In the present study, a solar air heater U shaped turbulators integrated on the absorber plate with artificial roughness has been subjected to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. For simulation, Renormalization group (RNG) k- ɛ model has been used to investigate several fluid flow properties such as flow behaviour, temperature distribution along absorber plate, and velocity distribution. By taking into account the relative roughness height (e/D) varies from 0.018 to 0.038 and a turbulence intensity of 5%, the aforementioned fluid flow properties have been investigated. Reynolds' number has a value varied in between 3800 to 18000. Also, it has been discovered that effective efficiency reaches a maximum value of around 0.7396 for relative roughness height of 0.038 at Reynolds' number of 16000. Further, results obtained from simulation suggested that there has been a considerable rise of about 22°C in temperature of air after passing through the roughened solar air heater.

For investigating the effect of bed form in alluvial channels on the amount of bed load transport, a set of experiments was carried out in a tilting flume under unsteady flow conditions (hydrograph). The produced hydrographs were in triangular form with a maximum discharge of 30 to 45 lit/s/m. Three size of sediment particles were used with d50 d equal to 1.5, 2.1 and 3.0mm, clear water without any feeding was supplied from upstream. To analyze the time varying of bed resistance, a numerical model with initial and boundary conditions was used and its outputs were depth, velocity and discharge. The results showed that the inflow made considerable erosion at the starting time of flowing near the channel inlet, and this is a cause of producing bed form, increasing roughness and bed resistance. However, by the time the erosion trend was declined with increasing discharge. Despite of increasing flow turbulence, Froude number and bed erosion decreased gradually when the discharge approaching to its maximum value increasing flow depth. In this process, because of bed elevation changing along the flume, Froude number at any point is different from the other points and bed particles move toward downstream as a progressive wave. The bed resistance coefficient, n, was increased at the start of inflow time and after a proper time it was again increased, and this matter has very important role in sediment transport for non cohesive beds.

Sluggish Cognitive Tempo is used to describe a particular type of attention deficit, concentration, and slowness in information processing. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Scale (SCTS) of the parent form among Iranian children. The present study is a descriptive study. A sample of 1700 people was selected from the provinces of Tehran, East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Fars and Khorasan using cluster sampling method. 122 subjects were excluded from statistical analysis due to incomplete answers to the questionnaires and thus the final sample was reduced to 1578 parents. The confirmatory factor analysis method and internal consistency were used to compute the Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Scale factorial validity and reliability, respectively. Also, in order to examine the construct validity of the Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Scale, we computed correlations between different dimensions of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Scale with Attention Deficit Subscale of Mental Health Assessment Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents. The results of statistical results showed that this scale has structural validity, criterion and convergence in Iranian society. The results indicate that the scale is three factors and also the validity of the scale using Cronbach's alpha method and retest test after Approved two weeks. According to the findings of the present study, the parent form of the Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Scale (SCTS) has a good validity and reliability and it can be used in research related to slow cognitive multiplication in Iranian society.

Grammar has always been considered by language learners as well as by those engaged in language education as an essential component of language, and their expectations from and planning for any language education programs have been conditioned accordingly. The definitions of the term grammar and its categories in all languages go back to traditional Latin and Greek grammarians irrespective of their possibly obvious differences and have persisted even now long after the emergence of the scientific study of language which recognizes the unique system of every single language (cf. Saussure, 1916/ 1956). What is grammar and how much is it effective in ‘ learning’ an L2, if at all? This paper will examine the commonsensical understanding of the term grammar, i. e. ‘ the code-system’ as opposed to ‘ grammar’ as ‘ a theory of human experience’ : an agency construing human experience into meaning (cf. Halliday & Matthissen, 2004), i. e. ‘ grammaticality’ as opposed to ‘ textuality’ , arguing that if any recourse to grammar is advocated, as done in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) literature in the form of ‘ focus-on-form’ mediation, this ‘ form’ , rather than being defined in terms of ‘ grammaticality’ , should be ‘ textuality-oriented’ due to the reality that the knowledge accumulated by the learner about the grammaticality is of declarative nature and as such it will not convert into procedural communicative competence. Expanding upon the work done earlier on the topic (cf. Lotfipoursaedi, 2015, 2016, & 2019), the concept of textuality and how its perception by the recipients of a text enables them to handle it will be further discussed and examples of textuality-oriented L2 education pedagogic moves, as the SLA classroom mediation strategies will be examined.

Resistance to flow is an important and primary parameter in the determination of water surface elevation. A variety of bed forms, especially dunes, have a sensible effect on total roughness. Because of the complexity of bed form development, previous methods differ drastically from each other in predicting dune bed forms. In this paper, laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the geometry of dunes in a sand-bed channel and its influence on total channel resistance. The experiments were performed in a flume in the hydraulic laboratory of Shiraz University using sand particles. Simple relations were sought for dune dimensions via some dimensional parameters, and previous methods were compared to each other in light of this new data.

Abstract Introduction: Investigation of the internal surface roughness of fluid transmission systems pipes is very important in the amount of energy loss. Different concepts and methods have been used to examine surface roughness. Some of these methods are based on roughness measurement devices and equipment in this field. Significant researches are done in surface roughness measuring in steel, copper, plastic, or coated pipes. Methods: In this study, the inner surface roughness of fiberglass pipes, has been evaluated using laboratory methods and roughness measuring devices in several diameters and two different types. Calibration and verification results of the surface roughness tester machine on sandpaper and U-PVC pipe wall surfaces are evaluated. In addition, the effect of roughness parameters and their calculated surface roughness and time using of fiberglass pipe have been investigated. Findings: According to the results, the roughness parameters Rz and Ra in the cut length of 0.8 and 2.5 respectively are suitable parameters to estimate the roughness of the inner surface of the fiberglass tube. Also, the roughness of the inner surface of biaxial tubes is lower than uniaxial tubes. In addition, in comparing the roughness of newly produced and old fiberglass pipes, the surface roughness parameters decrease due to the passage of time and the use in projects. Whereas, the roughness parameters related to the type of pipe have not changed. Conclusion: Based on the results of the Surftest SJ-210 device has best results with accuracy of the roughness height reported for fiberglass pipes is equal to 98.84%. In U-PVC, similar to fiberglass pipe, the average roughness values has been estimated with high accuracy using the Ra with a cutting length of 2.5.

This study focuses on the investigation of intelligent form-finding and vibration analysis of a triangular polyhedral tensegrity that is enclosed within a sphere and subjected to external loads. The nonlinear dynamic equations of the system are derived using the Lagrangian approach and the finite element method. The proposed form-finding approach, which is based on a basic genetic algorithm, can determine regular or irregular tensegrity shapes without dimensional constraints. Stable tensegrity structures are generated from random configurations and based on defined constraints (nodes located on the sphere, parallelism, and area of upper and lower surfaces), and shape finding is performed using the fitness function of the genetic algorithm and multi-objective optimization goals. The genetic algorithm's efficacy in determining the shape of structures with unpredictable configurations is evaluated in two distinct scenarios: one involving a known connection matrix and the other involving fixed or random member positions (struts and cables). The shapes obtained from the algorithm suggested in this study are validated using the force density approach, and their vibration characteristics are examined. The findings of the comparative study demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed methodology in determining the vibrational behavior of tensegrity structures through the utilization of intelligent shape seeking techniques.

The most important factor in the design of Chute Spillways is to control the occurrence of cavitation which is due to high velocity and negative pressure of flow. Cavitation occurs when the pressure of the fluid reaches its vapor pressure. In this condition, the fluid is evaporated and bubble is produced inside the liquid. When these bubbles arrive at a region of fluid flow with high pressure, bubbles explode and cause serious damage to structure (Iranian Water Research Institute, 2011). In Iran, the cavitation phenomenon has caused serious damage to the Karun I dam's spillway. The present study, considering the extracted results from laboratory model of chute spillway of Darian dam's spillway, investigates the probability of occurrence of cavitation and examines the reliability of this issue using FORM and Monte Carlo Simulation Method (MCSM). This model is made at a scale of 1: 50 in Iranian Water Research Institute. This embankment dam is located in Paveh, Kermanshah province, Iran. The spillway channel width is 68 meters which reaches 42 meters in convergent chute. The slope length of this chute is 300. 66 meters, with an angle of 14 degrees. In this laboratory model, in order to cope with the phenomenon of cavitation along the chute, two aerators in the form of deflector were used at the intervals of 211 and 270 at the beginning of chute. In order to study and control the occurrence of cavitation, it is necessary to provide information such as average velocity and pressure applied on the floor in different parts of the structure. Therefore, the flow velocity and the dynamic pressure were measured over it.