Today, a new infrastructure provisioning approach called Cloud Elasticity is evolving, covering three dimensions of elasticity: resource, cost, and quality. Recently, Cloud Elasticity has been utilized for Business Process Enactment in the Cloud as the involved services face highly volatile demand levels. Through treating the three dimensions equally, so-called Elastic (Business) Processes can ...

We report a crack-free controlled wrinkling method based on a bilayer film system. A liquid UV-curable film is solidified on a uniaxially pre-stretched PDMS elastic sheet by UV-exposure. Subsequently, the sheet is released back to its initial non-stretched state, which results in spontaneous formation of grating wrinkles perpendicular to the stretching direction. An interface of gradient interp...

In the current paper, finite element method is employed for numerical simulations and the study of influential parameters on elastic modulus of polymer-matrix nano-composites. Effects of different key parameters including particle elastic modulus, interphase elastic modulus, matrix elastic modulus, interphase thickness and particle volume fraction on total elastic modulus of nano-composite mate...

an oil and gas well cementing in gachsaran formation, where sustained annular pressure has been reported in many wells, presents a big challenge in maroon field. the main challenges are preventing gas migration and achieving zonal isolation using a competent cement sealant system which is able to withstand downhole stresses and high temperatures during production cycles. unlike conventional cem...

The performance of a wide variety of ultra-sensitive devices employing nanoelectromechanical resonators is determined by their mechanical quality factor, yet energy dissipation in these systems remains poorly understood. Here we develop a comprehensive theory of friction in high frequency resonators caused by the radiation of elastic energy into the support substrate, referred to as clamping lo...

We consider the regularized Ericksen model of an elastic bar on an elastic foundation on an interval with Dirichlet boundary conditions as a two-parameter bifurcation problem. We explore, using local bifurcation analysis and continuation methods, the structure of bifurcations from double zero eigenvalues. Our results provide evidence in support of Müller’s conjecture [18] concerning the symmetr...

Stochastic amorphous Pd43Ni10Cu27P20 foams were tested in quasistatic and dynamic loading. The strength/porosity relations show distinct slopes for the two loading conditions, suggesting a strain-rate-induced change in the foam yielding mechanism. The strength/porosity correlation of the dynamic test data along with microscopy assessments support that dynamic foam yielding is dominated by plast...

Perfectly matched layers (PML) are a novel technique to simulate the absorption of waves in open domains. Wave propagation in isotropic elastic waveguides has the possibility to support propagating modes with negative group velocities and long wavelengths. Propagating modes with negative group velocities can lead to temporally growing solutions in the PML. In this paper, we demonstrate that neg...

Therapeutic taping has been in common clinical use for decades for various purposes. Traditionally for stabilization or support, it has been used in cases of ankle sprains/instability, patellafemoral pain syndrome and knee injuries [1,2]. The original material used for taping was rigid, not elastic, in order to provide stabilization to the strapped joint [2]. More recently, elastic taping mater...

In this review, recent advances on the measurement and modeling of elastic properties of cortical and trabecular bone are presented. Bone is a multifunctional material which among its other functions serves as a support for other tissues in the body. As a structural material it is stiff, strong, tough, lightweight and is adaptable. Its excellent mechanical properties are due to its complex, com...