The governing equations of generalized magneto-thermoelasticity with hydrostatic initial stress are solved for surface wave solutions. The particular solutions in the half-space are applied to the boundary conditions at the free surface of the half-space to obtain the frequency equation of Rayleigh wave. The frequency equation is approximated for small thermal coupling and small reduced frequen...

A stressed epitaxial film can undergo surface instability. The stress field and the interface interaction have profound effects on the dynamics of surface evolution that leads to selfassembled quantum dots. In this paper, by using a nonlinear evolution equation, we investigate pattern evolution of self-assembled quantum dots under general biaxial stresses. It is found that the shape of quantum ...

Aim: was to assess the effects of Ramadan observance upon repeated sprints and associated inflammatory and oxidative stress responses. Methods: Ten young trained boxers were tested during a control period (C), at the end of the first week (R-1), and during the fourth week of Ramadan observance (R-4). On each occasion, they performed three vertical jumps, 10 x 6 s repeated sprints on a cycle erg...

We utilize the recently developed surface Cauchy–Born model, which extends the standard Cauchy–Born theory to account for surface stresses due to undercoordinated surface atoms, to study the coupled influence of boundary conditions and surface stresses on the resonant properties of h100i gold nanowires with f100g surfaces. There are two major purposes to the present work. First, we quantify, fo...

Two and three dimensional finite element models (FEM) were developed to simulate the behavior of a fractured jaw bone and the fixation materials. Mini-plates with various geometric and material properties and screw combinations were considered. Their effects on the variation of maximum stress contours were investigated. The geometric and material properties of the plate, screw and bone were see...

Laser shock peening (LSP) is a transient process with laser pulse duration time on the order of 10 ns, real time in situ measurement of laser/material interaction is very challenging. LSP is usually performed in a massively parallel mode to induce uniform compressive residual stress across the entire surface of the workpiece. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of parallel m...

Having considered tactile sensing and palpation of a surgeon in order to detect kidney stone during open surgery; we present the 2D model of nephrolithiasis (two dimensional model of kidney containing a simulated stone). The effects of stone existence that appear on the surface of kidney (because of exerting mechanical load) are determined. Using Finite element method, it is illustrated that th...

The flow of a couple stress fluid generated by performing longitudinal and torsional oscillations of a porous circular cylinder subjected to constant suction at the surface of the cylinder is studied. A finite difference method is proposed to analyze the velocity components, in an infinite expanse of an incompressible couple stress fluid under vanishing couple stresses of type A condition or su...

We study the thermoelastic deformation of an elastic layer. The upper surface of the medium is subjected to a uniform thermal field along a circular area while the layer is resting on a rigid smooth circular base. The doubly mixed boundary value problem is reduced to a pair of systems of dual integral equations. The both system of the heat conduction and the mechanical problems are calculated b...

Dual response surface optimization considers the mean and the variation simultaneously. The minimization of meansquared error (MSE) is an effective approach in dual response surface optimization. Weighted MSE (WMSE) is formed by imposing the relative weights, (k, 1−k), on the squared bias and variance components of MSE. To date, a few methods have been proposed for determining k. The resulting ...