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Purpose of this thesis is to discover the governing equation of Flying Wing aircrafts. In Flying Wing aircrafts crew, payload, fuel, and equipment are typically housed inside the main wing structure. A clean flying wing is sometimes presented as theoretically the most aerodynamically efficient (lowest drag) design configuration for a fixed wing aircraft. We assume Flying wing as plate. Achieve structural formulation needs to use modal deflections and put them in Lagrangian equations. In the right had side, pressure on flying wing can be found. To obtain air pressure on flying wing in this thesis, applying Quasi steady aerodynamic and Howe distribution is necessary. Applying this method on ... 

This study aims at investigating the vibration analysis and stability of Graphene Nano-Ribbon (GNR) under a magnetic field using continuum mechanics approach and an efficient hybrid modal-molecular dynamics method. The force distribution on the GNR due to the magnetic field is determined by Maxwell's equations, Biot-savart law, magnetic dipoles and Lorentz force law.
Using the continuum mechanics model, the vibration of the GNR in a magnetic field is investigated by some problems and the resonance frequencies, stability boundaries and critical load are studied.
Furthermore, in this present study, an efficient hybrid modal-molecular dynamics method is developed for the vibration... 

In static floating structures such as floating bridges and offshore runways that are in contact with the water surface from the floor and with the open air from the top, three types of interactions occur: the interaction of the structure with air, the interaction of the structure with water and Interaction of air with water. Due to the long length of such structures and approaching their natural frequencies to the standing wave frequencies (seiche frequencies), the analysis of the elastic behavior of the structure alone is not enough, but the structure-air-water interaction must be evaluated simultaneously in a system. Leading research addresses this issue and examines the behavior of an... 

In the following research a novel method for vibration analysis of nano-structures has been presented. This method is based on equalizing the lattice stiffness to a continuous model. In this method, an equivalent continuous system is considered for each atomic lattice and for the equivalent system a modified differential equation is presented. The governing equation of the continuous system is modified in such a way that the displacement field of the atomic lattice obtained by solving this differential equation gives similar responses to the displacement field of atomic lattice. This differential equation is derived from the Taylor expansion of the displacement field about the lattice atoms.... 

The issue of fluid sloshing in vessels is of paramount importance in aerospace engineering. To suppress sloshing Baffles are used and one kind of baffles is “Perforated Baffle” that is good in weight efficiency. When fluid passes through Perforated Baffle, the energy dissipates and sloshing induces. The purpose of this study is to develop a model for linear sloshing in presence of a Perforated Baffle in the vessel. In this project, the flow is modeled by potential function. The Flow may be rotational in the nearby of baffle due to viscosity when it passes through-out perforations, so Laplace's equation for the velocity potential is useless in this region. To simulate the flow in such zones,... 

In this research, the effect of the changes of the factors affecting the stability and vibrations of the rotating shaft with the middle universal joint has been investigated. Using the energy method, the rotor motion equations for two five-degree-of-freedom Jefkat rotors have been obtained. By considering the effect of system vibrations on the angle between the rotors and using the existing constraint relations at the connection point of the rotors and inserting them into the equations, finally the equation of motion of the investigated system has been obtained as seven degrees of freedom. Due to the variable speed of the output shaft, the coefficients of the degrees of freedom are dependent... 

In this study, the effect of the initial bow on vibrations and stability of the rotor with nonlinear supports has been investigated. Using the energy method, the rotor’s equations of motion for the four-degree of freedom Jeffcott rotor and the elastic rotor assuming Tymoshenko beam relations are calculated. It is very important to study the initial bow as one of the common faults in rotating machines that has a great effect on system vibrations. A method was proposed to reduce rotor vibrations and balancing systems. Choosing a way to eliminate machine defects is one of the points considered by rotor dynamic engineers. Many factors can cause a bow in the rotor, some of the most important of... 

The present research aims to achieve two major objectives in the Rotordynamic phenomenon. The first one is to study the linear and nonlinear dynamic characteristics of tilting pad journal bearings and calculating their dynamic coefficients like damping and stiffness, and the second one, studies the linear and nonlinear behavior of rotors standing on nonlinear pedestal, say nonlinear tilting pad journal bearing. By use of Partial Derivative method along with Perturbation method the linear dynamic coefficients are calculated for three different model of tilting pad journal bearing and these results are validated with the results presented by previous researches. The presented procedure is... 

Morphing concepts can potentially improve the performance and fuel consumption of modern aircrafts. Smart materials can reduce the weight and complexity, and also are of the best choices to improve efficiency and reliability for realizing morphing wings. Developing of a simple model and optimization of smart piezocomposite actuators position of a thin wing with variable camber is considered. The goal is to gain desired properties in incompressible subsonic regime. Lifting surfaces of a composite wing are simplified using shell model. Keeping the problem simple, a piezocomposite patch is used to change the shell curvature. Basic modes are extracted from FEM software and behavior of bimorph... 

In this study, stability as well as linear and nonlinear vibrations of coaxial rotating cylindrical shells conveying annular incompressible fluid medium are investigated. To this aim the inner isotropic and elastic rotating cylindrical shell along with the rigid and stationary outer cylinder are considered. Equations of motion for the inner cylinder are determined according to the Hamilton’s principle and using the Sanders-Koiter theory assumptions. In order to generalize the boundary condition implementation, some translational and rotational springs are attached to the boundaries at the mid-plane. The final system of equations are solved by means of the extended Galerkin method – being an... 

A series of algorithms developed for performing aeroelastic topology optimization applying stress constraint on a three dimentional structure of a supersonic wing. The structure modeled using finite element method by three dimentional solid hexahedron elements. Bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization method used for developing optimization algorithms. In order to apply supersonic aerodynamic loading and developing aeroelastic model algorithms, the piston aerodynamic theory utilized. In order to apply static pressure loading, the maximum angle of attack of the wing performance is proposed. Using developed MATLAB code by modeling and meshing wing structure in ABAQUS a software... 

One of the major challenges in Additive Manufacturing is the creation of residual stresses due to the high temperature gradient in the solidification zone. This will cause problems such as cracks in the structure, metallurgical defects as well as deformation and dimensional accuracy reduction in the finished product. The purpose of this study is to perform mathematical modeling and computer simulation of the selective laser melting process (SLM) to predict these stresses as well as identify the effective parameters on this phenomenon. The conditions were adjusted in this model with the actual coefficients of the device. Additionally, the powder used in this project is Ti6Al4V material. By... 

Physical and mechanical properties of cast alloys is partly a function of the morphology and volume fraction of phases from freezing. The microstructure of the eutectic solidification is function of physical properties (especially mobility and surface tension) and the volume fraction of phases involved in the evolution. The prediction of solidification microstructures will be very helpful for improving the mechanical properties of casting alloys and designing of new families of alloys. The theoretical study of the formation of eutectic microstructures is very difficult and almost impossible in general cases and empirical studies are expensive. The purpose of this study is to predict the... 

More than 70 weight percentage of using parts in diverse industries (such as military, civil, automobile productions and etc.) are produceed by the casting processes. For each one of the casting procceses, mold cavity is requisite for arrived molten metal in the mold cavity to get eventuated as a solidified part. Based on mold ilk, if the mold is permanent, the cast part must be capable to be remoeved from the the mold inside. For the non-permanent mold (asssuming multi-piece and non-monolithic), if the model requires to be removed from the mold inside after molding and before casting, only model (no cast part) has to be moldable (why for removing the solidified cast part from the... 

Lead-containing solder alloys in particular Sn-37Pb is the most common alloy used in electronics industry, this alloy has the good mechanical properties and excellent wetting properties and low prices. Recently, increasing environmental and health concerns over the toxicity of lead combined with strict legislation to ban the use of lead-based solders have provided an inevitable driving force for the development of lead-free solder alloys. A group of these lead-free solders are nanocomposite solders that because of having the reinforcement nano particles exhibit lots of unique properties, such as good mechanical and thermal properties. The aim of this research produce a new tin base... 

In this thesis, by deliberately embedding “emplacements” in the system to locally break the inversion and the time reversal symmetries, the manifold of all possible microstructures is navigated in pursuit of the one that can give rise to maximal magnetoelectric effect mediated by elastic energy of piezoelectric-piezomagnetic phases via their interface --- needless to mention the low intensity of such an effect in single-phase multiferroics. The configuration with the maximal coupling is sought within the context of phase-field modeling. In order to numerically track the conserved dissipative dynamics of the interface (namely, the Cahn-Hilliard equation) --- that is nonlocal by the nature of... 

Al-Mg alloys are used in many industrial fields, thus improvement of their mechanical properties is so important. Expressing mathematical models on the basis of physical and microstructural properties can be useful for this purpose. In this research, in order to study the microstructural evolutions and mechanical properties of the material, a dislocation based model and microstructural parameters such as grains and subgrains during plastic deformation and subsequent annealing are considered. In addition, a modification is used to make the model capable of justify the solute atom and temperature effect simultaneously. This makes the results to be more precise and accurate considering...