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Determination of ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations has been discussed since long time ago in many books and papers. Although this is not generally a new problem, there are still some problems which may be interesting to be investigated in detail using suitable computer programs and by application of appropriate soil models. Comprehensive surveys on bearing capacity coefficients of different foundations have been done by utilizing FLAC software. The failure of soil is governed by the Elasto-Plastic Mohr-coulomb criterion. New graphs and equations have been developed for determining the coefficients. The equations achieved in this study by numerical methods, have been compared... 

We explain a new trust-region method for solving unconstrained optimization problems recently introduced in the literature, where the radius update is computed using the information at the current iterate rather than at the preceeding one. The update is then performed according to how well the current model retrospectively predicts the value of the objective function at the last iterate. Global convergence to first- and second-order critical ponits is proved under classical assumptions. Preliminary numerical expriments on CUTEr problems with MATLAB7.7 indicate that the new method is very competitive  

Having an efficient and reliable system for oil-water separation is of crucial importance in oil and gas industry. Hydrocyclones have been used for more than a century to separate oil from water as well as sand from liquid or gas. The main objectives of this research are as follows: Determination the hydrocyclone principle of operation, based on computational fluid dynamic simulations. Hydrocyclones, in a spite of simple structure, are widely used in industry such as Petrochemical, Mining, Chemical Industries, Pharmacy, Food and Pulp Industries. The CALC BFC is one phase flow numerical code based on finite volume method and SIMPLEC algorithm. It was extended for simulating the two phase flow... 

In this thesis the interaction noise created by fluid flow with low Mach number over a rod-airfoil model simulated. Some numerical and experimental benchmark data for comparison and validation of results exist in articles. The simulation done by using Fluent 6.3 which restricts the choice of turbulence models to only 2D URANS. A study was undertaken on the cylinder as case study where some experimental aerodynamic and acoustic data are available. In this case study, the best turbulence model, discretization scheme and grid sizing were investigated. The only turbulence model which has the ability to simulate the near field and far field with a relatively good degree of accuracy was K-ω SST... 

The present work is concerned with numerical simulation of spray flame for rocket combustor (MASCOTTE A-10 test case at 10 bar pressure) based on cryogen gaseous hydrogen and liquid oxygen at specific condition. This liquid oxygen and gaseous hydrogen single element combustor experiment has been the focus of many numerical studies which is representative of combustion in rocket combustion chamber condition. The purposed strategy relies on hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian framework that continuous phase is evaluated by Reynolds average Navier-stokes (RANS) equation with quick discretization method and dispersed phase of combustion chamber atmosphere is evaluated by discrete phase method (DPM). To... 

Numerous structures which are involved in seismic soil-pile-structure interaction have been destroyed. Considering complexities which exist in soil-pile interaction problems and lack of precise methods without imperfect bases, it is necessary to use numerical methods for analyzing soil-pile interaction problems. In this research, three-dimensional modeling and studying the effect of changing soil and pile parameters on the behavior of pile under earthquake loading is performed using finite difference software, FLAC3D. The soil in this model has a softening behavior. Real earthquake spectrum has been applied into the model as the acceleration time history at the bedrock level. The results of... 

Train-induced vibrations can disturb the residential areas close to the rail as well as making ground-borne noises that can create problems for sensitive apparatus and devices. To reduce these problems, there need to be an evaluation of the amplitude of the ground-borne vibrations. The goal in this study is creating a suitable finite difference model in order to predict the intensity of train induced vibrations propagating inside or on the surface of the soil using FLAC (Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua) software as well as assessing the effectiveness of recycled shredded tires in reducing the surface vibrations by using these material as the filler for vibration isolation trenches. The... 

With advances in technology, production and propagation of sound waves in the air has become very important. One of the main goals of study of these waves is controlling them. The environment plays the most important role in sound propagation. Therefore, the properties of the environment and their effects should be studied. One such concern studied widespread previously, is porosity and porous media effects on the properties of a fluid flow and sound waves through it. An important application of this study is sound proofing systems. In this project two-dimensional numerical simulation of aeroacoustic waves passing through a porous media is carried out, using Lattice Boltzmann Method. The aim... 

Today, the importance of transportation and motor vehicles is crystal clear for everyone. On the other hand, energy crisis and the emissions of these vehicles are two fundamental problems of internal combustion motors. On account of this, the diesel vehicles have absorbed researchers’ attentions due to their higher efficiency and low fuel consumption.Due to high diesel vehicle efficiency, it is tried to substitute gasoline vehicles with these vehicles. In addition, the unrecyclable nature of fossil fuels has led to more attention to renewable energies such as biofuels. A lot of kinds of herbal oils have identical characteristics with diesel fuel.In this research, the combustion of Rapeseed... 

In this paper, we introduced two methods for producing unequal sized droplet from an initial one that don’t have the disadvantages of the available methods. We developed a comprehensive analytical theory for the T-junction with valve method. Also the geometry was simulated using a VOF algorithm and a comparison was performed between numerical and analytical results and very good agreement was observed. The accuracy of numerical results was confirmed by doing the grid independency and time step independency and comparing the results with two analytical benchmarks. We derived accurate analytical relations for calculating the droplet volume ratio, droplet length (L1, L2 and Lwhole) and pressure... 

Condensation is one of the main processes in environment and engineering systems, including thermal power plants, desalination systems and air conditioners. Thus, improvement of its performance can lead to decrease of energy consumption and the resulting air pollutions. Recently, using nanotechnology and new coating methods, there have been great researches on stable superhydrophobic surfaces and using theme as condensing surfaces which because of jumping droplet phenomena can increase condensation performance. Because of the great influence of wetting and structure properties of surfaces on condensation, in this study nucleation and growth of condensing droplets on smooth and structured... 

The problem of jet into a cross flow is one of the classic problems in fluid mechanics and has many engineering applications, such as in vector thrust control systems. Although many works have been done in this field, there have not been enough research in interactions of supersonic jets into compressible subsonic cross flows (specially its interaction with control surfaces downstream). Hence, the purpose of this research is to get better understanding of this interaction and its effects on control surfaces downstream (both numerical and experimental). Some of the individual achievements of this research are the design and manufacturing of supersonic jet system, parametric study of: boundary... 

Simulation of the flow inside a turbopump inducer of a cryogenic engine, can help to reduce the number of experimental tests in the design phase. In cryogenic engines, high speed of the turbo pump, engine working at off-design conditions, startup and shutdown of the engine, can cause the pressure to drop below the vapor pressure at the inducer blades. In such circumstances, cavitation bubbles start to grow and collapse as they are washed by the flow to the regions with higher pressure. Cavitation is the rapid formation and collapse of vapour cavities in a liquid.The energy required for evaporation is received from the surrounding liquid which causes the temperature to drop in the... 

Thermal management of electronics is a contemporary issue which is increasingly gaining importance in line with the advances in packaging technology. Immediate and consistent multi-disciplinary research is needed to cater to the prevailing trends of net power and flux levels of upcoming microelectronics products. Material science, packaging concepts, fabrication technology and novel cooling strategies are some of key areas requiring synchronal research for successful thermal management. Focusing on the latter area, this thesis attempts to describe the complex thermo-hydrodynamics of Closed Loop ... 

This thesis investigates nonlinear rolling of ships and effect of anti-rolling tanks. For this purpose numerical method is used. For studying this phenomenon, a program was developed in Simulink module of commercial software, MATLAB and roll motion has been simulated. The program has been developed so it can be used for displacement commercial vessels with a typical hull form and the simulated tank is a U-shape type tank. Simulation is 1-DOF and for rolling in regular waves with different encounter angel except for head sea and following sea. Results are included of roll degree, angular velocity and acceleration of ship and tanks fluid roll, encounter wave moment on ship and moment imposed...