Editor-in-Chief Abolhassan Vafai, Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Senior Executive Editor Saeed Sohrabpour, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Executive Editors

S.T. Akhavan Niaki, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Arab-Yaghoubi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran M.R. Aref, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Ehsan, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M.R. Eslami, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran H. Firouzabadi, Professor of Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran A. Kaveh, Professor of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Kermanshah, Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. Meghdari, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran B. Mehri, Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Modares-Yazdi, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. M. Ranjbar, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M.R. Saidi, Professor of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A.A. Salehi, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Shahrokhi, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Y. Sobouti, Professor of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, Iran H. Zohoor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Regional Editors Prof. G. Ahmadi, Clarkson University, NY, USA Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan Prof. F. Bakhtar, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Prof. P. Ditl, Cz Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic Prof. M. Farshad, EMPA, Zurich, Switzerland Prof. Y. Ipaktschi, Institut fϋr Organische Chemie Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany Prof. M. Jamshidi, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA Prof. A. Jones, University of Virginia, VA, USA Prof. T.H. Jordan, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, CA, USA Prof. Gh. Karami, North Dakota State University, ND, USA Prof. T. Kato, Science University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Prof. M. Kaveh, University of Minnessota Minneapolis, MN, USA Prof. M. Kayhanian, University of California at Davis, CA, USA Prof. S. Khazaeli, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL, USA Prof. P.A. Koushki, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait Prof. G. Laporte, HEC Montreal, Montreal, Canada Prof. M. Lightner, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA Prof. J. Loughlan, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK Prof. H.A. Mang, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria Prof. G.A. Mansoori, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA Prof. P. Maruthamuthu, University of Madras, Chennai, India Prof. M. Molki, Southern Illinois University, IL, USA Prof. H. Radjavi, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada Prof. T.C. Schelling, University of Maryland, MD, USA Prof. S. Sorooshian, University of California at Irvine, CA, USA Prof. K. Vafai, University of California at Riverside, CA, USA Prof. W.A. Wulf, National Academy of Engineering, Washington DC, USA Prof. M. Yalpani, Max-Planck Institute, Germany Prof. I. Zandi, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA Advisory Editorial Board

R. Abbaschian, University of California at Riverside, CA, USA H. Adeli, The Ohio State University, OH, USA M.K. Agarwal, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India S.H. Ahmad, North Carolina State University, NC, USA J. Ahmadi, Advanced Micro Devices, TX, USA R. Ansorge, Universitat Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany M. Bahadori-Nejad, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran N. Bagherzadeh, University of California at Irvin, CA, USA M. Baribaud, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, Grenoble, France M. Behforouz, Ball State University, IN, USA M. Boulon, Universit'e Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France B.W. Brooks, Professor emeritus, Loughborough University of Technology, Leicestershire, UK L.C. Burmeister, University of Kansas at Lawrence, KS, USA G.V. Chilingar, University of Southern California, CA, USA D. Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA C.S. Desai, The University of Arizona at Tucson, AZ, USA M. Faghri, University of Rhode Island at Kingston, RI, USA J. Faiz, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran F. Farzaneh, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M.C. Flemings, Professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA J. Ghaboussi, Professor emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana, IL, USA R. Glass, The University of Arizona at Tucson, AZ, USA M. Golshani, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran H. Hashemi, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran J.K. Hedrick, University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA S.H. Hosseini, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran M. R. Islam, University of Dalhousie, Halifax, Canada P. Jabbedar-Maralani, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran T. Kaghazchi, Amir Kabir University, Tehran, Iran H. Kalhor, State University of New York at New Paltz, NY, USA S.A. Mahmoud, Carleton University, ON, Canada M.A. Marino, University of California at Davis, CA, USA A.N. Mashayekhi, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. McEvily, Professor emeritus, University of Connecticut, CT, USA M. Mirmehdi, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK M. Moallem, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran M. Moshfeghian, John M. Campbell & Company, OK, USA F. Moztarzadeh, Amir Kabir University, Tehran, Iran M. Noori, University of Cal Poly, CA, USA N. Peyghambarian, University of Arizona at Tucson, AZ, USA M.H. Rahnavard, El Camino College, CA, USA A. Razani, University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, NM, USA T. Razban-Haghighi, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France F. Reza, McGill University, QC, Canada G.M. Sabnis, Howard University, MD, USA A.M. Sadegh, The City College of New York, NY, USA A. Shirazi-Adl, Ecole Polytechnique, QC, Canada R. A. Shoureshi, University of Denver, CO, USA A.P. Street, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia H.A. Tajmir-Riahi, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada J.B. Valdes, University of Arizona at Tucson, AZ, USA J. Vlachogiannis, Industrial and Energy Informatics (IEI) Lab, R. S. Lianokladiou, Lamia, Greece O.B. Yaakob, Universiti Teknology Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia A. Zahedi, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia Kh. Zarrabi, The University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia

Transaction A: Civil Engineering

Editor

A. R. Khoei, Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Board of Editors

A. Afshar, Professor of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran S. Cho, Professor of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea R. P. Dhakal, Associate Professor of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand H. Estekanchi, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. Ghahramani, Professor of Civil Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran M. N. S. Hadi, Associate Professor of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia A. Haghani, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, MD, USA M. Karamouz, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran A. Kaveh, Professor of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran M. T. Kazemi, Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Kermanshah, Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Mofid, Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran D. Mostofinejad, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran Z. Mroz, Professor of Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland A. Pak, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran H. Poorzahedi, Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran F. Rahimzadeh Rofooei, Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. A. Ramezanianpour, Professor of Civil Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran H. Saadatmanesh, Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona at Tucson, AZ, USA M. A. Sadeghvaziri, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA W. R. Spillers, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA M. Tajrishi, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. Torkian, Associate Professor of Water and Energy Center, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Transaction B: Mechanical Engineering

Editor

H. Zohoor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Board of Editors

M. M. Alishahi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran M. Arab-Yaghoubi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran A. Baradaran Rahimi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran S. Dost, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, BC, Canada M. R. Eslami, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran E. Esmaeilzadeh, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran H. R. Hamidzadeh, Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Tennessee State University, TN, USA S. Kazemzadeh Hannani, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran G. H. Liaghat, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran S. H. Mansouri, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran A. Meghdari, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. R. Modarres Razavi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran A. Nouri Borujerdi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran G. R. Pennock, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Purdue, IN, USA F. Sassani, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Colombia, BC, Canada M. Shahinpoor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, ME, USA E. Shirani, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran M. Sohrabpour, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran S. Sohrabpour, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran G. Tryggvason, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Transactions C: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Chemistry

Editor

M.R. Saidi, Professor of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Board of Editors

M. Ashraf-Khorassani, Senior Research Scientist, Virginia Tech, Va, USA D. Boghaei, Professor of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A.A. Ensafi, Professor of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran H. Firouzabadi, Professor of Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran S. M. Golabi, Professor of Chemistry, Tabriz University , Tabriz, Iran J. Ipaktschi, Professor of Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus-Liebig-University , Giessen, Germany N. Iranpoor, Professor of Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran M. Jalali Heravi, Professor of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Sh. Mallakpour, Professor of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran M. Mamaghani, Professor of Chemistry, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran D. Mohajer, Professor of Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran E. Noroozian, Professor of Chemistry, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran Gh. Parsafar, Professor of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. Rostami, Professor of Chemistry, Mazanderan University, Babol, Iran A. Safavi, Professor of Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran A. Tarassoli, Professor of Chemistry, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran M.A. Zolfigol, Professor of Chemistry, Buali Sina University of Hamedan, Hamedan, Iran

Chemical Engineering

Editor

M. Shahrokhi, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Board of Editors

A. Badakhshan, Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran R. Bozorgmehry, Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran,Iran M.R. Ehsani, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran Gh.R. Etemad, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran J. Fathikalajahi, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran M. Frounchi, Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran C. Ghotbi, Professor of Chemical Engineering & Petroleum, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. R. Gray, Professor of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada M. Jamialahmadi, Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Iran R. Kharrat, Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Kazemeini, Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. Kheirolomoom, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Davis, CA, USA A. Molaei Dehkordi, Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran H. Modarress, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran D. Mowla, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran M.H. Panjehshahi, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran M.R. Pishvaie, Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. Shojaossadati, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran

Transactions D: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Computer Science & Engineering

Editor

S.Gh. Miremadi, Professor of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Board of Editors

G. Agha, Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA F. Arbab, Professor of Software Composition, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands K. Bazargan, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, MN, USA F. Dehne, Professor of Computer Science, Carleton University, ON, Canada M. Ghodsi, Professor of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran S. Katebi, Professor of Computer Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz,Iran M. Mashinchi, Professor of Mathematics,Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran D.K. Pradhan, Professor of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Sh. Samavi, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, ON, Canada

Electrical Engineering

Editor

J. A. Salehi, Professor of Optical Networks and Communications, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Board of Editors

M. R. Aref, Professor of Information Theory, Encryption Secure Communications, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Fardmanesh, Associate Professor of Quantum Electronic Devices, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Fotuhi, Associate Professor of Power Electronics and Energy Management Systems, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Haeri, Associate Professor of Control Systems, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran B. H. Khalaj, Associate Professor of Wireless Communications, Satelite and Radar, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran S. Khorasani, Associate Professor of Photonics and Nanophotonics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. Medi, Assistant Professor of Microelectronics, RF Integrated Circuits and Systems, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran K. Mehrany, Associate Professor of Electromagnetic, Antenna and Propagation, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Nasiri-Kenari, Professor of Communication Theory and Data Networks, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran M. B. Shamsollahi, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Transaction E: Industrial Engineering

Editor

S.T. Akhavan Niaki, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Board of Editors

B. Abbasi, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Bou- Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran R. Baradaran Kazemzadeh, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran A. H. Eshragh-Jahromi, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Y. Fathi, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University at Raliegh, NC, USA D. Goldsman, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA M. Houshmand, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran W. H. Iskandar, Professor of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University at Morgantown, WV, USA M. Jaraiedi, Professor of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University at Morgantown, WV, USA B. Khoshnevis, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, CA, USA F. Kianfarm Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran K. Kianfar, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, TX, USA K. C. Lee, Professor of MIS and Creativity Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea R. Noorossana, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran N. Salmasi, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran H. Shavandi, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran S. Sibdari, Assistant Professor of Decision and Information Sciences, University of Massachusetts, MA, USA F. Szidarovszky, Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona at Tucson, AZ, USA A. Zuashkiani, Research Associate of Maintenance Optimization and Reliability Engineering, University of Toronto, ON, Canada

Transaction F: Nanotechnology

Editor

Prof. A. Simchi, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Guest Editor

J. R. Groza, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, University of California Davis, USA

Board of Editors

R. Bagheri, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. R. Boccaccini, Professor of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremburg, Germany A. H. Chokshi, Professor of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India A. Iraji Zad, Professor of Phisycs, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran A. U. Ivaska, Professor of Chemical Engineering , Åbo Akademi University, Finland J. Jia, Professor of Phisycs, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China B. Karimi, Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, Iran T. G. Langdon, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, L. A., CA S. S. Madaeni, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Razi University of Kermanshah, Kermanshah, Iran M. F. Mousavi, Professor of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran A. Palazoglu, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California Davis, USA A. Pourjavadi, Professor of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran V. Sandoghdar, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland A. M. Seifalian, Professor of Nanotechnology & Tissue Repair in Surgery, University College London, UK P. Soukiassian, Professor of Physics, Universite de Paris-Sud/Orsay, France P. Stroeve, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California Davis, USA G. Wilde, Professor of Material Physics, University of Muenster, Germany