Creep strain experiments on uncemented reservoir sands suggest that the time-dependent component of deformation can be modeled using linear viscoelasticity theory. The standard approach to solving for the values of the appropriate model parameters is to fit creep strain data as a function of time. However, by writing the creep compliance function in terms of strain-rate rather than strain, it i...

10.1152/ajpheart.00925. 2001.-Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) is expressed throughout the cardiovascular system and is able to dilate vessels. This study investigated whether mechanical forces generated by changes in regional perfusion influence PTHrP release from the coronary vascular bed. Experiments were performed in vitro on saline-perfused rat hearts or isolated coronary endoth...

Tension generation can be studied by applying step perturbations to contracting muscle fibers and subdividing the mechanical response into exponential phases. The de novo tension-generating isomerization is associated with one of these phases. Earlier work has shown that a temperature jump perturbs the equilibrium constant directly to increase tension. Here, we show that a length jump functions...

This paper addresses the problem of modeling maneuvering target motion in tracking applications. A target trajectory can typically be divided into segments with different dynamic motion modes, such as a constant velocity motion, a constant acceleration motion or a constant turn rate motion. To integrate the different motion modes into a uniform model, a Constant Speed Changing Rate and Constant...

in this work, dynamic mechanical properties of three high-manganese steels with trip/twip or fully twip characteristics are studied. high strain rate experiments in the range of true strain rates between ~500 and 1800 /s are conducted using a dynamic torsional testing setup. all the three steels show a positive strain rate sensitivity in the intermediate range of strain rates (up to 500 /s). bu...

a = mean speed of sound, R T 1=2 aw = mean speed of sound at the wall, RTw 1=2 C = turbulent viscosity parameter, T= Lk cp = specific heat at constant pressure, R= 1 ; 1004:5 J= kg K cv = specific heat at constant volume, R= 1 ; 717:5 J= kg K f = uniform body force, w=h h = half channel height hw = wall length scale, h=Re i = turbulence intensity, 2k=3 = U1 k = turbulent kinetic energy, uiui=2 ...

Relationships between the micro-architecture description of cancellous bone, obtained from medical imaging, and its mechanical properties can be used to assess the compression fracture risk at high and low strain rate. This study extends the rupture prediction to the intermediate strain rate regime. The micro-architecture description was obtained with a CT-scan, for which geometry, topology, co...

in this paper, the hydrogen embrittlement of the high strength cr-si spring steel with after zn-12%ni electroplating, have been evaluated. slow strain rate test with 3.34 × 10 -6 sec -1 strain rate was performed, and the hydrogen embrittlement index of the different samples was calculated. the effect of shot peening before plating and the baking after plating and also the effect of applying a n...