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3rd WSEAS International Conference on APPLIED and THEORETICAL MECHANICS
(MECHANICS'07)
Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December
14-16, 2007
TOPICS IN ADVANCED THEORETICAL TOPICS IN ADVANCED THEORETICAL TOPICS IN ADVANCED THEORETICAL TOPICS IN ADVANCED THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS
AND APPLIED MECHANICS AND APPLIED MECHANICS AND APPLIED MECHANICS
Proceedings of the
3rd WSEAS International Conference on APPLIED and THEORETICAL MECHANICS (MECHANICS'07)
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EDITORS:
Prof. F.-K. Benra, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Prof. Nikos Mastorakis, Military Institutes of Univ. Education (ASEI), HNA, Greece Prof. Simona Lache, University Transilvania of Brasov, Romania
Prof. Necla Kadioglu, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Prof. Mahmoud A. H. Hassanen, Strathclyde University, UK
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
John Anagnostopoulos, GREECE Seta Bogosyan, USA
A. Caballero, USA Antonella Cecchi, ITALY Francesco Corvaro, ITALY Bernd Duerrer, GERMANY Ioan Enescu, ROMANIA Francesco Gallerano, ITALY Vincent Guibout, FRANCE Chen Hong-Kai, CHINA Niranjan Kumar Injeti, INDIA Kailin Jian, CHRISTMAS ISLAND Vera Lopez Juan Antonio, SPAIN Necla Kadioglu, TURKEY Tomas Kaminskas, LITHUANIA Muhammad Abid, PAKISTAN Mohammadh hassan Kayhani, IRAN Hasan Keyhani, IRAN
S. Mohammad Reza Khalili, IRAN D. Kazakos, USA
Milorad Komnenovic, SERBIA Ahmet Kuzu, TURKEY Simona Lache, ROMANIA Aouni A. Lakis, CANADA Khanh Chau Le, GERMANY Maria Leftaki, GREECE Shuchen Li, CHINA
Juan Antonio Lopez Molina, SPAIN Stevan Maksimovic, SERBIA Constantin Marin, ROMANIA
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Saulius Valentinavicius, LITHUANIA Avramescu Valeriu, ROMANIA Lina Vasiliauskiene, LITHUANIA Dagoberto Vela-Arvizo, MEXICO Sorin Vlase, ROMANIA
Bo Yan, CHINA Xianjun Yin, CHINA Yan Yuanming, CHINA Pietro Zunino, ITALY Birtu Cristian, ROMANIA
Preface
The book you are currently holding contains the Proceedings of the 3rd WSEAS International Conference on APPLIED and THEORETICAL MECHANICS (MECHANICS'07) which was held in Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 14-16, 2007
Mechanics is an “old science” with great history and with impact in all the other scientists. However, nowadays Mechanics is one of the most important and modern disciplines. New theories, new theoretical problems together with several modern fascinating applications in Eleasticity, Plasticity, Fracture, and Damage Mechanics, Mechanics of Nanomaterials, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Geomechanics and Mechanics of Granular Materials, Damage Identification and Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE), Micro Electromechanically Systems, Transport Phenomena in Micro/Nanoscale, Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Aerodynamics and Aeroelasticity, Advanced Materials and Smart Structures, Heat and Mass Transfer, Flows in Porous Media, Mechatronics etc is now of fundamental importance to our civilization.
The WSEAS Working Group on Mechanics initiated several conferences on Applied and Theoretical Mechanics during last years. Also, the WSEAS WG on Mechanics sponsors the conference: CONTINUUM MECHANICS, that will be organized in the famous University of Cambridge (UK) in February of 2008 and also in February of 2009. You are invited to contribute to these events. For those that their research is more applied, we strongly recommend: the conference on ENGINEERING MECHANICS, STRUCTURES, ENGINEERING GEOLOGY (EMESEG '08)
Crete Island, Greece, July 22-24, 2008
www.wseas.org/conferences/2008/greece/emeseg
Some other conferences on Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer can be found on the WSEAS Site: www.wseas.org
The Plenary Speeches of MECHANICS'07 were:
Upon modeling and testing of hand-arm system vibrations in the view of professional diseases prevention
A systematic approach
Professor Simona Lache University Transilvania of Brasov Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Dept. of Precision Mechanics and Mechatronics
29 B-dul Eroilor, 500036 Brasov, Romania
Abstract: The paper presents the systematic approach regarding the modeling and testing methods used for hand-arm system vibrations in the view of professional diseases prevention. It aims to evaluating preventive strategies to reduce worker exposures to hand-arm transmitted vibration and to decrease the occurrence of Hand- Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) in workers.
Special emphasis is given to preventive measures and to the transfer of knowledge
from the research results to tool manufacturers, and occupational health physicians in
fields related to medical, ergonomic, testing, engineering and legal aspects of HAVS.
Due to the importance of the subject, the European Directive 2002/44/EC has been implemented into the national legislation of Member States.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Born at Targu Mures, Romania, in February 9, 1968. Gratuate of Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Mechanics, Precision Mechanics specialization, in 1991. Master in Energy Management and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, in 1994-1995. Specialization stage in structural dynamics at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, in 1995. PhD in Engineering Sciences – Mechanical Engineering, since 2001.
Presently, professor at Transilvania University of Brasov, Department of Precision Mechanics and Mechatronics (B-dul Eroilor No. 29, 500036, Brasov, Romania, tel./fax: +40 268 413921, e-mail: slache@unitbv.ro).
Research fields of interest: Structural Dynamics, Modeling and Analysis of Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems, Flexible Manufacturing Systems.
Author/ co-author of 96 scientific papers, published in scientific journals and/or presented at international/ national conferences. Coordinator/ member of the executive team of over 20 research and education grants, at European/ national level.
Author/ co-author of 4 books published in Romania. Expert Evaluator of research grants and study programs, at national level.
Application of boundary element method to mixed boundary-value problems of linear elastostatics
Professor Necla Kadioglu
Division of Mechanics, Civil Engineeering Department Faculty of Civil Engineeering
Istanbul Technical University TURKEY
Abstract: In this lecture, a summary will be introduced to solve the plane problems of
linear elasticity by reciprocal theorem for linear elastic materials. This method gives
an integral equation which will be solved numerically. This integral equation is the
starting point of the boundary element method. Here, both first boundary value
problems and mixed boundary value problems will be considered. Instead of classical
application of reciprocal theorem, and artificial boundary will be defined to eliminate
the singularities of the integral equation. Besides, an algorithm is added to calculate
multi-valued arctan function which arises during the integration of the kernels of the
integral equation mentioned above. The solution of a first boundary-value problem
with a multiply connected region has also been explained using this method. The main
goal is to calculate the unknowns of the problem on the boundary. For a first
boundary-value problem these unknowns are the displacement components on the
boundary. For a mixed boundaryvalue problem, unknowns are the displacements
components one part of the boundary and surface traction components on a second
part of the boundary. After finding boundary values for any problem the inner values
of displacement and stress components can be calculated using reciprocal theorem
without any singularity problem. But, to find the unknown stress component is also
possible with some restrictions on the boundary.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Employment Record
1986 - Assoc. Prof., Istanbul Technical University, Dept. Civil Engineering 1985 - 1986 Assist. Prof., Istanbul Technical University, Dept. Civil Engineering 1967 - 1982 Teaching Assist., Istanbul Technical University, Dept. Civil Engineering Education
M.Sc. : Istanbul Technical University Ph.D. : Istanbul Technical University Post-Doc. : Winconsin University Research Interest
Boundary Element Method, Elastodynamics, Elasticity, Linear Viscoelasticity, Fluid Mechanics, Dynamic Reciprocal Theorem
Control Solutions against Nonlinearities and Uncertainties in MEMS
Professor Ahmet Kuzu
TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council) MAM (Maramara Research Center)
BTE (Institute of Information Technologies) TURKEY
Abstract: In this paper, a summary of nonlinearities and uncertainties common in most MEMS systems is discussed and control solutions are suggested against such problems. MEMS structures have some nonlinearities because of the nature of electrostatic force, couloumb friction and elasticity. Moreover, MEMS processes also include high tolerances which cause high uncertainties in structural parameters, such as dimension of beams, and physical parameters, such as viscosity friction coefficients, which all affect system response. Hence, robust control techniques, i.e.
sliding mode control and nonlinear H-inf control, could be quite effective in the control of MEMS devices, by providing rejection against matched nonlinearities and uncertainties. In this study, firstly nonlinearity sources and tolerance effects in MEMS are discussed. Next, the system performance with classical control techniques is studied. Finally, several robust nonlinear techniques are developed to this aim, and system performance under robust methods are compared with that obtained with classical control methods.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Ahmet Kuzu has received his B.Sc. degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering in 2003, M,Sc. Degree in mechatronic engineering in 2006 from Istanbul Technical University, and has been a Ph.D candidate in electrical and control engineering at the same university. He is a Senior Researcher at Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council, where he has worked since 2004.
His research interests are design and control of multidisciplinary systems such as
MEMS, NEMS, avionics and biomedical systems. He has authored 8 journal and
conference and 3 patent and utility model application. He is PI to several government
funded research grants.
Scaled boundary finite element method and soil-structure
interaction: coupled consolidation dynamic analysis of fully saturated soils
Professor Mahmoud A. H. Hassanen Director of the Undergraduate Studies Architectural Engineering Programme Manager
Department of Civil Engineering, Strathclyde University, John Anderson Building, 107 Rottenrow,Glasgow G4 0NG
United Kingdom
Abstract: Biot's three-dimensional (3D) coupled consolidation theory can be incorporated into the scaled boundary finite element method to enable dynamic soil- structure interaction in fully saturated poroelastic media to be modelled. The detailed formulation governing the general 3D time-dependent soil-structure interaction case is considered for both bounded and unbounded media, in static and dynamic situations.
We would like to thank all members of the organizing laboratories for their contribution to the organization of the conference.
The contents of this Book are also published in the CD-ROM Proceedings of the Conference. Both will be sent to the WSEAS collaborating indices after the conference: www.worldses.org/indexes.
In addition, papers of this book are permanently available to all the scientific community via the WSEAS E-Library.
Expanded and enhanced versions of papers published in these conference proceedings are also going to be considered for possible publication in one of the WSEAS journals that participate in the major International Scientific Indices (Elsevier, Scopus, EI, Compendex, INSPEC, CSA .... see: www.worldses.org/indexes) these papers must be of high-quality (break-through work) and a new round of a very strict review will follow. (No additional fee will be required for the publication of the extended version in a journal).
We cordially thank all the people of WSEAS for their efforts to maintain the high scientific level of conferences, proceedings and journals.
The Editors
Proceedings of the 3rd WSEAS International Conference on APPLIED and THEORETICAL MECHANICS
(MECHANICS'07) TABLE OF CONTENTS
Exact Analytical 3-D Steady-State Solution for Cylindrical Fin 1
Anita Piliksere, Andris Buikis
A Two-Dimensional Mixed Boundary-Value Problem by Boundary Element Method 7 Necla Kadioglu, Senol Ataoglu
The Interaction of the Semi-Cylindrical Canyon and the Crack for Incident SH Wave 16 Hongliang Li, Zailin Yang
Study on Gearing Theory of Logarithmic Spiral Bevel Gear 22
Li Qiang, Wang Guoping, Weng Haishan
Scattering of SH-Waves and Ground Motion by a Removable Rigid Cylindrical Inclusion and a Crack in Half Space
29 Zai Lin Yang, Peilei Yan, Chao Liu, Diankui Liu
Effective Coefficients in Anisotropic Porous Medium with Multiscale Log-Normal Conductivity 33 E. P. Kurochkina, O. N. Soboleva
Hybrid Model for Structural Reliability With Imprecise Probabilistic Characteristics 39 Lihong Ma, Zhiping Qiu, Xiaojun Wang
Dynamical Behaviour of Plates Subjected to a Flowing Fluid 48
Y. Kerboua, A. A. Lakis
Transient Heat Conduction in 3D Fuse Modeled by Conservative Averaging Method 54 Raimonds Vilums, Andris Buikis
Modeling and Optimization of Sandwich Panels with Corrugated Cores 60
A. Khalkhali, H. Asadi, M. Gorji, D. Ashouri
Pipe Analysis by BEM 67
Osman Bulut, Necla Kadioglu, Senol Ataoglu
The Stability of Collocation Methods for Approximate Solution of Singular Integro-Differential Equations 73 Iurie Caraus, Nikos E. Mastorakis
An Exact Solution of the Plate on Elastic Foundation under Impact Loading 79 D. G. Pavlou, R. Bancila, G. Lucaci, F. Belc, D. Dan, M. G. Pavlou, A. Tirtea, A. Gruin, C. Baera
A Nonlinear Dynamic Model for Compound Planetary Gear Sets 84
Ahmad Al-Shyyab, Khalid Alwidyan
Numerical Simulation of Flat-Nose Projectile Penetrating Concrete and Soil Target 90 Yongxiang Dong, Shunshan Feng
Project Management of Retrofitting a Tablet Coating Machine in Pharmaceutical Industry 95 Bashar El-Khasawneh, Mohannad Alata, Shireen Al-Hourani
Considerations about Human Behavior in a Vibrational Medium 100
Daniela Mariana Barbu, Simona Lache, Ion Barbu
Numerical Analysis and Experimental Studies on Welded Joint for Buildings 106 D. Dan, V. Stoian, T. Nagy-Gyorgy, C. Daescu, D. Pavlou
RC Beams and Columns retrofitted with FRP composites – Experimental Investigations 112 T. Nagy-Gyorgy, D. Dan, V. Stoian, C. Daescu, D. Diaconu, C. Florut
Physics of Flow Mechanism of Scour Around Submerged Pipelines on an Erodible Bed 118 Baldev Setia, DVS Verma
Vibration-Dampers for Smoke Stacks 124
V. K. Bajpai, T. K. Garg, Manoj Kumar Gupta
Numerical Flow Analysis in Actual Model of Human Coronary 131
S. Sadesgian, M. Navidbakhsh, R. Molaei
Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimization of Fuel Consumption in Network Compressor Stations 136 R. Molaei, M. Ebrahimi, S. Sadeghian, B. Fahimnia
2D Finite Element Modeling of Face Milling with Damage Effects 145
Hamed Sadeghinia, M. R. Razfar, Jafar Takabi
Simulation of Orthogonal Cutting Process using Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Approach 151 Jafar Takabi, Hamed Sadeghinia, M. R. Razfar
Experimental Study on Stilling Basins for Square Outlets 157
Arun Goel
Foundation Vibration Isolation Methods 163
Ashwani Jain, D. K. Soni
Optimized Quenched Layer for Receiving Optimal Residual Stress Distribution and Superstrengthened Material
168 Nikolai Kobasko
Simulation Hybrid Fuzzy Control of SCARA Robot 175
Marius-Constantin Popescu, Ilie Borcosi, Onisifor Olaru, Luminita Popescu, Florin Grofu
Modelling the Zero-Inertia, Horizontal Viscous Dam-Break Problem 181
Blaise Nsom, Wilfried Ndong, Blaise Ravelo
Consideration on Stainless Steel Plate Plastic Deformed by Pressured Nitrogen Blasting Combined with Impact Substances
187 Adrian Rosca, Daniela Rosca, Vasile Nastasescu
Fatigue Damage Identification on Concrete Structures using Modal Analysis 191 Tomas Plachy, Michal Polak
Mathematical Model for Tissue Engineered Intervertebral Disc as a Saturated Porous Media 197 Mohammad Nikkhoo, Mohammad Haghpanahi, Habiballah Peirovi, Jalal-Edin Ghanavi
Influence of the Capillary and the Viscous Forces during the Drainage Process in a Porous Media 202 Chakib Seladji
Aspects Concerning the Longitudinal Dynamics of Passenger Trains During Braking Actions 206 Catalin Cruceanu, Marius Spiroiu, Camil Craciun, Cristina Tudorache, Madalina Dumitriu
Model-based Idle Speed Control System for an Automobile Engine using an Electric Throttle System 212 Teruji Sekozawa, Tohru Watanabe, Shinsuke Takahashi
A Numerical Analysis of the Burgers-Poisson (BP) Equation Using Variational Iteration Method 218 E. Hizel, S. Kucukarslan
Measurement of the Elastic Modulus of Ceria Yttria Co-Stabilized Zirconia Coatings 222 M. Alfano, L. Pagnotta, G. Stigliano, G. Di Girolamo, C. Blasi
2D Homogenisation Procedure in Masonry Walls Strengthened by FRP Repointing Technique 228 A. Barbieri, A. Cecchi
The Prediction of Vibrations from Underground Railway Traffic based on Wavelet Analysis 237 Zhi-Gang Yin, Jin-Min Ding
Study on Mechanical Property of Corroded Pipeline 240
Yingfnag Fan, Zhiqiang Hu, Jing Zhou
Optimum Design of Partial Double-layer Reticulated Shells 247
J. C. Xiao
A Study of the Dynamic Plane Strain Fracture Toughness on Concrete by SHPB 254 Guangping Zou, Jia Qu, Yingjie Qiao
Low-Thrust Trajectories to the Moon 258
Antonio F. B. A. Prado
Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Motor Vehicle – Pedestrian Collision 264 Adrian Soica, Simona Lache
Upon Modeling and Testing of Hand-Arm System Vibrations in the View of Professional Diseases Prevention. A Systematic Approach
270 Simona Lache
Study on the Gyroscope Stability Subjected to Impulse and Step by Step Perturbations 280 Diana Cotoros, Mihaela Baritz
Modeling the Anisotropic Preconditioning Behavior of Soft Biological Tissues 284 Mikhail Itskov, Alexander E. Ehret
Authors Index
Feng, S. 90 Ghanavi, J. E. 197 Piliksere, A. 1
Alata, M. 95 Goel, A. 157 Plachy, T. 191
Alfano, M. 222 Gorji, M. 60 Polak, M. 191
Al-Hourani, S. 95 Grofu, F. 175 Popescu, L. 175
Al-Shyyab, A. 84 Gruin, A. 79 Popescu, M. C. 175
Alwidyan, K. 84 Guoping, W. 22 Prado, A. F. B. A. 258
Asadi, H. 60 Gupta, M. K. 124 Qiang, L. 22
Ashouri, D. 60 Haghpanahi, M. 197 Qiao, Y. 254
Ataoglu, S. 7 67 Haishan, W. 22 Qiu, Z. 39
Baera, C. 79 Hizel, E. 218 Qu, J. 254
Bajpai, V. K. 124 Hu, Z. 240 Ravelo, B. 181
Bancila, R. 79 Itskov, M. 284 Razfar, M. R. 145 151
Barbieri, 228 Jain, A. 163 Rosca, A. 187
Barbu, D. M. 100 Kadioglu, N. 7 67 Rosca, D. 187
Barbu, I. 100 Kerboua, Y. 48 Sadeghian, S. 136 131
Baritz, M. 280 Khalkhali, A. 60 Sadeghinia, H. 145 151
Belc, F. 79 Kobasko, N. 168 Sekozawa, T. 212
Blasi, C. 222 Kucukarslan, S. 218 Seladji, C. 202
Borcosi, I. 175 Kurochkina, E. P. 33 Setia, B. 118
Buikis, A. 1 54 Lache, S. 100 264 270 Soboleva, O. N. 33
Bulut, O. 67 Lakis, A. A. 48 Soica, A. 264
Caraus, I. 73 Li, H. 16 Soni, D. K. 163
Cecchi, A. 228 Liu, C. 29 Spiroiu, M. 206
Cotoros, D. 280 Liu, D. 29 Stigliano, G. 222
Craciun, C. 206 Lucaci, G. 79 Stoian, V. 106 112
Cruceanu, C. 206 Ma, L. 39 Takabi, J. 145 151
Daescu, C. 106 112 Mastorakis, N. E. 73 Takahashi, S. 212
Dan, D. 79 106 112 Molaei, R. 131 136 Tirtea, A. 79
Di Girolamo, G. 222 Nagy-Gyorgy, T. 106 112 Tudorache, C. 206
Diaconu, D. 112 Nastasescu, V. 187 Verma, DVS. 118
Ding, J. M. 237 Navidbakhsh, M. 131 Vilums, R. 54
Dong, Y. 90 Ndong, W. 181 Wang, X. 39
Dumitriu, M. 206 Nikkhoo, M. 197 Watanabe, T. 212
Ebrahimi, M. 136 Nsom, B. 181 Xiao, J. C. 247
Ehret, A. E. 284 Olaru, O. 175 Yan, P. 29
El-Khasawneh, B. 95 Pagnotta, L. 222 Yang, Z. L. 16 29
Fahimnia, B. 136 Pavlou, D. 106 Yin, Z. G. 237
Fan, Y. 240 Pavlou, D. G. 79 Zhou, J. 240
Florut, C. 112 Pavlou, M. G. 79 Zou, G. 254
Garg, T. K.S. 124 Peirovi, H. 197
