A new structural control system using damper-installed shear walls in lower stories with reduced stiffness is proposed for vibration control of high-rise RC buildings. That system has some design variables, i.e., height of shear wall, degree of stiffness reduction at lower stories, and quantity of dampers. In this paper, some parametric studies on the shearbeammodel with a stiff beam against tw...

Based on the hypothesis that decreased stimulus energy might reduce ECT-induced amnesia, Liberson (1948) and others advocated seizure induction with low-energy pulse wave forms instead of the conventional sinusoidal wave form. Recent studies have reported similar antidepressive efficacy between brief-pulse and sinusoidal ECT (Carney and Sheffield, 1974; Weaver et al., I~77; Welch et al., 1982)....

Unlike initially sinusoidal waveforms, the definition of the "shock formation distance" for noise is complicated by the fact that not all shocks form at the same rate. Examination of the concept of a "characteristic" shock formation distance for noise raises some questions: Is there some generalization of the shock formation distance for sinusoidal signals that can be applied to noise? If so, i...

In this paper, the static and free vibration analysis of laminated shells is performed by radial basis functions collocation, according to a sinusoidal shear deformation theory (SSDT). The SSDT theory accounts for through-the-thickness deformation, by considering a sinusoidal evolution of all displacements with the thickness coordinate. The equations of motion and the boundary conditions are ob...

We propose a method for obtaining an improved representation of transients in audio signals. The representation is based on a damped sinusoidal model. To improve the representation, transient locations are modified in such a way that a transient can start only at the beginning of a sinusoidal segment. The introduced modifications facilitate a reduction of the number of damped sinusoids needed t...

This paper uses a method for shape reconstruction of a 2-D homogeneous object with arbitrary geometry and known electrical properties. In this method, the object is illuminated by a Gaussian pulse, modulated with sinusoidal carrier plane wave and the time domains’ footprint signal due to object presence is used for the shape reconstruction. A nonlinear feedback loop is used to minimize the diff...

Using of nanofluids and ducts with corrugated walls are both supposed to enhance heat transfer, by increasing the heat transfer fluid conductivity and the heat transfer area respectively. Use of a diverging duct with a jet at inlet section may further increase heat transfer by creating recirculation zones inside the duct. In this work two-dimensional incompressible laminar flow of a nanofluid e...

We propose a practically feasible time-periodic sinusoidal drive protocol in onsite mass term to generate the two-dimensional~(2D) Floquet second-order topological superconductor, hosting both regular $0$- and anomalous $\pi$-Majorana corner modes~(MCMs) while starting from static 2D insulator/$d$-wave superconductor heterostructure setup. theoretically study local density spectra time dynamics...

BACKGROUND Motion-defined form can seem to persist briefly after motion ceases, before seeming to gradually disappear into the background. Here we investigate if this subjective persistence reflects a signal capable of improving objective measures of sensitivity to static form. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We presented a sinusoidal modulation of luminance, masked by a background noise patte...