Wednesday, April 25, 2012

IUP Journal of Architecture-February'12


Architectural Evolution of Gurdwaras: An Overview


A Study of Painted Mural Decoration in the Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti


Proportions and Architecture

An Investigation of the Relationship Between Features of Bus Shelters and Fear of Crime at Bus Stops

City Marketing and Urban Branding Through Urban Regeneration
and Image Making as a Case of Eskişehir-Turkey

JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT-Vol 1, No 2 (2011)

JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING & GIS-VOL 3, NO 1 (2012)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The IUP Journal of Computer Sciences


A Fuzzy C-Medoids-Based CLARA Algorithm for Fast Image Segmentation
A Comparative Analysis of Huffman Coding with Uniform Coding
Design of Knowledge-Based Efficient Speed Optimization Algorithm in Unplanned Traffic
Selecting Plaintext in Rabin Cryptosystems Using Padding Generated by Pseudo-Random Bit Generators
The Application of the Inclusion-Exclusion Principle in Learning Monotonic Boolean Functions

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

South Asian Journal of Management Volume 19 Issue 1 : January - March 2012


 

              


Ji Li, Zhenyao Cai, Hong Zhu, Jun Huang and Shengping Shi
Symbiotic Venture and Social Capital: The Effects of Market Orientation Small Entrepreneur Firms in China
7
P Baba Gnanakumar
Social Fluidity Mapping System: A Way to Reduce Social Stigma in Business Failures
32
Suryanarayan Iyer and D Israel
Structural Equation Modeling for Testing the Impact of Organization Communication Satisfaction on Employee Engagement
51
Kaushik Mandal and Koushick Roy
Impact of Marketer's Influence Strategies on Distribution Channel Partners: A Comparison Among Distribution Channel Partners
82
Swati Panda
Factors Affecting Capital Structure of Indian Venture Capital Backed 
Growth Firms
98
Ashvin R DaveFinancial Management as a Determinant of Profitability:
A Study of Indian Pharma Sector
124
Case Study
Bidipta Das, Menaka Rao and Vasanthi Srinivasan
Bridging the Cross-Cultural Transformational Li (Distance Measure) at Huawei Technology India Private Limited
138
Book Reviews154

International Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems-Volume 3 Issue 4


International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems (IJVSS) is a quarterly journal and is published by MechAero Foundation for Technical Research & Education Excellence (MAFTREE). MAFTREE is a Section 25 company limited by guarantee, based in Chennai (formerly, Madras), India and engaged in the promotion and advancement of technical education and research in the field of mechanical, aerospace and other branches of engineering. IJVSS will endeavour to publish high quality original research and review papers, case studies, technical notes and book reviews. All published papers in this journal will have undergone rigorous peer review.

Announcements

 

Indo-US Symposium on Preventing Road Crash Injury through Vehicle Safety Design

 
Indo-US Symposium on Preventing Road Crash Injury through Vehicle Safety Design will be held 6-7 Mar. 2012 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
The proposed symposium is an earnest attempt in shedding light on the roles as well as state-of-the-art of various areas as outlined above in mitigating the effects of and preventing automobile crashes with particular reference to the Indian and US conditions.
 
Posted: 2012-02-28More...
 

International Crashworthiness Conference, ICRASH 2012

 
Icrash 2012, the International Crashworthiness Conference, will be held from July 18-20 2012 in Milano, Italy. 
Posted: 2012-02-28More...
 
More Announcements...
Table of Contents

Articles

A Computerized Tyre Pressure Control System for Off-road VehiclesPDF 
M.A.A. Emam, S.M. Shaaban, S.M. El-Demerdash, H.M. El-Zomor
Ride Analysis of an Indian Railway Coach using Lagrangian DynamicsPDF 
Rakesh Chandmal Sharma
Thermo-structural Analysis of 3D Composites for Reusable Vehicle ApplicationsPDF 
B. Santhosh, C.G. Nandakumar, S. Sundararajan
Modal Analysis of Transverse Vibrations of a Thin Rectangular Plate with a Bonded Piezoelectric PatchPDF 
Amit Tyagi, M.K. Ghosh
Validation of Rear Axle with Differential Lock for Off-Road VehiclesPDF 
Sanjoy Biswas, Saswata Ranjan Das, Goutam Mandal, Sanjay Sharma
Use of General Finite Elements for Smart Structures: Technical NotePDF 
K. Badari Narayana

Sadhana (Academy proceedings in engineering sciences)Vol. 37, Part 1, February 2012


Special Issue on    Fracture and Fatigue: Some New Insights

Topic 
Page
Author
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Foreword
1

Effect of loading condition, specimen geometry, size-effect and softening
function on double-fracture parameters of concrete
3
Shailendra Kumar and S V Barai
Size effect on strength and lifetime probability distributions
of quasibrittle structures
17
Zdeněk P Bažant and Jia-Liang Le
Modified Adomian decomposition method for fracture of laminated
uni-directional composites
33
B K Raghu Prasad and P V Ramana
Electromagnetic and neutron emissions from brittle rocks failure:
Experimental evidence and geological implications
59
Carpinteri, G Lacidogna, O Borla, AManuello and G Niccolini
Fatigue de-bond growth in adhesively bonded single lap joint
79
P K Sahoo, B Dattaguru, C MManjunatha and C R L Murthy
Evaluation of size effect on shear strength of reinforced concrete
deep beams using refined strut-and-tie model
89
Appa Rao and R Sundaresan
Fatigue crack growth due to overloads in plain concrete using scaling laws
107
Sonalisa Ray and J M Chandra Kishen
Influence of micro-structural parameters and thermal cycling
on the properties of CARDIFRC
125
B L Karihaloo
Residual strength evaluation of concrete structural components
under fatigue loading
133
A Rama Chandra Murthy, G S Palani,Nagesh R IyerSmitha Gopinath and B K Raghu Prasad
Quasi-static crack tip fields in rate-sensitive FCC single crystals
149
Biswas and R Narasimhan
Damage tolerant evaluation of cracked stiffened panels under fatigue loading
171
A Rama Chandra Murthy, G S Palaniand Nagesh R Iyer
Analysis of mixed-mode fracture in concrete using interface elements
and a cohesive crack model
187
Víctor O García-ÁlvarezRavindraGettu and Ignacio Carol

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Mathematical Sciences FEBRUARY 2012



VOL. 122, NO. 1, FEBRUARY 2012
 
On a paper of S S Pillai 
M Ram Murty and R Thangadurai
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (157 kB)]
pp.1-13
Generalizations of some zero sum theorems
M N Chintamani and B K Moriya
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (161 kB)]
pp.15-21
A new class of lattice paths and partitions with n copies of n
S Anand and A K Agarwal
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (531 kB)]
pp.23-39
Optimal combinations bounds of root-square and arithmetic means for Toader mean
Yu-Ming Chu, Miao-Kun Wang and Song-Liang Qiu
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (174 kB)]
pp.41-51
Bounds on Gromov hyperbolicity constant in graphs
José M Rodríguez and José M Sigarreta
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (187 kB)]
pp.53-65
The Cartan matrix of a centralizer algebraUmesh V Dubey, Amritanshu Prasad and Pooja Singla
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (193 kB)]
pp.67-73
A note on TI-subgroups of finite groups
Jiakuan Lu and Linna Pang
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (116 kB)]
pp.75-77
The cohomology of orbit spaces of certain free circle group actions
Hemant Kumar Singh and Tej Bahadur Singh
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (241 kB)]
pp.79-86
Precise asymptotics for complete moment convergence in Hilbert spaces
Keang Fu and Juan Chen
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (197 kB)]
pp.87-97
An n-dimensional pseudo-differential operator involving the Hankel transformation
R S Pathak, Akhilesh Prasad and Manish Kumar
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (299 kB)]
pp.99-120
Annihilating power values of co-commutators with generalized derivations
Basudeb Dhara
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (130 kB)]
pp.121-128
Remarks on Hausdorff measure and stability for the p-obstacle problem (1 < p < 2)
Peihao Zhao and Jun Zheng
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (207 kB)]
pp.129-137
Existence of positive solutions for the system of higher order two-point boundary value problems
K R Prasad, A Kameswara Rao and S Nageswara Rao
Abstract   Full Text: [PDF (203 kB)]
pp.139-152

The Indian Concrete Journal-April 2012



313.
Optimal design of reinforced concrete retaining walls
Shravya Donkada and Devdas Menon
Predicting compressive strength of SCC mixtures using artificial neural network
M.Rame Gowda, M.C.Narasimhan, Karisiddappa and T. Kumuda
Steel fibre reinforced concrete beams without reinforcement under combined bending, shear and torsion
Avinash S. Pant and Suresh R. Parekar 
1   
EDITORIAL

NEWS & EVENTS
POINT OF VIEW: A technical look at ‘Individual test result’ criterion for concrete acceptance as per IS 456:2000
N.P. Rajamane, M.C. Nataraja and T.P. Ganesan

PEOPLE: Nemkumar Banthia

REPAIR AND REHABILITATION: A survey of common defects in buildings and repair methods adopted
R. Radhakrishnan, V. Syam Prakash and C.K. Prasad Varma Thampan

DURABILITY: Improving the durability of transmission line tower foundations
Christian Johnson and G.S. Thirugnanam


    Structural health monitoring and rehabilitation 
    The Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan organising a workshop on structural health monitoring and rehabilitation September 19th – 20th, 2012 at campus


    Ferrocement: a suitable and sustainable technology 
    The National Union of Architects and Construction Engineers of Cuba (UNAICC in Spanish) is organising the 10th international symposium on ferrocement and thin reinforced cement composites at Havana International Conference Center, Cuba during October 15th to 17th, 2012. The theme of the event is " Ferrocement: a suitable and sustainable technology"


    Women in Science and Engineering 
    WISE INDIA (Women in Science and Engineering) in association with INWES (International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists) is organising a regional conference during October 12-13, 2012 at New Delhi.


    Conferences by CI-Premier 
    Fuzhou University, China along with CI-Premier Conference Organization, Singapore is organising the twin international conferences of "New dimensions in bridges" and "Inspection, appraisal, repairs and maintenance of structures" during 27-29 July, 2012 at WuYiSan, China.

    SSCS 2012 
    The French Association of Civil Engineering (AFGC), the International Federation of concrete (fib), the RILEM and the AUGC is organising the International Conference on Numerical Modelling Strategies for Sustainable Concrete Structures - SSCS'2012 during May 29 to June 1 2012 at Centre des Congrès, Aix en Provence, France.

    Structural audit and repairs 
    The Institution of Engineers (India) is organising a one-day workshop on April 14, 2012 at its Mumbai centre.


    Sustainability and Advances in Concrete Technology 
    The Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, is organising an international workshop on Sustainability and Advances in Concrete Technology (SACT 2012) during May 7-8, 2012 at campus.


    Global Cement Expo 2012 
    Global Cement is pleased to announce the launch of the Global Cement Expo 2012 (www.GlobalCementExpo.com), which will take place at the Targi w Krakowie exhibition centre in Krakow, Poland, on 14-15 June 2012.


    Pre-Engineered Buildings 
    The Indian Buildings Concrete is holding its mid term seminar on the theme ‘‘Pre-Engineered Buildings and Innovative Techniques in Construction Industry’’ during May 25-26, 2012 at Kolkata.


    AARCV 2012 
    The School of Architecture and the Department of Civil Engineering,
    M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, is organising an international conference on Advances In Architecture and Civil Engineering (AARCV – 2012) during June 21 to 23, 2012.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Bulletin of Materials Science Volume 35, No. 1, February 2012


CONTENTS

Structural and optical characterization of thick and thin polycrystalline diamond films deposited by microwave plasma activated CVD

S K Pradhan, B Satpati, B P Bag and T Sharda
Recent analytical applications of nanoparticle sensitized lucigenin and luminol chemiluminescent reactions

S M WabaidurMu Naushad and Z A Alothman
Effects of nitrogen annealing on surface structure, silicide formation and magnetic properties of ultrathin films of Co on Si (100)

Ganesh K RajanShivaraman Ramaswamy, C Gopalakrishnan and D John Thiruvadigal
Dielectric properties and structural dynamics of melt compounded hot-pressed poly (ethylene oxide)–organophilic montmorillonite claynanocomposite films

R J Sengwa and Shobhna Choudhary
Ultrasound assisted synthesis of PMMA/clay nanocomposites: Study of oxygen permeation and flame retardant properties

Subrata K PatraGyanaranjan Prusty and Sarat K Swain
Application of aromatization catalyst in synthesis of carbon nanotubes

Song Rongjun, Yang Yunpeng, Li Qing and Li Bin
On conduction mechanism in paramagnetic phase of Gd based manganites

Sagar and M R Anantharaman
Electrical and magnetic properties of (BiNa)1/2(FeV)1/2O3

S K BeraSubrat K Barik, R N P Choudhary and P K Bajpai
Barrier characteristics of Pt/Ru Schottky contacts on n-type GaN based on IVT and CVT measurements

Nanda Kumar Reddy and V Rajagopal Reddy
High temperature C/C–SiC composite by liquid silicon infiltration: a literature review

Manish Patel, Kumar Saurabh, V V Bhanu Prasad and J Subrahmanyam
Humidity sensing behaviour of polyaniline/magnesium chromate (MgCrO4) composite

Machappa and M V N Ambika Prasad
Correlation between diffraction and viscosity data for Bi–Ga molten alloys

Mudry, A Yakymovych, I Shtablavyi, V Sidorov and K Shunyaev
Influence of heat treatment on microstructure and passivity of Cu–30Zn–1Sn alloy in buffer solution containing chloride ions

U Tabrizi, R Parvizi, A Davoodi and M H Moayed
Synthesis of boron nitride from boron containing poly (vinyl alcohol) as ceramic precursor

Das and S Ghatak
EXAFS investigations on PbMoO4 single crystals grown under different conditions

A K Poswal, D Bhattacharyya, S N JhaSangeeta and S C Sabharwal
Analysis on insulator–metal transition in yttrium doped LSMO from electron density distribution

S Israel, S Saravana Kumar, R Renuretson, R A J R Sheeba and R Saravanan
Synthesis and luminescence properties of Eu2+-activated Ca4Mg5(PO4)6 for blue-emitting phosphor

Liu Min, Tang Wanjun and Deng Kejian
Synthesis and properties of N,N,N′-tris-(2-ethoxynaphthalenen-1-yl)–NNN′ triphenylbenzene 1, 3, 5-triamine for dye sensitized solar cell

Suji Mathew and Karickal R Haridas