This paper presents investigation carried out, including experimental and numerical studies, on low-rise shear-dominated brick masonry structures for the calculation of force reduction factor R. Basic experimental tests were conducted on masonry constituent materials for mechancial characterization. In-plane quasi-static cyclic tests were conducted on twelve full scale brick masonry walls, to u...

In this paper, the effect of elastic foundation on the out of plane displacement of functionally graded circular plates using differential transform method is presented. Differential transform method is a semi-analytical-numerical solution technique that is capable to solve various types of differential equations. Using this method, governing differential equations are transformed into recursiv...

The concept of the Micro-Hexflex originated from the HexFlext m , a monolithic sixdegree-of-freedom compliant mechanism. The Micro-Hexflex-a miniaturized version of HexFlex-uses sandwich structures with U-shaped electro-thermal actuators to achieve six-axis displacement via in-plane actuators. The Micro-Hexflex is designed to maneuver an optical fiber, but it can also be applied to other commun...

the scope of this research is to investigate the effect of geometrical and physical input parameters in crustal viscoelastic deformation models. to do this analysis viscoelastic model of wang et al., 2006 is used. the increasing quality of data on time-dependent deformation of the earth's surface can be used to extract more details on the spatial and temporal development of earthquake-rela...

Presented in this paper is a bi-directional out-of-plane actuator which combines the merits of the electrostatic repulsive principle and the electrostatic attractive principle. By taking advantage of the electrostatic repulsive mode, the common “pull-in” instability can be lessened to enlarge the displacement, and by applying the electrostatic attractive mode, the out-of-plane displacement is f...

In this paper, we have addressed the design and simulation results of an electrothermally driven micromirror that is capable of producing in-plane as well as out-ofplane displacements. The coupled multiphysics simulation and study of the electrical, thermal and most importantly the mechanical behavior of the mirror system is done using COMSOL Multiphysics. The device has an in-plane displacemen...