In the complex engineering structures the use of bonded joints are often preferred to more traditional methods of fabrication such as bolts and welds since they are lighter and spread load more evenly. For determination the durability of such structures it is necessary to know well the stress field around stress concentrators. At the free edge of bonded joints between the adhesive and the adher...

In this paper we study the dynamical contact angle at three phase (fluid-fluid-solid) contact points for the 2 dimensional steady-state moving liquid drop. We present a result giving the speeds at the contact points as a function of the dynamical contact angle, in the form of a simple algebraic expression. The only physical constants involved are the viscosities of the fluids and the surface te...

A singular masa A in a II1 factor N is defined by the property that any unitary w ∈ N for which A = wAw∗ must lie in A. A strongly singular masa A is one that satisfies the inequality ‖EA − EwAw∗‖∞,2 ≥ ‖w − EA(w)‖2 for all unitaries w ∈ N , where EA is the conditional expectation of N onto A, and ‖ · ‖∞,2 is defined for bounded maps φ : N → N by sup{‖φ(x)‖2 : x ∈ N, ‖x‖ ≤ 1}. Strong singularity...

We consider the future dynamics of a transient phantom dominated phase of the universe in LQC and in the RS braneworld, which both have a non-standard Friedmann equation. We find that for a certain class of potentials, the Hubble parameter oscillates with simple harmonic motion in the LQC case and therefore avoids any future singularity. For more general potentials we find that damping effects ...

A singular masa A in a II1 factor N is defined by the property that any unitary w ∈ N for which A = wAw∗ must lie in A. A strongly singular masa A is one that satisfies the inequality ‖EA − EwAw∗‖∞,2 ≥ ‖w − EA(w)‖2 for all unitaries w ∈ N , where EA is the conditional expectation of N onto A, and ‖ · ‖∞,2 is defined for bounded maps φ : N → N by sup{‖φ(x)‖2 : x ∈ N, ‖x‖ ≤ 1}. Strong singularity...

The first wall (FW) of ITER blanket includes beryllium (Be) armor tiles joined to CuCrZr heat sink with stainless steel (SS) cooling tube and backing plate in order to improve plasma performance and reduce thermal stress. Since these joints must withstand thermal and mechanical loads caused by the plasma and electromagnetic force, it is important to evaluate the strength and thermal fatigue lif...

objective: in this paper, finite element model of the l4 vertebra subjected to combination of compression and flexion loading in isotropic and anisotropic cases is investigated. methods: in both cases, the vertebra is considered homogeneous. also, the body of vertebra is divided to cancellous and cortical sections in anisotropic model, but the process is assumed isotropic such as isotropic mode...

The ongoing pressure on organizations to utilize the Web and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools successfully should be based on a clear understanding of the organizational context including human and technological dimensions. As a part of this understanding, this paper attempts to explore managers’ attitudes towards Web and IT. In addition, the relationship between certain dem...

To understand the effects of substrate materials on the fracture behavior of adhesive joints, experimental studies and finite element analyses have both been conducted for double-cantilever-beams (DCB) with aluminum and steel substrates at different bond thickness (h). Numerical results show that the region dominated by the crack singularity is much smaller than the bond thickness. Very small p...