The microstrip patch is one of the most preferred antenna structures for low cost and compact design for wireless system and RF application. Dual-Band antennas are of a relative interest since they can support multiple communication systems. In this paper we present design of a novel compact small size microstrip antenna suitable for dual-band operations. By loading properly arranged slots on a...

The thermal response of skin to pressure alone and to pressure with shear was compared under cyclic loading conditions. Stresses were applied to the anterior aspect of the leg of three healthy subjects for time intervals up to 10 min, and the difference in temperature between the stressed site and a contralateral control site was assessed after load release. The thermal recovery time (TRT), the...

In the present study, plate impact pressure±shear friction experiments are conducted to provide insight into timeresolved dry sliding characteristics of metal on metal at normal pressures of approximately 1.5 GPa, slip speeds up to 60 m/s and interfacial temperatures as high as 8008C. The plate impact friction experiments represent a signi®cant improvement over conventional dynamic friction exp...

BACKGROUND Ionic liquid (IL) pretreatment has shown great potential as a novel pretreatment technology with high sugar yields. To improve process economics of pretreatment, higher biomass loading is desirable. The goal of this work is to establish, the impact of high biomass loading of switchgrass on IL pretreatment in terms of viscosity, cellulose crystallinity, chemical composition, saccharif...

Stress–strain response under constant and variable strain-rate is studied for selected models of inelastic behavior. The derived closed-form solutions for uniaxial loading enable simple evaluation of the strain-rate effects on the material response. The effect of an abrupt change of strain-rate is also examined. Non-Newtonian viscosity which decreases with an increasing strain-rate is incorpora...

Mechanical properties of soft biological materials are dependent on the responses of the two phases of which they are comprised: the solid matrix and interstitial fluid. Indentation techniques are commonly used to measure properties of such materials, but comparisons between different experimental and analytical techniques can be difficult. Most models relating load and time during spherical in...

This paper presents a contribution for the safety assessment of historical masonry buildings under seismic loading. Three different simplified safety indexes (in-plan area ratio, area to weight ratio and base shear ratio) are analyzed, taking into account a large sample of fifty-eight Portuguese churches. The sample of building has been organized according to the seismic zonation, from high to ...