The effects of contact conditions at the wire–die interface on temperature distribution specimen and die are investigated to understand wire drawing process. Finite element analysis experiments performed analyze a drawn based different using low-carbon steel wire. maximum (Tmax) decreases as heat transfer coefficient increases, whereas that increases with coefficient. Tmax thermal conductivity ...

A graph is k-level planar if it admits a planar drawing in which each vertex is mapped to one of k horizontal parallel lines and the edges are drawn as non-crossing y-monotone line segments between these lines. It is not known whether the decision problem of a graph being k-level planar is solvable in polynomial time complexity (in P) or not. However, if the layer assignment, i.e. the mapping o...

This research tested the mechanisms by which a narrative entertainment televisionprogram influences safe sex intentions. Drawing on existing research and theorizing onnarrative persuasion and overcoming resistance, this study examined the process throughwhich entertainment programs generate persuasive influence. 367 undergraduates viewedeither a dramatic narrative program or...

Minimizing the number of bends in orthogonal drawings of planar graphs is one of the major steps for improving the readability of the drawing. While the general problem is NP-hard if the embedding is not fixed, there exist multiple restrictions to the problem which make it solvable in polynomial time and thus relevant for actual use. This thesis focuses on two such approaches. 1. The decision p...