The principle of numerically modeling the surface impedance of a homogeneous transverse magnetic (TM)-type plane wave incident upon an inhomogeneous half-space with inclined uniaxial electrical anisotropy as an equivalent half-space with fundamental electrical biaxial anisotropy is demonstrated. The self-consistent impedance method is introduced and shown to accurately model the surface impedan...

Abstract: Since soil dynamic behaviour is nonlinear in nature therefore a nonlinear viscoelastic model for isotropic materials is proposed in this study. This model is a combination of inelasticity and nonlinear damping. In this model, the shear modulus is taken as a function of the excitation level. The viscosity is assumed to vary nonlinearly. The validity of this model is checked for low amp...

Rutting is one of the major load-related distresses in airport flexible pavements. Rutting in paving materials develop gradually with an increasing number of load applications, usually appearing as longitudinal depressions in the wheel paths and it may be accompanied by small upheavals to the sides. Significant research has been conducted to determine the factors which affect rutting and how th...

The experimental design and response surface methodology (RSM) have been used to develop predictive models for simulation and optimization of electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride non-woven membranes. The objective is to prepare electrospun fibers with small diameters and narrow diameter distribution. The factors considered for experimental design were the polymer dope solution flow rate, the app...

Energy consumption index is one of the most important criteria for judging about new, and emerging drying technologies. One of such novel and promising alternative of drying process is called electrohydrodynamic (EHD) drying. In this work, a solar energy was used to maintain required energy of EHD drying process. Moreover, response surface methodology (RSM) was used to build a predictive model ...

For satellites in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) region, drag coefficient is a primary source of uncertainty for orbit determination and prediction. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have created so-called Response Surface Modeling (RSM) toolkit to provide community with resource simulating modeling satellite coefficients complex geometries (modeled using triangulated facets) free...

A design methodology which uses a variable-complexity modeling approach in conjunction with response surface approximation methods has successfully been developed. This approach uses simple models to improve the accuracy of the response surface and reduce the number of analyses based on complex models required for constructing the surface. Simple models are rst used to eliminate \nonsense" port...