The Biaxial Mechanics of Thermally Denaturing Skin - Part I: Experiments

Wrinkled Membranes Part I: Experiments

This paper presents a detailed experimental study of the evolution and shape of reversible corrugations, or wrinkles, in initially flat, linear-elastic and isotropic thin foils subject to in-plane loads. Two sets of experiments were carried out, on a rectangular membrane under simple shear and on a square membrane subjected to two pairs of equal and opposite diagonal forces at the corners. Sali...

Mechanics of Stabbing: Biaxial Measurement of Knife Stab Penetration of Skin Simulant

This paper describes the development and use of a biaxial measurement device to analyse the mechanics of knife stabbings. In medicolegal situations it is typical to describe the consequences of a stabbing incident in relative terms that are qualitative and descriptive without being numerically quantitative. Here, the mechanical variables involved in the possible range of knifetissue penetration...

Mechanics of thermally fluctuating membranes

The Mechanics of Film Cooling I - Part 1 ELDON

Thin liquid wall fillTIs flowing under the influence of high-velocity turbulent gas streaIllS were studied for the purpose of obtaining an understanding of the Illechanics of filIll cooling. Conditions which insure liquid-filIll attachIllent to solid surfaces without loss of unevaporated liquid to the gas streaIll when siIllple radial-hole injectors are used were found; the IllaxiIlluIll allowa...

Biaxial mechanical properties of the natural and glutaraldehyde treated aortic valve cusp--Part I: Experimental results.

To date, there are no constitutive models for either the natural or bioprosthetic aortic valve (AV), in part due to experimental complications related to the AV's small size and heterogeneous fibrous structure. In this study, we developed specialized biaxial testing techniques for the AV cusp, including a method to determine the local structure-strain relationship to assess the effects of bound...