This paper deals with modeling and analysis of complex mechanical systems that deteriorate age. As age, the questions on their availability reliability start to surface. The system is believed suffer from internal stochastic degradation mechanism described as a gradual continuous process performance deterioration. Therefore, it becomes difficult for maintenance engineer model such system. Semi-...

Abstract Borehole breakout initiation, progression, and stabilization are modeled using a semi-analytical method based on Melentiev’s graphical conformal mapping procedure, Kolosov–Muskhelishvili complex stress potentials. The only input data required the elastic moduli of rock, Coulomb strength parameters (cohesion angle internal friction), far-field stresses. stresses around borehole wall com...

In this dissertation, coupled resonator optical waveguides are analyzed and a new analytical model to study their spectral properties is developed. Coupled mode theory and plane wave expansion are employed in order to study the spectral properties of CROWs and a new semi-analytical model is derived. This semi-analytical model is used for the derivation of an analytical solution for the device’s...

in this paper to predict the critical conditions for onset of elastic-plastic wrinkling of flange of a two-layered circular blank during the deep-drawing process a closed-form semi-analytical elastic-plastic solution using tresca yield criterion alongwith deformation theory in plasticity with considernig the perfectly plastic behaviour of materials is presented. simplifying the presented soluti...

in this paper an energy dissipation rate control (edrc) method is introduced, which could provide stable walking or running gaits for legged robots. this method is realized by developing a semi-analytical pattern generation approach for a robot during each single support phase (ssp). as yet, several control methods based on passive dynamic walking have been proposed by researchers to provide an...