This study presents a new approach to control the nonlinear dynamics of an adaptive absorber using shape memory alloy (SMA) element. Shape memory alloys are classified as smart materials that can remember their original shape after deformation. Stress and temperature-induced phase transformations are two typical behaviors of shape memory alloys. Changing the stiffness associated with phase tran...

In this paper we demonstrate a novel intra-procedural technique for detecting heap dependences in sequential programs that use recursive data structures. The novelty of our technique lies in the way we compute, for each statement, abstract heap access paths that approximate the locations accessed by the statement, and the way we convert these paths into equations that can be solved using tradit...

Leaves can be categorized based on various physical attributes but the most popular attribute is shape. For example, we can use „shape‟ as a criterion to differentiate between a mango leaf and a banana leaf. Ideally this criterion can be of immense help to the user of an image database that stores, for instance, the images of different kinds of leaves. The user would often wish to retrieve imag...

Shape optimization is the design process to obtain an optimal structure under specific conditions, such structure must have the minimum weight without exceeding the maximum allowed Von Mises stress and displacement. In our procedure, the analyzed structure is defined by a set of control points, we apply the α-shape method to them in order to get the contour of the shape. To search for optimal s...