background and aims. orientation of the occlusal plane is one of the most important clinical procedures in prosthodontic rehabilitation of edentulous patients. the aim of this study was to define the best posterior reference point of ala-tragus line for orientation of occlusal plane for complete denture fabrication. materials and methods. fifty-three dental students (27 females and 26 males) wi...

confined masonry buildings are used in rural and urban areas of iran. they performed almost satisfactoryduring past moderate earthquakes of iran. there is not a methodology in iranian seismic code (standard 2800-3rdedition) to estimate their capacities quantitatively. in line with removing this constraint, an attempt is made to studyin-plane behavior of two squared confined masonry walls with a...

this paper has focused on vibration and buckling of thin rectangular plates when at least two opposite sides are simply supported condition and subjected to axial and biaxial initially stresses. analysis is based on exact solution method, without further usage of any approximate method. first analytic techniques are used to discuss the free vibrations of plate. then, natural frequencies and cri...

LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks are capable of handling tremendous user loads with the current user base estimated to be in hundreds of millions. LTE is superior to older telecommunication networks, yet it suffers from issues like inflexible & expensive equipment, complex control plane protocols, coupling of control and data planes in devices and equipments and so on. It is therefore decided...

INTRODUCTION Realistic loads acting in the shoulder joint are essential for improving implant design and testing. Additionally this data can be used to advise patients and medical staff which motions can be performed in the rehabilitation process, and which should be avoided short time post operative. So far, joint loads were estimated using computer models or cadaver experiments with strongly ...

In recent past, the authors developed an innovative modular system for low rise building made by structural sandwich panels. This was conceived with focus on rationalization of construction process and thermal efficiency building. Thus, precast panels comprise two outer Steel Fibre Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete (SFRSCC) layers, a insulation material Glass Polymer (GFRP) connectors. Studie...

this article deals with the buckling analysis of perfectly bonded cross-ply laminated composite plates reinforced by wavy carbon nanotubes (cnts) under in-plane loads using element free galerkin (efg) method based on first-order shear deformation theory (fsdt). the wavy single-walled cnts and poly-co-vinylene are used for the fibers and the matrix, respectively. the cnt fibers are distributed i...

Compliant bistable mechanisms with planar configurations demonstrate two in-plane stable states through the nonlinear deformations of flexible segments, which are widely used in field shock sensors and threshold sensors. In these mechanisms, consistent dynamic static behaviors difficult to maintain under influence an out-of-plane load. This is limited some applications where precise displacemen...