Engineering, 2011, 3, 195-299 Published Online March 2011 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/eng/)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 3 Number 3 March 2011

Mathematical Modelling in Placing of Fresh Concrete

A. Bilgil…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………195

Unsupervised Segmentation Method of Multicomponent Images Based on Fuzzy Connectivity Analysis in the Multidimensional Histograms

S. Ouattara, G. L. Loum, A. Clément……………………………………………………………………………………………203

Developing Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves in Scarce Data Region: An Approach Using Regional Analysis and Satellite Data

A. G. Awadallah, M. ElGamal, A. ElMostafa, H. ElBadry………………………………………………………………………215

Study of Ni/Al Interface Diffusion by Molecular Dynamics Simulation C. G. Zhang, H. Wang, Y. S. Qiu………………………………………………………………………………………………227

Analysis of the Spectral Resolution of a TeO2 Based Noncollinear Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter C. G. Zhang, H. Wang, Y. S. Qiu………………………………………………………………………………………………233

Comparison of Wind-Induced Displacement Characteristics of Buildings with Different Lateral Load Resisting Systems

C. Arum, A. Akinkunmi…………………………………………………………………………………………………………236

Transient Waves Due to Thermal Sources in a Generalized Piezothermoelastic Half-Space J. N. Sharma, A. D. Thakur, Y. D. Sharma………………………………………………………………………………………248

Statistical Control and Investigation of Capability of Process and Machine in Wire Cut EDM Process of Gas Turbine Blade Airfoil Tip

A. R. Fazeli, E. Sharifi…………………………………………………………………………………………………………260

Prediction of Shear Wave Velocity in Underground Layers Using SASW and Artificial Neural Networks A. Alimoradi, H. Shahsavani, A. K. Rouhani……………………………………………………………………………………266

Effect of Increasing Speed on Stress of Biaxial Bogie Frames M. Zehsaz, F. V. Tahami, A. Z. Asl, F. Ahmadian………………………………………………………………………………276

MHD Flow, and Heat Transfer with Effects of Buoyancy, Viscous and Joules Dissipation over a Nonlinear Vertical Stretching Porous Sheet with Partial Slip

M. S. Abel, K. A. Kumar, R. Ravikumara………………………………………………………………………………………285

On Two-Tier Femtocell over Fading Environments J. I.-Z. Chen, K.-C. Chuang, C.-C. Chiu, D. J. Juang…………………………………………………………………………292

The figure on the front cover is from the article published in Engineering, 2011, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 236-247, by

Chinwuba Arum and Akinloye Akinkunmi.

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