifice and excitation frequency of diaphragm which are selected as variable parameters for optimization. Using Response Surface Method (RSM) in this research, the simulations for optimization of the momentum of jet flow are designed. After studies and initial simulations, the range of variations in the effective variable parameters for the maximization of the target function (jet velocity and mass flow rate) are determined. Then, using the RSM, 32 separate tests are defined based on geometric and frequency parameters to find a second-order relationship, which relates the target functions to their variable parameters and their interactions. In this case the RSM prediction for the maximum velocity and mass flow rate of the jet are 22.16 m/s 0.0006 kg/s, respectively. Using RSM to optimize the geometric parameters and excitation frequency, jet momentum increases considerably in comparison with the first simulation. The velocity, mass flow rate, and momentum of the jet are increased by 31%, 36% and 78%, respectively.

Numerical investigation of failure modes of composite plates subjected to the hail ice impact presented in this paper. Compare to rain and snow, hail is known as a serious threat to the aircraft exterior structure and engine due to its high density. First, numerical simulation of composite plate subjected to a rigid projectile impact is conducted using commercial finite element software, LS-DYNA and validated with previous investigations. After validation, a numerical study is performed for a composite plate subjected to the hail impact and the effect of stacking sequences of composite plate, velocity and shape of projectile are investigated. Results show, for identical mass and velocity, only the matrix extensional mode occurs in hail impact while for the rigid impact all failure modes are observed. Also, increased fiber angle produced higher damage threshold velocity in ice impact. Highest and lowest damage showed for ±15° and ±45° orientations. Moreover, it has been observed that more layers damaged with larger velocity ice impact. Result illustrate that the cylindrical shape hail caused more damage compared with hemispherical shape.

In this paper, with the aim of calculating the Quasi-steady aerodynamic forces of articulated wing, a kinematic mechanism model for flapping wings is presented. First of all, the Kempf patent is used for simulating this mechanism, due to its simplicity and proper simulating of the flapping motion of articulated wings. This motion includes not-the-same-phase upstroke and downstroke motion of each part of wing. The angular position, angular velocity, angular acceleration and forces applied to both inner and outer part of the wing are analytically analyzed. Lifting line theory; that predicts the lift distribution of the three-dimensional wings based on the bounded vortex at the aerodynamic center, and is applied for single part wings of insects in the literature; is applied for articulated wings of birds, for the first time, in the present work. The average aerodynamic forces of articulated wing are obtained by calculating downwash and bounded vortex at each wing section and integrating on the wing surface. The results for an Ornithopter like 1kg gull with 5m/s of cruise speed indicate that both parts of the wing provide the lift. In addition, the outer wing has the main role to produce the thrust against the inner wing. The results show good agreement between the present work and the computational fluid dynamics method.

In this study, free vibrations and resonances analysis of a nanocomposite beam with internal damping is investigated. For this purpose the various distributions of carbon nanotubes with arbitrary average volume fractions are considered. System includes the geometry and inertia nonlinearities. With the aid of Hamilton principle the equations of motion are derived and using the Galerkin method are reduced to ordinary ones. To analyze the system the multiple scales method is utilized. In free analysis the analytical expressions for amplitude, phase and nonlinear natural frequency are obtained. Also, the effect of system parameters such as damping coefficients, kind of the carbon nanotube distribution, average volume fraction of nanotubes in them are probed. In free analysis, it is observed that by increasing the external damping the amplitude is decreased. Also, by increasing the average volume fraction, the nonlinear natural frequency is increased. In resonance analysis, by depicting the frequency response curves, it is observed that by increasing internal damping coefficient the amplitude is decreased and the loci of the bifurcations is changed. Also carbon nanotube distribution and average volume fractions of them on the solution and bifurcations have an important effect. Also, it is seen that by decreasing the external force, the amplitude of the system is decreased and bifurcations occur in higher internal damping coefficients. An isotropic beam in the highest and a nano-composite beam in the lowest values of internal damping coefficients become completely stable.

In the present study, combustion phenomenon and heat transfer in a 3-D rectangular porous radiant burner (PRB) are numerically studied. Methane- air mixture with detailed chemical kinetics is considered to model the combustion process inside the porous matrix. Assuming the non-local thermal equilibrium between solid and gas phases, separate energy equations are considered for two phases. Porous medium is assumed as a gray medium that can absorb, scatter, and emit thermal radiation, where the gas phase is considered to be transparent. The governing equations including gas and porous energy equations, the chemical species transport equation and the radiative transfer equation are simultaneously and numerically solved. Discrete ordinates method is used to solve the radiative transfer equation in order to calculate the radiative term in the solid energy equation. The simulation results include temperature fields for the gas and solid phase, species mass fraction distributions, and radiative heat flux profiles along the burner. Finally, the effect of different parameters such as optical thickness, scattering albedo, excess air ratio (EAR) and porosity on the performance of burner are explored.

In the present paper, forming of clamped triangular plates by means of water has been investigated. The plates were made of st-12 and had the thicknesses of 1 and 2 millimeters. The experimental tests were performed at the impact laboratory of Guilan University using drop hammer system. Various aspects of numerical investigation were simulated by Abaqus software. As mentioned above, using drop hammer system as a hydrodynamic loading tool and carrying out different empirical tests in this study, the effect of factors such as thickness, standoff distance of hammer and its weight, i.e. the applied momentum to the system have been studied. In the numerical simulations, the deformations of triangular plates were simulated by smoothed-particle hydrodynamics method. Also, the Fluid-Structure Interaction was considered for simulating the fluid phase and the plate deformation was modeled using finite element method in the form of coupled SPH/FEM. Furthermore, the ultimate deformation, stress distribution, stress concentration of plates and position of maximum deformation on triangular plate have been investigated. Agreement between the obtained data from numerical simulations and experiments guarantied the accuracy of simulations.

This paper deals with the injection of twin oblique nanofluid jets into a channel with water cross-flow. In this regard, the effects of different geometric and physical parameters including the velocity, distance, and angles of the jets as well as the nanoparticles volume fraction therein are studied. The Eulerian-Eulerian two-phase model is employed to analyze the present problem. By solving separate equation sets for water and the nanoparticles, this approach provides the possibility of behavior prediction for each of the phases inside the flow field, separately. The accuracy of the current simulations is confirmed by comparing the obtained results with available experimental data. The results show that replacement of a single jet with twin jets increases the heat exchange from the target surface and makes its distribution more uniform along the surface. In addition, it is found that rise in the velocity and distance of the jets leads to heat transfer improvement. However, the effect of the nanoparticles volume fraction in the injected nanofluid on the heat transfer rate of the target surface is strongly dependent to the nanoparticles penetration into the water cross-flow. Closer scrutiny of the results reveals that the injection angles of the twin jets play an important role in the nanoparticles penetration as well as their distribution pattern inside the flow field and thereby, by adjusting these angles, the heat exchange from the target surface can be improved.

In the present paper the problem of designing a flying vehicle trajectory to avoid the collision with Terrain by limiting the flight range in a flight corridor influenced by the shape of the terrain has been investigated. In order to improve the traceability of the designed trajectory, considering the performance characteristics of the aircraft, the effect of two performance parameters including of the maximum rate of climb and the maximum increasing rate of the flight path angle, are considered in the solution algorithm. In this regard, the quantification of the system performance, has been implemented during the definition of different cost functions to minimize the operating time, control effort and vertical acceleration imposing on the aircraft. Mathematical modeling of the terrain which is considered as the route location of the threat, has been implemented using a power polynomial solution for smoothing. Finally, optimal control theory and nonlinear programming approach are utilized to solve the defined problem. The evaluation of case studies and numerical simulations confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed approach to solve the planning problem in flying maneuvers with low altitude requirements for follow and avoidance of direct and indirect environmental hazards.

In this article, the dynamic equations of multiple flexible links robotic manipulators fabricated of functionally graded materials (FGM), whose properties vary continuously along the axial direction and also along the thickness, are examined. Gibbs-Appell methodology and Timoshenko Beam Theory according to the Assumed Mode Method are utilized to obtain the equations of motion and to model the flexible characteristics of links, respectively. Subsequently, the influence of power law index on the vibration response of a two-link functionally graded robotic manipulator is studied for two cases in which the mechanical properties of links vary once along the axial direction and again along the thickness direction of each link. By introducing a parameter called signal energy, it is shown that the power law index has a substantial effect on the vibrational behaviors of the mentioned system; and that by choosing a proper power law index, system vibrations can be reduced considerably in a passive way.

Additive Manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing is a method to build parts by adding layer-upon-layer of material. The selective laser sintering (SLS) method is one of the most important methods of additive manufacturing processes. The low time and the variety of materials used to build the parts are major advantages of SLS method. The high quality of the product is one of the main goals in the additive manufacturing processes. The part warping is one of the factors that reduce the quality of the products which are built by the SLS process. The hatching patterns and scan algorithms in the SLS process are important factors that affect the product quality. In this paper, the effective parameters of the SLS processes such as the scan vector length and the number of offsets or contours, the laser power, the laser speed, and the hitching spacing are optimally determined to minimize the part warping of the product based on the finite element simulations and Taguchi method. For this reason, SLS process has been modeled on the SLS process. Then, to illustrate and validate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method, and the computational results are compared to the obtained results from the experimental tests Using SLS containing CO2 laser. Finally, using the Taguchi design of Experiments, the process parameters have been changed at different levels and optimal parameters have been obtained.

One of the main topics in the field of robotics is the motion control of wheeled mobile robots. Motion control encompasses trajectory tracking and point stabilization problems. In this paper these control problems will be considered for the tractor-trailer wheeled robots and a predictive control algorithm is developed for solving these problems. Therefore first kinematic model of the tractor_trailer robot is developed. Next, reference trajectories is produced for the system. Subsequently, predictive control law is designed for the trajectory tracking and point stabilization problems. Predictive control based on the known values of reference trajectories in the future, produces the control inputs in present time. Consequently the error signal with respect to the reference trajectory in future will be used in order to control the system at the present instant of time. This method is developed for solving the aforementioned control problems and is employed on the tractor_trailer wheeled robot. As can be seen from the results, the proposed control algorithm steer the wheeled robot asymptotically follow reference trajectories. Obtained results from the implementation of the proposed method for solving trajectory tracking and point stabilization problems, demonstrate the effectiveness of the presented algorithm.

In the present research, the friction stir extrusion process as a novel method for wire fabrication from AA6063 aluminum alloy was utilized. For optimization of the process parameters, the L9 standard array of Taguchi design of experiment method was used. The important process parameters include: rotational speed, force, tool face geometry and the die hole size as input variables and grain size and hardness as quality criteria was considered. The tensile test, micro hardness and metallography investigation for studding wire mechanical properties were used. The rotational speed parameter with over 63 percent and after that the force with significant contribution percentage as second parameter was determined. The tool face and the hole size do not have sizeable effect on the mechanical properties and they were introduced as minor process parameters. By investigation of samples, it were determined that with correct setup of process parameters, defect-free wire with grain size over 23 times less than the base metal could be produced. It can increase the ultimate tensile strength of 14 percent against of the base metal

In this article, a robust model predictive control (RMPC) using linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) is proposed for vehicle suspension design with parameter uncertainties. Since, in vehicle suspension design, it is desired to improve ride comfort and road holding while satisfying suspension constraints such as suspension deflection and maximum of control input, model predictive control is proposed which is among the most common approaches in constrained optimization problems. On the other hand, to handle suspension constraints, linear matrix inequalities are utilized here. Stability of the designed suspension system is proved, if the proposed linear matrix inequalities are feasible. In addition, uncertain parameters in suspension system are inevitable. In this paper, model predictive control is extended to care for parameter uncertainties by proposing new LMIs. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, the proposed control method is applied to quarter car suspension model with parameter uncertainty. Simulation results endorse that the designed controller shows a competitive robust performance while satisfying suspension constraints existing parameter uncertainties. Moreover, simulations with different road profiles, show that the proposed controller is independent from various road excitations.

In this paper, the effect of different environmental conditions on the impact properties of fiber metal laminates hybridized with nanoclay is studied. For this purpose, the fiber metal laminates were first laminated by aluminum alloy sheets, glass fiber, pure epoxy resin and modified resin with nanoclay using hand lay-up process. The influence of different types of environmental conditions including cryogenic aging (at temperature of –196 °C in LN2), high-temperature aging (at temperature of 130 °C in dry air), and hygrothermal aging (at temperature of 90 °C in distilled water) on the impact properties of the specimens made with pure epoxy resin and modified resin was investigated using response surface method in various levels. A suitable model was developed to predict the effect of aging type and nanoparticle content on the impact strength of specimens. The results obtained suggest that the cryogenic aging has a most effective role reduction of the impact properties of the specimens. While htgrothermal aging has a less effective role in decreasing the impact properties of fiber metal laminates. Additionally, the result of main effects analysis showed that the detrimental role of different types of aging in reducing the impact properties is more effective than the positive role of nanoparticles in improving the impact properties of fiber metal laminates.

In the past decades, for prediction of necking phenomenon, several models such as the vertex theory have been proposed. Here, a vertex model considering strain and stress rate discontinuities in the necking band is extended. This model is based on the J_2 deformation theory of classical plasticity to predict the evolution of a bounded deformation in necking modes. Although consideration of the strain rate hardening effect plays an important role to obtain accurate results, but, usually imposing it leads to emerging, relatively the main complex constitutive equations. Therefore, a delicate connective bridge between the diffuse and localized models is made using the maximum force assumption to overcome on the complexity of the problem. Also, by investigating the strain rate behavior on the plastic instability, the forming limit diagrams are obtained by illustrating more accurate results as compared to existing models. Effect of stress triaxiality is investigated on the localization in bifurcation analysis. Also, a modified maximum force criterion is applied to predict diffuse necking considering loading conditions. The anisotropy effects is studied by application of a quadratic Hill's criteria. The necking band angle will be investigated per different conditions through extending the vertex model coupled with the angle-dependent yield criterion.

In this paper, 3D investigation has been employed to study the wake instability of viscoelasic fluid flow behind unconfined sphere. For estimating the proper properties of the viscoelastic fluid in this study a non-linear Giesekus model is used as the constitutive equation of viscoelastic fluid. Numerical computations are carried out by solving the governing and the onstitutive equations of the viscoelasic fluid flow using the finite volume technique and OpenFOAM which is an open source code is used as the CFD solver. At first velocity field and flow streamlines of Newtonian fluid around the sphere for various Reynolds numbers have been plotted and by plotting the velocity magnitude and pressure at a point behind the sphere versus time, the value of Recr in which the flow become unstable has been reported. Furthermore, for validating the present numerical code, variation of drag coefficient around the sphere versus Reynolds number has been compared with previous investigations. In the following, the effect of Reynolds and Wisenberg number on fluid flow and instability of wake formation behind a sphere have been investigated at high values of Reynolds number for the first time. Results show that at high values of Reynolds number the effect of Wisenberg number has less effect in contrast with Reynolds number on flow instability behind the sphere.

In this study a novel solution method for dynamic analysis of clamped-free shape memory alloy beams is presented. It is assumed that the beam is entirely made of shape memory alloy. Based on Euler-Bernoulli beam theory the governing equations of motion and corresponding boundary conditions are derived by using extended Hamilton principle. In the derived PDEs the transformation strain is behaved as external force that changes with time and position. The Galrkin approach is employed to convert PDEs to ODE system equations of motion. The derived equations of motion are solved by using Newmark integration method. The shape memory alloy constitutive model that presented by Souza is applied for specifying the phase of material all over beam. The transformation strain as internal variable that is coupled with states of equations of motion is identified in every time and every position of beam by using return map algorithm. A parametric study on the control variables has been adopted and the results of parametric study are discussed. The results show that the hysteresis damping is increased by increasing the operating temperature. Moreover the damping of system is faster by increasing the initial displacement in free vibration.

In unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) classes, the control of quadrotor has attracted many researchers from around the world in recent years. In this type of rotary wing, it is attempted to achieve stability in hover and motion flight modes using the forces, produced by propellers. Quadrotor has nonlinear and time-varying behavior and the aerodynamic forces almost always disturb it. In near the ground, the wake of quadrotor interacting with the ground surface causes perturbation to the flow near the blades and frame. These perturbations have significant effect on quality and stability of flight. Most of the related researches were only studied hover and landing operation and the ground effect was considered as constant coefficient in dynamic equations. In this paper, a comprehensive nonlinear model is developed for variety modes of quadrotor flight in near the ground in space state, and the ground effect is as function of state variables in equation. Then, according to the proposed model, the PID controller is designed and the effect of the ground effect on controller performance is investigated. The results of simulation indicate that, the flight stability and trajectory tracking have improved significantly by using of the model and designed controller.

Today, oil journal bearings are widely used as an efficient support for rotary systems in various industries. When these bearings are used by loading in high speed conditions, whirling disturbances in the rotor motion status leading to collisions and abrasion is probable. Designing specific geometric shapes or applying industrial lubricants with different new combinations can affect the journal bearings ability to maintain their dynamic stability in critical situations. From this view, the use of non-circular bearings and non-Newtonian fluids in the field of lubrication has recently been heavily taken into consideration. In the present study by choosing non-Newtonian lubricant simulated by power law fluid model, the effects of design parameters such as eccentricity ratio, aspect ratio and power law index on dynamic stability of noncircular two, three and four lobe bearings are investigated. For this purpose, assuming the limited cycle oscillations of the rotor around the equilibrium point after damping the effects of initial imposed disturbances and using finite element numerical method to solve the governing equations, stability range of the system in form of linear dynamic analysis characteristics is determined based on the whirl frequency ratio and critical mass parameter. The results indicate that by increasing the power law index and decreasing aspect ratio, the dynamic range of bearing support will be developed. Also, by increasing the number of noncircular bearings lobes with power law lubricant and providing the system's positioning conditions in high values of eccentricity ratio, more ability to damping dynamic disturbances can be achieved.

A spillway is a hydraulic structure that is provided at storage and detention dams to release surplus or flood water that cannot be safely stored in the reservoir. In this paper, two-dimensional simulation of gas-liquid two-phase flow on stepped spillway in different discharge rate is studied. The VOF model and the two-fluid model are used in order to simulate numerically and then the results of the two models are compared. In order to study the influence of aeration in stepped spillway, two different physics are proposed. In the first geometry it is assumed that there is no air intake via stairs and in second geometry air intake and its effect on the flow over the spillway is studied by embedding hole in the top edge of stair. The air pressure is assumed to be atmospheric. The results showed that VOF model provide more accurate result than that of two-fluid model in low discharge rate. However, in cases where aeration is studied, because of mixing phases, this model is not able to simulate fluid flow as well as two-fluid model. The two-fluid model is more accurate due to solving equations for both phases (air and water). For verification, numerical results have been compared with experimental values and determined that numerical models are able to predict the total energy loss within an error range of %10 compared with the measured experimental data.

In the past years many research efforts on turbocharger heat transfer have been performed, however, there are not enough investigations on unsteady condition of turbocharger. One of the unsteady condition is heat soak test. In this test, engine runs at maximum power until all temperatures are stabilized, then the engine stops suddenly. After the engine has been shut down, heat stored in the turbine housing soaks back into the bearing housing of the turbocharger. This heat can potentially destroy the bearing system and the oil-sealing piston rings. The aim of the paper is to investigate the effect of turbocharger temperature distribution in heat soak test and considering effect of electrical water pump on temperature distribution. Experimental investigation has been performed on gasoline engine turbocharger, which several thermocouples have been used on accessible surfaces of the turbocharger. Turbine, compressor and bearing housings temperature have been measured inside engine test cell. Moreover, temperature, pressure and flow rates of oil, water and air have been measured. Results of engine heat soak test with original cooling circuit, show that bearing housing temperature increases 60°C after engine shutdown and maximum temperature reaches 220°C. However, using electrical water pump after engine shutdown causes only 10°C incensement of bearing housing temperature.

In this study, nonlinear behavior of an atomic force microscopes (AFM) immersed in acetone, water, carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), and 1-butanol is investigated using non-classical strain gradient theory. In this theory, the size effect of system is taking into account by means of material length scale parameter. The nonlinear behavior of the AFM is due to the nonlinearity of the AFM tip–sample interaction caused by the Van der Waals attraction/repulsion force. Behavior of micro beam immersed in liquid is completely different with its behavior in air and vacuum due to the existence of hydrodynamic force. The Resonant frequencies, mode shapes, governing nonlinear partial and ordinary differential equations (PDE and ODE) of motion, stability analysis, boundary conditions, potential function and phase-plane of the system are obtained analytically in the present study. Furthermore, the results are compared with the one obtained by the modified couple stress theory. For this purpose, the AFM and the probe at the free end of micro beam are modeled as a lumped mass. The fixed end of micro beam is excited by piezoelectric element. The nonlinear PDE of motion is derived based on Euler-Bernoulli theory by employing the Hamilton principle. The Galerkin method is utilized to gain the governing nonlinear ODE of motion and the obtained ODE is analytically solved by means of perturbation techniques.

In this study our aim is analysis of heat transfer in an internal combustion engine. In an internal combustion engine combustion chamber all three modes of heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation) are important and effective. - Convection and conduction problems are not as complicated as radiation problem because gases in cylinder make a participating media .in this study a solver is developed in a software which can solve combustion, heat transfer and turbulence problem simultaneously. In order to verify the solver, experimental data of a furnace is used, using the experimental data and the model the problem is solved and verified. Finally in order to study the effect of radiative heat transfer in an internal combustion engine cylinder, the simplest case is considered that is injecting a fuel jet in a simple cylinder. The model can predict thermal critical points in which pollutant form and knock phenomenon begins. Results also shows radiation heat transfer may change Temperature up to 50 percent especially in media which contains higher density of water vapor, carbon dioxide and soot.

One of the most important parts of the polymer fuel cell is the bipolar plate, which through the channel paths as the flow field in these plates, the availability of reactive gases to the surface of the catalyst layer is possible to carry out the electrochemical reactions of the fuel cell. So far, many researchers have been designing different flow streams for fuel cells, although each of the models has its own advantages and disadvantages, but a suitable design for the fuel cell flow field, which has a uniform distribution of reactive gases on the surface of the catalyst layer, Access to higher performance and longer fuel cell life is very important. In this paper, we introduce a new flow pattern for fuel cell flow field, and the numerical results obtained with a conventional parallel model are compared. The flow-shaped designs have been modified with a spiral and the total dimensions of the cell are 6400 mm 2, which has allowed access to uniform distribution of reactive gases, flow density and temperature distribution. An increase of 66% was achieved with a limited density and increased 1.7 times the power density by adjusting the arrangement for the flow field. Therefore, considering the design of the fuel cell based on the power density curve presented in the new model, the specific characteristics and power of the fuel cell in an air mission have been addressed and the availability of high specific power that is of particular importance in aerial applications is achieved.

In this paper, switching process of electro osmotic flow is numerically and analytically investigated in a two dimensional Y-shape three-way channel. In this research, it is shown that changing the flow direction through a three-way channel can be simply conducted by varying applied electrical voltage at channel’s ends. In theoretical approach, three equations are introduced to approximate switching voltage ratio and dimensionless flow rate before and after switching process, respectively. These equations are derived base on some simplifying assumptions when distance between output branches and dimensionless double layer thickness parameter are assumed to be flow variables. Numerical simulations are also conducted by using the lattice Boltzmann method to solve all governing equations including the Navier - Stokes, the Poisson - Boltzmann, and the Laplace equations in a 2D three-way channel geometry. Comparison between analytical and numerical results indicates that introduced approximated equations can successfully predict switching voltage ratio and dimensionless flow rate (before and after switching process) by employing considerably lower computational efforts in comparison with numerical approach. In this regard, the introduced semi-analytical equations can be useful for better understanding and to more effectively designing of micro electro mechanics systems.

In this article, the impact of external constant and uniform magnetic field is investigated on the mixing efficiency and also geometric and dynamic characteristics of two-dimensional isotropic MHD flow. For this purpose, the direct numerical simulation (DNS) is applied to two-dimensional incompressible magneto-hydrodynamic equations by pseudo-spectral method. Calculations show that external magnetic field causes deformation of vortexes and this deformation is increased by intensification of magnetic field. The dynamic characteristics of flow are affected by these deformations. Investigation of mixing efficiency shows that increase in magnitude of magnetic field or decrease in magnetic diffusivity coefficient causes mixing efficiency to reduce. For explore of the factors affecting on mixing reduction, small and large scale vortexes are studied. Investigation of external magnetic field effect on dissipated energy rate that is associated with changes in the dynamics of small vortexes shows that viscose dissipated energy rate is reduced in the presence of magnetic field compared to its absence. However results show that total dissipated energy rate is increased compared to no magnetic field presence. In order to demonstrate of large scale vertex dynamics, total kinematic and magnetic energy are considered. It is shown that in the presence of external magnetic field, energy is transferred from flow field to magnetic field due to Lorentz force that both leads to reduction of mixing efficiency.

The 5052 aluminum alloy was lap joined to Al-1050 clad steel sheet (with Al-1050 thickness of 1mm) using gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process with 4047 Al-Si filler metal at the welding currents of 80, 100 and 120 A. Effect of welding current was studied on the weld microstructure, intermetallic compounds layer and tensile strength of the joints. Microstructural studies were done using optical and scanning electron microscopes (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and tensile strength of the joints was determined by shear-tensile test. Results shows that the reaction layer included two Al3Fe and Al5Fe2 intermetallic phases formed at the interface of the St-12 base sheet and Al-1050 clad layer. Maximum average thickness of the reaction layer was ~3.5 µm .It seems that presence of Al-1050 layer prevents excessive growth of Al-Fe intermetallic layer. The joint tensile strength decreased almost linearly by enhancement of the welding current and the primary α-Al dendrite arm spacing increased and Al-Si eutectics were distributed more uniformly. As a result, the crack easily grows and fracture force reduces. The maximum tensile strength of the joints reached to ~190 MPa, i.e. ~80% of 5052-H34 aluminum base metal strength. During the shear-tensile test, fracture in all the joints was started from the root of the weld and then propagated inside the weld metal with an angle of ~70 with respect to the Al-1050 base sheet. Stress analysis in weld showed that fracture in the joint was controlled predominantly by the maximum normal stress.

In the present work, experimental and numerical results of the effects of different pressure curve on the thickness variation of sheet metal and distribution of radius and hoop strain for effective stress-strain curve have been presented. A series of experiments are carried out using a hydroforming apparatus by exerting different pressure curves including pendulous, steeped, saw and continuous. In each series, the effect of changes in pressure curve on thickness distribution was quantitatively measured. Different pressure curves such as continuous, stepped, and pendulous was produced in experiments. The ABACUS software was implemented to simulate the effect of changes in pressure curve. A good agreement between the experimental and numerical results was observed. The results show that stepped pressure produces more uniform distribution in sheet metal thickness. Mechanical behavior of sheet metal during plastic deformation phase under stepped pressure, produced satisfactory results, and using this type of pressure could control the effects of friction between the die surface and sheet metal specimen much better. Also, constant time duration of pressure pulses in stepped and pendulous curves leads to decreasing of maximum pressure needed for deformation of sheets.

In this paper, effects of severe plastic deformation (SPD) on the fatigue crack growth, mechanical properties, texture, roughness and fracture toughness of Al-6063 were studied. The Al-6063 alloy was deformed by ECAP process. The average grain size refined to less than 100nm. The textural study conducted before and after ECAP process. The fatigue crack growth tests were performed for different load range at same load ratio. The yield and ultimate stresses increased about 230% and 79% after ECAP process, respectively. The elongation reduced from 16.6% to 7% after four passes of ECAP process. The fatigue crack growth rate increased after first pass of ECAP process. The Paris equation parameters changed before and after ECAP but there is no significant change for different load ranges. The fracture toughness decreased after first pass of ECAP process. The atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used for measuring roughness. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) pictures were made for fracture surface study. The ductile and fissured fracture with large dimples were seen before ECAP process. The fracture surface with refined dimples observed after ECAP process.

Jet injected transversely into a crossflow is used to the propulsion system such as, turbo jet engines, ram jet and scram jet engines and cooling of combustion chamber. Earliest research of a jet in a crossflow has been motivated by applications related to environmental problems such as plume dispersal from exhaust but gradually its application increased. In comparison to co-axial injection, transversely injection have a better efficiency. Difference in direction of injection helped to forming the smaller particles indeed, increases the combustion chamber performance. In this paper, effective factors on liquid jet trajectory and breakup are studied. Effect of nozzle geometry, Weber number and moment ratio of liquid jet to the air crossflow are investigated and equation of trajectory for elliptical and circular nozzle is obtained. In addition, length and height of breakup point are obtained and Show that the elliptical and circular liquid jet trajectory have different together. Also the breakup height equation has investigated and comparison to other study. These results are very important for designing of combustion chamber. The results compared to other researchers, the results shows, answers have a good compatibility and accuracy, and they are reliable and trustworthy.

In this paper, the performance of a new design cogeneration cycle with various working fluids is investigated. Exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental approach are developed to study the thermodynamic performance of the cycle and to assess the total cost of products. The naval design is based on organic Rankine cycle by using the gas turbine prime mover for fulfilling of the main goals of gas comperessor station of Nar-Kangan zone (South of Iran). These goals as follows: production of electricity and refrigeration power (cooling requirement) and total cost of products. According to recent parametric studies, boiler, turbine and condensation temperature and turbine inlet pressure significantly affect the three goals. The results show that dichlorotrifluoroethane (R-123) and toluene have a better performance in producing electricity (1.612MW) and refrigeration power (6.282MW) among other working fluids, while, the carbon dioxide has a better operation to reduce of products cost (103.5$/MJ). So, when the condensation temperature increases the refrigeration power decreases and boiler inlet temperature increases, the refrigeration power decreases. The results reveal that the refrigeration power decreases as the turbine temperatures and pressure increase and condensation temperature decreases; however, there is an optimum turbine inlet pressure (12MPa) in the carbon dioxide cycle for a minimum cost of products. The combustion chamber and boiler have a maximum destruction exergy rate for irreversibility and temperature difference among of system components

Small scale hydraulic power plants equipped with very low head (VLH) axial turbines can be considered as a novel approach to extract energy from rivers and canals. In this study, design process and numerical simulation of a prototype of a VLH turbine is done. The selected turbine generates 450 kW power at the head of 2.6 m. In order to generate the turbine geometry using MATLAB and X-Foil, a computational code has been developed. The design process to generate finalized geometrical data of the runner blades contains a primary hydrodynamic design using Euler equation in turbomachinery, a classical approach for axial turbomachinery design and selection of hydrofoils with appropriate lift coefficient. Using the geometry and structured mesh generated by Turbo Grid for discretization of governing equations, the numerical simulation was accomplished by ANSYS CFX. Simulation results of different opening angles of the runner blades are presented for the turbine system including runner and guide vanes. Also, cavitation possibility is studied in various opening angles and discharges. The results demonstrate that the hydraulic efficiency of the VLH turbine is approximately 89% where the opening angle of the runner blades is at the design point. Moreover, cavitation does not occur at the design point. However, at flow rates larger than the nominal flow rate, and at opening angles larger than the design point cavitation at the leading edge is possible

In this research, High Order Expansions method implementation in order to obtain an optimal solution for an unmanned aerial vehicle continuous maneuver problem is studied. The main goal of this research, is to describe a specific approach to solve nonlinear optimal control problems using series expansions and algebraic matrix Riccati equation in order to obtain solutions with better performance. Based on this, the state feedback control with different powers is used for optimal commands calculations. Clearly, the control command would be high order and closed-loop; it has been shown it results in a superior performance in smooth nonlinear problems. In this research, in addition to the implementation of High Order Expansions method and its usage, a different approach of dealing with optimal control problem based on this method has been given. Continuous maneuver of an unmanned aerial vehicle problem is solved for investigating the performance of the proposed method. In this example, the High Order Expansions up to and including the third order are used and two different flight scenarios are simulated. By investigating the result of the solution to this problem, the superior performance of the third order optimal command with respect to the first order is illustrated.

In this research, the experimental and numerical analysis of the Al. alloy 5083-H321 fracture behavior under uniaxial and bi-axial tension has been investigated. The bi-axial tension cruciform specimens are made by electrochemical methods, according to Lionel model, for considering bi-axial fracture behavior of the material. The specimens are gridded by electrochemical etching method. A dependent bi-axial tension mechanism is fabricated with relatively high precision machining methods. The experimental bi-axial tests have been performed by the mechanism on the INSTRON-1343 uniaxial machine, at ambient temperature and strain rate of 0.0003 1. For comparing the experimental and numerical results, how to fracture the material at the beginning and development of it, the location of fracture on the test section of cruciform specimen, and the force diagrams on the cruciform specimen arms are of interest can be mentioned. The finite element method has been used with regard to the damage conditions of ABAQUS software for simulating the fracture behavior. The experimental results show that fracture at the specimen center does not happen. The fracture of cruciform specimen begins in the test section of specimen and in range with the corners of the specimen. Furthermore, the strains are minimal near cruciform specimen arms and in the test section area. Also, the gradient of stress is towards the test section and along the corners. There was an excellent correlation between theoretical and experimental results for location of damage initiation in the test section, how to fracture in the beginning and after that, and arms forces.

In this paper, an open-source software framework named “Chesmeh” for numerical solution of the fluid dynamics equations is introduced. The data structure is designed in a way that the software framework supports structured grids on arbitrary number of spatial dimensions. The software has the ability to decompose the numerical grid into several smaller grids for parallel processing. Furthermore, using some functions, the complexity of the parallel programming is considerably made easier for the user. The software is developed using the new features of the C programming language, specially the template metaprogramming feature. In addition to the linear finite difference schemes, which can be simply implemented, the nonlinear schemes such as essentially non-oscillatory shock capturing schemes are implemented. Using the software, it is also possible to use compact finite difference schemes, which lead to a tridiagonal system of equations. Defining and applying different kinds of boundary conditions are also predicted in the software. In addition, utilities are considered for file input and output. Using several test cases of compressible and incompressible flows and viscous and inviscid flows, the capabilities of the software are demonstrated.

In this study, the effect of Parallel tubular channel angular pressing (PTCAP) as a severe plastic deformation (SPD) process on the microstructural, mechanical properties and superplasticity of AZ31 magnesium alloy were investigated. PTCAP method at 300°C was performed for production of ultra-fine grained (UFG) tube with a high superplasticity. After the first pass of PTCAP a bimodal microstructure, large gains surrounded by a large number of tiny recrystallized ones, was observed. The grain refinement and homogeneity of the microstructure increased by applying subsequent passes of PTCAP. After four pass of PTCAP, the average grain size of the material decreased from 43 µm to 6.8 µm. Vickers microhardness measurements revealed that by applying more PTCAP passes and consequently, more grain refinement, the value of hardness increased. Fractographic SEM images showed that predominately ductile fracture was occurred in all hot tensile specimens. A higher elongation to failure of 256% was achieved at a higher tensile testing temperature of 450°C and a strain rate of 10-3 1/s, due to grain boundary sliding as a dominant deformation mechanism, while this values for the as-received sample is 116% at the same tensile testing condition. Finally, it was observed that the four-pass PTCAP processed sample has higher room temperature microstructural and mechanical properties and also higher elevated temperature superplasticity than the as-received sample. Also, the grains thermal stability test was done on the four-pass PTCAP processed sample at 5 different temperatures.

The main purpose of using scaffolds replacement tissues of the body. The most important part is to choose the type and steel scaffolding so that eventually will replace the damaged tissue. One of the mechanisms proposed to reshape the bone is based on its piezoelectric properties. It seems that the use of piezoelectric materials is an option for use in the body, is a unique privilege. Therefore, the ceramic barium titanate (BaTiO3) having good piezoelectric properties, Curie temperature of about 125˚C and laboratory observations that non-toxic in the body, as a candidate to replace and simulate the performance of bone tissue, has been proposed. In this study, the design and produce of barium titanate piezoelectric ceramic as a bone scaffold with foam casting method and become coated with gelatinous and nanostructured HA composite for bone tissue engineering. Then test its properties by infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and mechanical properties were studied. In the end, it was concluded that the barium titanate scaffold produse with foam casting method coated with gelatin nano hydroxyapatite composite structure suitable for use in bone tissue engineering.

A new method was provided to control linear time-varying systems in which the reference signal is a harmonic function with variable amplitude, mean or frequency, such as block loading. The results of practical tests on the voice coil actuator fatigue test machine indicate that this method is robust to noise and disturbance. Also proposed control method compensates unknown time-varying time-delay which leads to bandwidth increase in harmonic loading. On the other hand in this paper the central pattern generator (CPG) was used to design the trajectory of input signal to the main plant. Because of soft applying of changes by CPG, it prevents excitation of high frequency dynamics. To implement the proposed method main plant, which can be estimated with a fourth-order single-input single-output (SISO) model was considered as a two-input two-output (TITO) decoupled system that each relevant input-output is first-order. The level of control loop pairs to each other is investigated by calculation of dynamic relative gain array (DRGA) matrix. The test results also show that loading control was properly carried out in the presence of various uncertainties such as nonlinearities, unmodeled dynamics and time-varying parameters.

High ratio of strength to weight in carbon/epoxy composites causes to their applications in several structures, especially aerospace structures. In addition, to enhance the reliability in such structures, investigating damages in composites is essential. One way to detect defects in composites is to utilize the acoustic emission approach. Thus, the objective of the present research is to find failure mechanisms in open-hole laminate composite specimens with 〖[0_3/〖90〗_2/0_2]〗_s layup under cyclic loadings at different displacement amplitudes, using the acoustic emission. First, the standard specimen was examined and elastic waves due to failures in the specimen were detected by acoustic emission wide-band sensors. Two methods have been utilized to detect the failure percent, including Pocket wavelet transform and Fuzzy clustering approaches. Results from these methods were compared to micro-structure images by the scanning electron microscopy. Obtained results in this research indicated the appropriate efficiency of the acoustic emission approach to detect the type of failures and their percent in laminate composites.

In current research, surface reaction phenomena in several packed bed reactors have been considered. Flow field through several fractal Sierpinski carpet porous media have been simulated by LBM. The endothermic Isopropanol dehydrogenization reaction has been considered as basic reaction mechanism and two major parameters of non-homogeneity and specific area in catalytic surface reaction have been investigated. To validate our numerical method, the obtained results have been compared to a recent benchmark study and adopted very well. Also, in both cases the porosity factor retained constant (ε=0.79). The results shown that, by three times increase in specific area, the reactant conversion rate is increased significantly (approximately one order of magnitude), and the pressure drop increased (nearly 5 times), too. Also, to consider non-homogeneity arrangement, the particle arrangements from small to large and large to small have been considered. In both, the pressure drop is approximately the same. At low Re, reactant conversion of both arrangement are the same but by increasing of Re, the packed bed reactor with large to small arrangement has a little more reactant conversion.

In this study, we tried to have investigation of elastic properties of Prefoldin nano-actuator on the microscopic scale. Prefoldin is a molecular chaperone that prevented the aggregation of misfolded proteins and it has been shown that it can also serve as a Nano-actuator (drug delivery). To this end, steered molecular dynamics simulations have been used, which investigate the theory of spring constant in the molecular test based on the theory of two springs in series. The results expressed in form of young’s modulus. The results show that Prefoldin nano actuator exhibit different behaviors at different pulling rates and to what extent of tension, each tentacle of this nano actuator remains stable. The resulting Young's modulus for the Prefoldin chains was obtained at a rate of (3-3.3 ± 0.01 Gpa). By providing the complete understanding of mechanical properties of Prefoldin nano actuator, it is possible to exact investigating of Prefoldin nano actuator applications in intelligent drug delivery and capture the pathogenic cargos.

If in control systems, for any reason, such as cost limitation and environmental conditions, the states of the system could not be measured by measurement sensors, suitable observer should be designed for state estimation. In this paper, a high-gain observer for a class of nonlinear systems in triangular form with divers and simultaneous delay at state, input and output equations is proposed. If time delays are known, sufficient conditions are provided by using Lyapunov-Krasovskii theorem that guarantees the state estimation error converges asymptotically to zero. Conditions are expressed in this way that the output time delay is smaller than the defined amount and also the high-gain parameter in the observer structure is larger than the specified values. Simulation results on inverted pendulum with dc motor control illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed observer.

In this work, torsional modeling and experimental characterization of a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) rod is investigated. Experimental tests of previous studies proved that different direction of loading is effective on torque-angle response of a rod. Accordingly, using improved Brinson’s model and converting it to a torsional model and referring a twist deformation in the clockwise direction to a positive twist and a twist deformation in the counter clockwise direction to a negative twist, the asymmetry effect on the rod is investigated. Assuming a linear strain through the cross section and then finding stresses, using the asymmetric Brinson model, and integrating the stresses through the cross section the torque-angle response of the rod is presented, by using a numerical procedure. The parameters for Brinson model, including phase transformation temperatures, are derived from experimental tests and there is more than 95% agreement between the present model and experimental test. Regarding the results, a verification for the derived parameters is presented and a parametric study on SMA rod is considered. The average error of asymmetric and symmetric models with respect to the experimental tests are 5% and 15% respectively. Moreover, hysteresis inner loops are studied and asymmetric model is compared to the experimental tests. The results show good agreement of the asymmetric model when compared to experimental tests.

“Minimum-dissipation sub-grid models” are simple alternatives to the Smagorinsky-type approaches to imposing sub-grid scales (SGS)' effects in the large-eddy simulation (LES) approach. Recently, a new model in this family called “anisotropic minimum-dissipation (AMD)” model is represented. AMD is classified as a static type eddy-viscosity sub-grid scale model. The model is more cost effective than the dynamic Smagorinsky model, furthermore; it is not only able to consider the effect of various directions in computing sub-grid stress but also capable of operating for transitional flows from laminar to turbulent. In this study, this sub-grid model has been implemented in the open source package OpenFOAM and its performance is evaluated in the prediction of the flow field inside a channel with a pressure driven air flow. The accuracy of the model has been investigated at different Reynolds numbers including transient and fully turbulent flows and compared with the dynamic Smagorinsky model as well as direct numerical simulation (DNS) solutions. Results reveal that this sub-grid model is quite accurate over a broad range of Reynolds numbers once calculating velocity profiles as well as first and second-order turbulent quantities.

Fault propagation analysis is a method based on graph theory used to study the propagation of the effects of faults and disturbances in the system parts. The inclusion of fault propagation and interference of fault and disturbance effects in the design of fault detection algorithms increases reliability and reduces false alarms in critical equipment. In this paper the failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) method was used to prepare a list of the possible faults and disturbances of each part of a system including of an induction motor and a centrifugal pump. Then a logical model is obtained through the fault propagation analysis to explain the connection between different parts of this system and the propagation of the electrical, vibrational and process effects. This model can be used to consider the propagation of the effects of faults and disturbances in system parts, and the interference of these effects and to select the appropriate effects or sensor configurations required for robust fault detection. The concept of this method is illustrated in this paper by applying this technique to an experimental system.

Electric discharge machining is one of the most widely used non-traditional machining techniques which use thermal energy for machining in small dimensions, machining complex shapes and machining hard materials with high strength such as ceramics and heat-treated steels. In this study the ultrasonic vibrations and magnetic field assisted EDM process as a new hybrid process was introduced and used for machining of AISI H13 too steel, to solve the EDM process limitations such as low material removal rate. In this investigation, several experiments were designed and performed based on full factorial method by selecting pulse current and pulse duration as most effective parameters of EDM process in order to study the effects of applying ultrasonic vibrations to tool electrode and external magnetic field around gap distance of EDM process, simultaneously, on material removal rate and tool wear rate. According the results, applying ultrasonic vibrations to tool electrode and external magnetic field around gap distance of EDM process, simultaneously, despite the increases of tool wear rate, increases the material removal rate as compared with EDM (60%), ultrasonic vibrations assisted EDM (40%) and magnetic field assisted EDM processes (55%) in all pulse durations and pulse currents except in pulse current of 32 A. In pulse current of 32 A, because of the interference of the influences of applying ultrasonic vibrations to tool electrode and external magnetic field around gap distance, the material removal rate and tool wear ratio are decreased.

This paper details the experimental testing and numerical simulation of crushing performance of laminated composite tube under impact loading. Composite tube is modeled as multiple layers of shell elements and chamfered trigger is accounted for by sequentially reducing the length of the layers. The simulation is performed using a Continuum Damage Mechanic material model for representing the intralaminar behavior in which damage activates according to LaRC03-04 failure criteria and propagates according to a set of linear and bi-linear softening laws. Mesh objectivity is accounted for by incorporating crack band law and regularizing dissipated energy by element characteristic length. Interlaminar fractures are modeled using Tiebreak contact based on traction-separation law while a mesh-independent energy based method, utilizing cohesive zone length criterion, is implemented to effectively simulate the delamination. Most of the laminate properties, required for simulation, are obtained by standard tests. To validate the simulation results, impact tests are performed in drop tower machine. Specimens are made of cross-ply laminate using vacuum assisted resin transfer molding procedure and output data is filtered using channel frequency class 600. A good agreement is achieved between numerical and experimental data.

In this research, the dynamic behavior and nonlinear vibration of a clamped-clamped initially curved microbeam under electrostatic step actuation is investigated. The initially curved microbeams under transverse loading may exhibit two different stable states and this is the basis of the emergence of bi-stable micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS). The equation of motion is derived based on energy method and Hamiltonian principle, and re-written in non-dimensional form by using appropriate non-dimensional parameters. The resultant equation of motion in non-dimensional form is discretized and converts to a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations by using a reduced order model based on the Galerkin procedure. Runge-kutta method of order four is employed to solve the resulting system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. COMSOL Multiphysics software is used for finite element simulation. Then, the effect of various parameters including voltage parameter, damping, initial midpoint elevation and gap length is investigated. It is concluded that the critical voltage of pull-in is decreased by increasing of the initial midpoint elevation. Also The results depict that by increasing of the damping parameter, the possibility of transition between two stable stats is eliminated.

Various studies on cars aerodynamics focusing on the Ahmed body model as a standard and simplified shape of a road vehicle have been carried out in recent years. In this paper plasma actuator as an active flow control method has been employed to control flow around the rear part of an Ahmed body with the rear slant angle of 25°. Experiments performed in a wind tunnel in free stream velocity of U=10m/s using steady and unsteady plasma actuator excitations. Pressure distribution on the rear part was measured by 52 sensors, and also total drag force was extracted by a load cell. More over smoke flow visualization was carried out to determine the flow pattern around the body. The results showed that employing plasma actuator not only has an effective influence on pressure distribution on the rear slant surface, but also reduces total drag force in steady and unsteady excitations 7.3% and 5%, respectively. As a result, based on flow visualization and pressure distribution tests, plasma actuator in steady state actuation, could distract D-shape vortices and suppress the separated flow over the rear slant.

Pool boiling has the ability to remove large heat flux at low difference temperature of wall and this can be further enhanced by using surface modification methods. This article investigates pool boiling heat transfer on 4 levels with different orientations. For this purpose, a laboratory device was designed and built. The main goal of providing a simple and cost-effective manner with high durability in industrial applications, to having the highest amount of critical heat flux at the lowest level of super-heated temperature difference. The results show that surface roughness factor causing a delay in connecting the bubbles and heat flux increased slightly. In addition to roughness factor, two factors separating bubbles from the fluid in the heat dissipation and more power nucleation sites and micro-bubble layer can be more important than the surface roughness. The surface polished in one direction with lower roughness has higher critical heat flux than circular rough surface. Ultimately to combine bubble separation and more feed the micro layer with made micro channel. With this method it could be increased 131% critical heat flux and 211% heat transfer coefficient.

This study addressed the friction stir welding of AA2024-T351 and AA6061-T6 aluminum alloys with added reinforcing particles at 800 rpm, and a traverse speed of 31.5 mm/min. The specimens were heat-treated for different time durations to study the impact of SiC particles on aging kinetics during welding in different metallurgical regions. The Vickers micro-hardness and optical microscopy showed that the reinforcing particles enhanced aging kinetics and decreased the grain size in the stir zone. Moreover, compared to micro-sized SiC particles, the addition of SiC nanoparticles led to a higher hardness at the stir zone following the post-weld heat treatment. Although the joint containing SiC nanoparticles was associated with a higher strength after heat treatment, the trends of changes in strength with time were similar for all specimens with the maximum strength obtained after 20 hours of artificial aging at 160℃. The fracture was controlled by the weakest point of the joint which was located near the thermo-mechanically affected zone on the AA6061 side in all specimens. The mechanical behavior of the joint after heat treatment was identical to the stress-strain behavior of the AA6061 base metal.