Practical use of computational building information modeling in repairing and maintenance of hospital building- case study

Majid Reza Akhoundan,Kia Khademi,Sam Bahmanoo,Karzan Wakil,Edy Tonnizam Mohamad,Majid Khorami 국제구조공학회 2018 Smart Structures and Systems, An International Jou Vol.22 No.5

Computational Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an intelligent 3D model-based process that provides architecture, engineering, and construction professionals the insight to plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure more efficiently. This paper aims at using BIM in Hospitals configurations protection. Infrastructure projects are classified as huge structural projects taking advantage of many resources such as finance, materials, human labor, facilities and time. Immense expenses in infrastructure programs should be allocated to estimating the expected results of these arrangements in domestic economy. Hence, the significance of feasibility studies is inevitable in project construction, in this way the necessity in promoting the strategies and using global contemporary technologies in the process of construction maintenance cannot be neglected. This paper aims at using the building information modeling in covering Imam Khomeini Hospital’s equipment. First, the relationship between hospital constructions maintenance and repairing, using the building information modeling, is demonstrated. Then, using library studies, the effective factors of constructions’ repairing and maintenance were collected. Finally, the possibilities of adding these factors in Revit software, as one of the most applicable software within BIM is investigated and have been identified in some items, where either this software can enter or the software for supporting the repairing and maintenance phase lacks them. The results clearly indicated that the required graphical factors in construction information modeling can be identified and applied successfully.

Practical use of computational building information modeling in repairing and maintenance of hospital building- case study

Akhoundan, Majid Reza,Khademi, Kia,Bahmanoo, Sam,Wakil, Karzan,Mohamad, Edy Tonnizam,Khorami, Majid Techno-Press 2018 Smart Structures and Systems, An International Jou Vol.22 No.5

Computational Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an intelligent 3D model-based process that provides architecture, engineering, and construction professionals the insight to plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure more efficiently. This paper aims at using BIM in Hospitals configurations protection. Infrastructure projects are classified as huge structural projects taking advantage of many resources such as finance, materials, human labor, facilities and time. Immense expenses in infrastructure programs should be allocated to estimating the expected results of these arrangements in domestic economy. Hence, the significance of feasibility studies is inevitable in project construction, in this way the necessity in promoting the strategies and using global contemporary technologies in the process of construction maintenance cannot be neglected. This paper aims at using the building information modeling in covering Imam Khomeini Hospital's equipment. First, the relationship between hospital constructions maintenance and repairing, using the building information modeling, is demonstrated. Then, using library studies, the effective factors of constructions' repairing and maintenance were collected. Finally, the possibilities of adding these factors in Revit software, as one of the most applicable software within BIM is investigated and have been identified in some items, where either this software can enter or the software for supporting the repairing and maintenance phase lacks them. The results clearly indicated that the required graphical factors in construction information modeling can be identified and applied successfully.

Porous electrospun poly(e-caprolactone)/gelatin nanofi brous mat containing cinnamon for wound healing application: in vitro and in vivo study

Majid Salehi,Maryam Niyakan,Arian Ehterami,Saeed Haghi-Daredeh,Simin Nazarnezhad,Ghasem Abbaszadeh-Goudarzi,Ahmad Vaez,Seyedeh Fatemeh Hashemi,Nariman Rezaei,Seyed Reza Mousavi 대한의용생체공학회 2020 Biomedical Engineering Letters (BMEL) Vol.10 No.1

In this study, cinnamon (cin) was loaded into poly(ε-caprolactone)/gelatin (PCL/Gel) nanofi brous matrices in order to fabricatean appropriate mat to improve wound healing. Mats were fabricated from PCL/COLL [1:1 (w/w)] solution with 1, 5and 25% (w/v) of cinnamon. Prepared mats were characterized with regard to their microstructure, mechanical properties,porosity, surface wettability, water-uptake capacity, water vapor permeability, blood compatibility, microbial penetration andcellular response. The fabricated mats with and without cinnamon were used to treat the full-thickness excisional wounds inWistar rats. The results indicated that the amount of cinnamon had a direct eff ect on porosity, mechanical properties, wateruptake capacity, water contact angle, water vapor transmission rate and cell proliferation. In addition, the results of in vivostudy indicated that after 14 days, the wounds which were treated with PCL/Gel 5%cin had better wound closure (98%)among other groups. Our results suggest that the cinnamon can be used as a suitable material for wound healing.

Anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge and Cladophora green algae: Investigation of synergistic effects and Optimization of substrate composition ratio

Majid Rasouli,Mahdi Dini,Behnam Ataeiyan 대한환경공학회 2023 Environmental Engineering Research Vol.28 No.5

BODY CONFORMATION AND BLOOD PROTEIN / ISOZYME POLYMORPHISMS OF TAMARAW (Bubalus mindorensis)

Majid, M.A.,Momongan, V.G.,Penalba, F.F.,Barrion, A.A.,castillo, E.M. Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 1995 Animal Bioscience Vol.8 No.2

A total of 6 tamaraws were observed for determining coat color and measured for body conformation. Banding pattern of 4 blood proteins and 2 isozymes were analysed from the peripheral blood of two tamaraws. The coat colour of younger tamaraws were observed to be brown and adult was found to be complete black. The body weight, body length, withers height, head length, head width, horn length and tail length of adult male and female tamaraws were: 236 kg and 208 kg; 113.5 cm and 112.5 cm; 19.5 cm and 20 cm; 30.0 cm and 28.5 cm and 36.0 cm and 35.5 cm, respectively. The electrophoretic banding pattern, distance migrated and the allelic frequencies obtained in tamaraws were similar compared with that reported in swamp buffaloes. Although the sample size was very small, results of this study could be an important source of informations based on which a breeding programme can be designed to exploit some of the economic characters of tamaraw.

The Potential of Adaptive Design in Animal Studies

Majid, Arshad,Bae, Ok-Nam,Redgrave, Jessica,Teare, Dawn,Ali,Zemke, Daniel MDPI AG 2015 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES Vol.16 No.10

Development of a New Flow-dependent Scheme for Calculating Grain and Form Roughness Coefficients

Majid Niazkar,Nasser Talebbeydokhti,Seied Hosein Afzali 대한토목학회 2019 KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Vol.23 No.5

Estimating channel roughness is crucial for whatever engineering plans that have been in mind for any reach under consideration. Not only is resistance coefficient not a measurable quantity, but also various factors affecting on its value make its estimation a challenge. Despite of numerous methods available for roughness estimation, the complexity of some of available iterative schemes particularly with no mechanism for modifying initial guess in each iteration restrain numerical modelers to apply merely outdated resistance equations in practice. In order to improve the estimation of hydraulic resistance, a new straightforward flow-dependent scheme, which is capable of estimating Manning’s coefficient due to grain and form roughness, is introduced. A large data is utilized to calibrate and testify the new scheme. The results of comparing the new scheme with that of different models available in the literature show that it achieves the best estimation results and yields to more than 0.87 and 0.67 for R2, 0.15 and 0.17 for mean absolute relative error for estimating grain and form Manning’s coefficients, respectively. This comparison demonstrates that the results achieved by the new scheme are acceptably accurate in favor of roughness estimation.

Buckling analysis of functionally graded truncated conical shells under external displacement-dependent pressure

Majid Khayat,Davood Poorveis,Shapour Moradi 국제구조공학회 2017 Steel and Composite Structures, An International J Vol.23 No.1

This paper is presented to solve the buckling problem of functionally graded truncated conical shells subjected to displacement-dependent pressure which remains normal to the shell middle surface throughout the deformation process by the semi-analytical finite strip method. Material properties are assumed to be temperature dependent, and varied continuously in the thickness direction according to a simple power law distribution in terms of the volume fraction of a ceramic and metal. The governing equations are derived based on first-order shear deformation theory which accounts for through thickness shear flexibility with Sanders-type of kinematic nonlinearity. The element linear and geometric stiffness matrices are obtained using virtual work expression for functionally graded materials. The load stiffness also called pressure stiffness matrix which accounts for variation of load direction is derived for each strip and after assembling, global load stiffness matrix of the shell which may be un-symmetric is formed. The un-symmetric parts which are due to load non-uniformity and unconstrained boundaries have been separated. A detailed parametric study is carried out to quantify the effects of power-law index of functional graded material and shell geometry variations on the difference between follower and non-follower lateral buckling pressures. The results indicate that considering pressure stiffness which arises from follower action of pressure causes considerable reduction in estimating buckling pressure.

Buckling of thick deep laminated composite shell of revolution under follower forces

Majid Khayat,Davood Poorveis,Shapour Moradi,Mona Hemmati 국제구조공학회 2016 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.58 No.1

Laminated composite shells are commonly used in various engineering applications including aerospace and marine structures. In this paper, using semi-analytical finite strip method, the buckling behavior of laminated composite deep as well as thick shells of revolution under follower forces which remain normal to the shell is investigated. The stiffness caused by pressure is calculated for the follower forces subjected to external fibers in thick shells. The shell is divided into several closed strips with alignment of their nodal lines in the circumferential direction. The governing equations are derived based on first-order shear deformation theory which accounts for through thickness-shear flexibility. Displacements and rotations in the middle surface of shell are approximated by combining polynomial functions in the meridional direction as well as truncated Fourier series with an appropriate number of harmonic terms in the circumferential direction. The load stiffness matrix which accounts for variation of loads direction will be derived for each strip of the shell. Assembling of these matrices results in global load stiffness matrix which may be un-symmetric. Upon forming linear elastic stiffness matrix called constitutive stiffness matrix, geometric stiffness matrix and load stiffness matrix, the required elements for the second step analysis which is an eigenvalue problem are provided. In this study, different parameter effects are investigated including shell geometry, material properties, and different boundary conditions. Afterwards, the outcomes are compared with other researches. By considering the results of this article, it can be concluded that the deformation-dependent pressure assumption can entail to decrease the calculated buckling load in shells. This characteristic is studied for different examples.

Characterization of the Growth, Total Lipid and Fatty Acid Profiles in Microalga, Nannochloropsis oceanica under Different Nitrogen Sources

Majid Mahdieh,Salimeh Shabani,Mohammad Reza Amirjani 한국미생물·생명공학회 2019 한국미생물·생명공학회지 Vol.47 No.1

The properties of microalgae as bioresources for biodiesel production can be improved by adding nitrogen sources into the culture medium. Thus, Nannochloropsis oceanica CCAP 849/10 was cultured in f/2 media supplemented with five different forms of nitrogen at 0.88 mmol-N l-1 each: ammonium bicarbonate (NH4HCO3), ammonium sulfate ((NH4)2SO4), sodium nitrate (NaNO3), ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3), and urea. The cell density, lipid content, and fatty acid profile of the microalga were determined after 15 days of cultivation. The growth of N. oceanica based on cell number was lowest in the medium with NH4NO3, and increased significantly in the medium with NH4HCO3. Cells treated with (NH4)2SO4, and NH4NO3 produced the highest total lipid contents (i.e., 65% and 62% by dry weight, respectively). The fatty acid profiles of the microalga were significantly different in the various nitrogen sources. The major fatty acids detected in cultures supplemented with NH4HCO3, (NH4)2SO4, NH4NO3, or urea were C14:0, C16:0, C16:1, C18:0, C18:1, C18:2, C20:5, and C22:6. However, the C16:1 content in the NaNO3-supplemented culture was very low. This study highlights that the nitrogen source can strongly influence lipid production in N. oceanica and its fatty acid composition.