the use of methods employed for estimating the strength and toughness of composites reduces the trial-and-error in their design. the strength of interface between reinforcement and matrix and the effective surface of pulled-out particles have great influences on toughness and strength of these composites. in this study, a model was proposed to estimate the interface strength and matrix strength...

Introduction ....................................... 3 I. The Asymmetric Risk of Legal Error in Criminal C ases .......................................... 8 A. The Essential Structure of Legal Error ....... 9 B. The Essential Structure of Criminal Trial and A ppeal .................................... 12 C. The Incidence of Legal Error ................ 15 1. The distribution of disputes and err...

in this paper, the static characteristics of two-lobe, three-lobe and four-lobe noncircular gas journal bearing systems are studied in detail. the reynold’s equation governing the noncircular gas bearing systems are analyzed by using radial basis functions (rbf). the solutions are obtained numerically by solving systems of algebraic equations. the equilibrium position of the rotor is obtaine...

The Swedish driving-license test consists of a theory test and a practical road test. The aim of this paper is to evaluate which Item Response Theory (IRT) model among the one (1PL), two (2PL) and three (3PL) parameter logistic IRT models that is the most suitable to use when evaluating the theory test in the Swedish driving-license test. Further, to compare the chosen IRT model with the indice...

This paper applies econometric models to investigate determinants of electrical energy Ž . consumption in post-war Lebanon. The impact of the Gross Domestic Product GDP , Ž . Ž . proxied by total imports TI , and degree days DD on electricity consumption is investigated over different time spans covering the period from 1993 to 1997. The time spans are chosen according to the rationing level of...