In this paper, controlling the location of the tip of an L-shape beam under gravity field is investigated. The beam is covered with piezoelectric patches. The gravity filed moves the tip of beam downward and the actuators with induced voltage move the tip to the previous location. to optimize the best location and voltages for actuators, the particle swarm optimization algorithm code is develop...

obtaining a seismic section with high temporal and spatial resolution was always one of the goals of seismic data processors and interpreters. accurate estimation of the thicknesses of thin beds is an important tool in this regard. the basic problem is that the wavelength of the signal must be similar in dimention to that of the bed thinness. if it is much longer than the bed thinness, the dete...

utilization authorities in sewage companies considered to sludge dewatering methods due to problems and challenges in this field. dewatering by sludge drying beds is considered in present study. this method is preferred to mechanical methods due to the need for very simple technology. due to restriction of natural dewatering, we tried to eliminate some of these limitations by the tests and stud...

In this paper, the stability of a functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic (FG-MEE) micro-beam under actuation of electrostatic pressure is studied. For this purpose Euler-Bernoulli beam theory and constitutive relations for magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) materials have been used. We have supposed that material properties vary exponentially along the thickness direction of the micro-beam. Gov...

This paper presents the analysis of vibration control of a laminated composite beam that including magnetostrictive layers. The formulation of problem is presented based on the shear deformation beam theory. For vibration suppression, the velocity feedback control with constant gain distributed is considered. Navier's method is applied to analyze the solution of vibration suppression of laminat...

the objective of this study was to examine the effects of the fluidized-bed drying me-thod on the final quality of two varieties of iranian rice, medium- and long grain. the re-sults were compared to that of paddy drying using a traditional method. rough rice was treated in the fluidized bed drier at 140ºc for 2 minutes. similar samples were dried for 8-10 hrs by the traditional method. dried s...

In this paper, a displacement-based, variationally consistent, two variable refined theory for shear deformable beams is presented. The beam is assumed to be of linearly elastic, homogeneous, isotropic material and has a uniform rectangular cross-section. In this theory, the beam axial displacement and beam transverse displacement consist of bending components and shearing components. The assum...