Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: leaf 238-250.

Thesis (M.App.Sc.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-179). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Aerospace Engineering. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Zugl.: Bochum, Univ., Diss., 2008

Thesis (M.Eng.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1993. / Typescript. Bibliography: l. 115-123. Also available online.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Dr. Lakshmi N. Sankar; Committee Member: Dr. Alex Stein; Committee Member: Dr. J.V. R. Prasad; Committee Member: Dr. Richard Gaeta; Committee Member: Dr. Suresh Menon. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2008. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.

The present research is conducted to investigate the behaviour of elliptical tube columns filled with self-compacting concrete (SCC). In total, ten specimens, including two empty columns, were tested to failure. The main parameters investigated were the length and the sections of the columns, and the concrete compressive strength. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model was developed to predict the compressive strength of SCC using a comprehensive database collected from different previous studies. The database was used to train and test the developed ANN. Moreover, parallel to the experimental works, a three dimensional nonlinear finite element (FE) model using ABAQUS software was developed to predict the behaviour of SCC elliptical tube columns. The proposed ABAQUS model was verified against the current experimental results. The experimental results indicated that the failure modes of the SCC filled elliptical steel tube columns having large slenderness ratios were dominated by global buckling. Moreover, the composite columns possessed higher critical axial compressive capacities compared with their hollow section companions due to the composite interaction. However, due to the large slenderness ratio of the test specimens, the change of compressive strength of concrete core did not show significant effect on the critical axial compressive capacity of concrete filled columns although the axial compressive capacity increased with the concrete grade increase. The comparisons between the axial compressive load capacities obtained from experimental study and those predicted using simple methods provided in Eurocode 4 for concrete-filled steel rectangular tube columns showed a reasonable agreement. The proposed three dimensional FE model accurately predicted the failure modes, the load capacity and the load-deflection response of the columns tested. The experimental results, analysis and comparisons presented in this thesis clearly support the application of self-compacting concrete filled elliptical steel tube columns in construction engineering practice.

abstract: In this work, I worked on the synthesis and characterization of nanowires and belts, grown using different materials, in Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) system with catalytic growth method. Through this thesis, I utilized the Photoluminescence (PL), Secondary Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses to find out the properties of Erbium Chloride Silicate (ECS) and two segment CdS-CdSe samples. In the first part of my research, growth of very new material, Erbium Chloride Silicate (ECS), in form of core/shell Si/ECS and pure ECS nanowires, was demonstrated. This new material has very fascinating properties for new Si based photonic devices. The Erbium density in those nanowires is which is very high value compared to the other Erbium doped materials. It was shown that the luminescence peaks of ECS nanowires are very sharp and stronger than their counterparts. Furthermore, both PL and XRD peaks get sharper and stronger as growth temperature increases and this shows that crystalline quality of ECS nanowires gets better with higher temperature. In the second part, I did a very detail research for growing two segment axial nanowires or radial belts and report that the structure type mostly depends on the growth temperature. Since our final step is to create white light LEDs using single axial nanowires which have three different regions grown with distinct materials and give red, green and blue colors simultaneously, we worked on growing CdS-CdSe nanowires or belts for the first step of our aim. Those products were successfully grown and they gave two luminescence peaks with maximum 160 nm wavelength separation depending on the growth conditions. It was observed that products become more likely belt once the substrate temperature increases. Also, dominance between VLS and VS is very critical to determine the shape of the products and the substitution of CdS by CdSe is very effective; hence, CdSe growth time should be chosen accordingly. However, it was shown two segmented products can be synthesized by picking the right conditions and with very careful analyses. We also demonstrated that simultaneous two colors lasing from a single segmented belt structures is possible with strong enough-pumping-power. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Electrical Engineering 2012

O objetivo deste trabalho é calcular as vibrações forçadas de uma viga longa e fina descrita pela equação de Euler-Bernoulli com a influência de uma força axial e da carga f(t, x ). Os cálculos simbólicos são realizados utilizando a base espectral clássica, obtida a partir das raízes da equação característica , e a base dinâmica, caracterizada pelas condições iniciais impulsivas. São apresentados resultados simulados da função de Green com diversas condições de contorno e das vibrações forçadas em vigas apoiadas em uma extremidade livre, fixa, deslizante e apoiada na outra, sujeitas a ação de cargas do tipo pontuais e oscilatórias. / The objective of this work isto calculate the forced vibrations of a long and fine beam described by the equation of Euler-Bernoulli with the influence of an axial force and of the load f(t,x). The symbolic calculations are accomplished using the classical spectral basis, obtained starting from the roots of the characteristic equation, and the dynamical ba.sis, characterized by the impulsive initial conditions. Simulations for the Green function and forced vibrations are presented for a beam supported at one end and free, fastened, sliding and supported at the other end and subject to the action of punctual and oscillatory loads.