In order to predict the structural responses under random wind loads to avoid catastrophe failures, structural dynamic analysis is necessary, which requires a reasonable description of wind loads on structures. Based on the equations of fluid mechanics, equations for aerodynamic forces for structures in motion and coefficients of drag, lift and pitching moment for static structures are derived ...

In this study, a radial basis function neural network approach is applied for the estimation of the localization and the radius of a conducting cylinder with a circular cross-section coated with a dielectric material. A set of features, the radar cross-section (RCS) values, are derived from scattered fields, which are calculated using the surface equivalence principle and the method of moment. ...

Wo conformal finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methods are considered, the contour path (CPFDTD) method of Jurgens et al. 141 and the overlapping grid (OGFDTD) method of Yee et al. [6]. Both TE and TM scattering from a two-dimensional (2-D), perfectly Conducting circular cylinder are used to test the accuracy of the methods for curved surfaces. Also, TE and TM scattering from a 244 perfectly...

A volume-surface integral equation (VSIE) formulation is developed for determining the electromagnetic TM scattering by a two-dimensional conducting cylinder coated with an inhomogeneous dielectric/magnetic material. The electric field integral equations (EFIEs) are utilized to derive the VSIE. The surface EFIE is applied to the conducting surface, while the volume EFIE is applied to the coatin...

1. INTRODUCTION. Conics have been investigated since ancient times as sections of a circular cone. Surprising descriptions of these curves are revealed by investigating them as sections of a hyperboloid of revolution, referred to here as a twisted cylinder. We generalize the classical focus-directrix property of conics by what we call the focal disk-director property (Section 2). We also genera...

Flows past symmetric two-dimensional bluff bodies such as the circular cylinder, the square cylinder, and the normal flat plate produce large separation bubbles which (in the steady restriction) may become very elongated at comparatively low Reynolds numbers. The present work focuses on the steady/symmetric wake of a square cylinder at Re ≤ 300, which loses stability to anti-symmetric two-dimen...