This paper presents a parallel approach to estimate the parameters in the heat loading of a district heating system by use of the traditional particle swarm optimisation (TPSO) on the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) using OpenCL. The running time of the algorithm is greatly reduced compared to running on CPU. The heat load is approximated by the sum of time dependent and temperature dependent com...

This study examined the time-dependent response of bovine periodontal ligament (PDL). Applying linear viscoelastic theory, the objective was 1) to examine the linearity of the PDL's response in terms of its scaling and superposition property and 2) to generate the phase lag-vs.-frequency spectrum graph. PDL specimens were tested under three separate straining conditions: 1) tension ramp tests c...

The structural integrity of oxide/metal interfaces is important in many applications. While most attention has focused on the debonding of oxide/metal interfaces by conducting strength and fracture toughness tests, very few investigations have looked at time dependant failure of interfaces under cyclic or static loading. Tests have been conducted on sandwich specimens consisting of 5 100 micron...

Acute volume alterations were produced in eight anesthetized dogs to determine if the contractility of the left ventricle is partially volume-dependent. Pressures were measured in the left ventricle with a micromanometer and regional ventricular function was measured with sonomicrometers implanted in the midwall of the anterior, lateral, and posterior left ventricle. Regional end-systolic press...

Polymer concretes (PCs) represent a promising alternative to traditional cementitious materials in the field of new construction. In fact, PCs exhibit high compressive strength and ultimate compressive strain values, as well as good chemical resistance. Within the context of these benefits, this paper presents a study on the time-dependent behavior of polymer concrete columns reinforced with di...

Crack growth in viscoelastic solids under cyclic loading tends to be faster than that static with the same amplitude. This phenomenon, known as “dynamic effect”, is a key mechanism underlying fatigue fracture of soft polymers, but its physical nature remains mystery. We develop scaling theory delineate how dissipation associated crack governed by coupling between three time-dependent processes:...

additional dampers are employed in order to decrease the dynamic response of structure against the earthquake and wind loading recently. in this study, two types of systems related to waste of inactive energy, i.e. frictional damper which is categorized in dampers dependent on movement and viscoelastic damper which is categorized in dampers dependent on velocity, in making steel structures resi...

• New OP variant with service time dependent profits and travel times. Mathematical formulation possible applications of this problem. Metaheuristic solution approach composed specific local moves. Benchmark instances known optimal solutions to verify the approach. Real data instance evaluate proposed model method. This paper addresses orienteering problem windows (TDOPTW-STP). In TDOPTW-STP, e...

Timber is one of the most widely applied engineering materials due to its favorable physical and mechanical characteristics. Nevertheless, over service life, combination load varying environmental conditions can have a critical influence on response timber structures, considering especially mechano-sorptive In this work, performance analysis existing time- moisture-dependent models identifies n...