Pure bending experiments on prismatic bars of square cross-section composed of reticulated polymer foam exhibit deformation behavior not captured by classical elasticity theory. Perhaps the clearest example of this is the observed sigmoidal deformation of the bars’ lateral surfaces, which are predicted by classical elasticity theory to tilt but remain planar upon pure moment application. Such f...

Duke University Marine Laboratory, Nichols School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA; San Diego State University, Biology Department, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4614, USA *Present address: Murdoch University, Division of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, South Street, Murdoch, WA615...

fabrication, characterization and application of micro-/nano-rods/wires are among the hottest topics in materials science and applied physics. micro-/nano-rod-based structures and devices are developed for a wide-ranging use in various fields of micro-/nanoscience (e.g. biology, electronics, medicine, optics, optoelectronics, photonics and sensors). it is well known that the structure and prope...

1 International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), PO Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede, The Netherlands. Email: [dilo,deby]@itc.nl, 2 Department of Computer Science, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands. Email: [email protected], 3 School of Information Technology, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch Western Australia 6150, A...

1 Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia, 2 Centre for Marine Futures, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia, 3 Evolutionary Genetics Group, Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 4 Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Releigh...

CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation and the University of New England, Armidale, NSW 1 Department of Agriculture and Food of Western Australia, South Perth, Western Australia, 6151, Australia Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Austr...

a Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, U.S.A. b Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, U.S.A. c Cetacean Research Unit, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia d Department of Biology, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Monterey, CA, U.S.A. e Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, ...

A Landau theory is constructed for the gelation transition in cross-linked polymer systems possessing spontaneous nematic ordering, based on symmetry principles and the concept of an order parameter for the amorphous solid state. This theory is substantiated with help of a simple microscopic model of cross-linked dimers. Minimization of the Landau free energy in the presence of nematic order yi...

This paper proposed analytical solutions for the buckling analysis of rectangular single-layered graphene sheets under in-plane loading on all edges simply is supported. The characteristic equations of the graphene sheets are derived and the analysis formula is based on the nonlocal Mindlin plate. This theory is considering both the small length scale effects and transverse shear deformation ef...

This paper proposed analytical solutions for the buckling analysis of rectangular single-layered graphene sheets under in-plane loading on all edges simply is supported. The characteristic equations of the graphene sheets are derived and the analysis formula is based on the nonlocal Mindlin plate. This theory is considering both the small length scale effects and transverse shear deformation ef...