The complexity and heterogeneity of bone tissue require a multiscale modeling to understand its mechanical behavior and its remodeling mechanisms. In this paper, a novel multiscale hierarchical approach including microfibril scale based on hybrid neural network (NN) computation and homogenization equations was developed to link nanoscopic and macroscopic scales to estimate the elastic propertie...

A molecular theory of both elastic constants and the flexoelectric coefficients of bent-core nematic liquid crystals has been developed taking into account dipole-dipole interactions as well as polar interactions determined by the bent molecular shape. It has been shown that if polar interactions are neglected, the elastic constants are increasing monotonically with the decreasing temperature. ...

There was employed the density functional theory plane-wave pseudopotential method with local density approximation and generalized gradient approximation to investigate the structural, elastic and mechanical properties of the intermetallic compound Ni3Ga. The calculated equilibrium lattice constant and bulk modulus are in good agreement with the experimental values. The elastic constants were ...

We propose to model the uppermost inner core as an aggregate of randomly oriented anisotropic “patches”. A patch is defined as an assemblage of a possibly large number of crystals with identically oriented crystallographic axes. This simple model accounts for the observed velocity isotropy of short period body waves, and offers a reasonable physical interpretation for the scatterers detected at...

Bone mineral density (BMD) and bone microarchitecture are important determinants for the mechanical properties of cancellous bone. Although BMD alone is a good predictor of average mechanical properties of cancellous bone, there remains unexplained variation in mechanical properties that might be due to missing information regarding bone microarchitecture. Recent developments in three-dimension...