Mechanical behaviour of double side high performance PSA adhesive applied to painted naval structures

High Performance Double-sided Psa Tape Produced by Uv Irradiation

Gecko-Inspired Controllable Adhesive Structures Applied to Micromanipulation

The stickiness of a gecko’s foot comes from tiny hairlike structures that attach and detach when rubbed along a surface. As reported on page 1246, Metin Sitti and co-workers take inspiration from the structures and control of the gecko’s foot to create arrays of angled elastomeric microposts. A single micropost is isolated and through pressing and dragging it is used to pick-and-place microscal...

High-Performance Computing Applied to Semantic Databases

To-date, the application of high-performance computing resources to Semantic Web data has largely focused on commodity hardware and distributed memory platforms. In this paper we make the case that more specialized hardware can offer superior scaling and close to an order of magnitude improvement in performance. In particular we examine the Cray XMT. Its key characteristics, a large, global sha...

Mechanical Performance of Amorphous Metallic Cellular Structures

Metallic glass and metallic glass matrix composites are excellent candidates for application in cellular structures because of their outstanding plastic yield strengths and their ability to deform plastically prior to fracture. The mechanical performance of metallic-glass and metallic-glass-matrix-composite honeycomb structures are discussed, and their strength and energy absorption capabilitie...

Proximity of Vital Structures to the Clavicle: Comparison of Fractured and Non-fractured Side

  Background: Previous anatomic and radiological studies have described the relationship of the clavicle to major neurovascular structures in healthy subjects. We were curious about this relationship in patients with a clavicle fracture and if it is different from non-fractured clavicles.   Methods: We retrospectively identified all patients with a clavicle fracture between July 2001 and Octobe...