This paper presents a comparative study of the dimensional synthesis of the path generating
four-bar mechanisms using some heuristic optimization techniques. For this purpose, we …

Rock shear and strain behaviors deep in the sub-surface are dependent on several
geomechanical variables. These include various types of stress and rock formation moduli …

This study deals with a mixed static and dynamic optimization of four‐parameter functionally
graded material (FGM) doubly curved shells and panels. The two constituent functionally …

Leakages in water distribution networks (WDNs), in addition to water loss, causes more
problems such as water pollution and land subsidence. In this paper, a new method is …

This article proposes an improved imperialistic competitive algorithm to solve multi-objective
optimization problems. The proposed multi-objective imperialistic competitive algorithm …

Determining BPP is one of the critical parameters for the development of oil and gas
reservoirs and have this parameter requires a lot of time and money. As a result, this study …

Fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is originally proposed for replacement in light
water reactors (LWRs) to enhance thermal hydraulic performance and reactor safety …

The unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of rocks is one of the most important properties
used in rock science and engineering practices. Thus, many researchers attempt to develop …

Background Land leveling is one of the most important steps in soil preparation and
cultivation. Although land leveling with machines require considerable amount of energy, it …

Increasing resource efficiency and reducing energy consumption are significant challenges
in cloud environments. Placing virtual machines is essential in improving cloud systems' …