One of the critical aspects of the curvature based classification of spatial objects from laser point clouds is the correct interpretation of the results. This is due to the fact that measurements are characterized by errors and that simplified analytical models are applied to estimate the differential terms used to compute the object surface curvature values. In particular, the differential te...

Kinematic analysis has provided important insights into the biology of growth by revealing the distribution of expansion within growing organs. Modern methods of kinematic analysis have made use of new image-tracking algorithms and computer-assisted evaluation, but these methods have yet to be adapted for examination of growth in a variety of plant species or for analysis of graviresponse. Ther...

We report the implementation of vector bending sensors using long-period gratings (LPGs) UV-inscribed in flat-clad, four-core and D-shaped fibres. Our experiments reveal a strong fibre-orientation dependence of the spectral response when such LPGs are subjected to dynamic bending, which provided an opportunity to realize curvature measurement with direction recognition.

Cellular membranes contain a variety of shapes that likely act as motifs for sorting lipids and proteins. To understand the sorting that takes place within cells, a continuous, fluid bilayer with regions of membrane curvature was designed and characterized using confocal fluorescence and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy techniques. A supported lipid bilayer was formed over fluo...

PURPOSE To study the intraocular pressure (IOP), the corneal thickness and the corneal curvature distribution in a normal population. To investigate the relation between these variables, and to determine if the IOP and the paquimetry will be modified by the refractive error and age. METHODS A population of 273 subjects, 545 eyes, without ocular pathology was selected. The refractive error, th...

Current methodologies used for the inference of thin film stress through curvature measurements are strictly restricted to stress and curvature states which are assumed to remain uniform over the entire film/substrate system. By considering a circular thin film/substrate system subject to non-uniform, but axisymmetric misfit strain distributions in the thin film, we derived relations between th...

The layout of measurement points is the key to efficient inspection free-form surfaces. Two algorithms are proposed for surface points: Gaussian curvature variation grid method and isoparametric line method. former first divides into a uniform grid, determines number each based on change in selects within distribution curvature. latter achieved by taking from initial U- V -direction lines, gene...

Residual stresses are balanced, non-uniform, undesirable, and often harmful in laminated polymer composite materials. Different methods developed to measure these composites. In this manuscript, three experimental measurement methods, namely ‘hole drilling’, ‘slitting’, ‘curvature’ considered, the results compared with those of classical lamination theory (CLT). It is demonstrated that hole dri...

we establish some relative volume comparison theorems for extremal volume forms of‎ ‎finsler manifolds under suitable curvature bounds‎. ‎as their applications‎, ‎we obtain some results on curvature and topology of finsler manifolds‎. ‎our results remove the usual assumption on s-curvature that is needed in the literature‎.

Delamination monitoring in carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminated plates is crucial to ensure the integrity and safety of the structures that accommodate the plates. To identify delaminations in CFRP laminated plates, the two-dimensional (2D) curvature mode shape method is a prevailing method that features instant and simultaneous determination of the presence and location of the dela...