The objective of this study was to develop a finite-element (FE) modeling methodology for studying the etiology of a stress fracture (SF). Several variants of three-dimensional FE models of a rat hindlimb, which differed in length or stiffness of tissues, enabling the analyses of mechanical strains and stress in the tibia, were created. We compared the occurrence of SFs in an animal model to va...

Studies concerning the mechanical properties of the spinal cord are crucial for the understanding of various related pathologies. The present study introduces the results of an analysis focused around the mechanical properties of the two types of the mammalian spinal cord: domestic pig (Sus scrofa f. domestica) and domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus f. domesticus). The research has been con...

Isothermal redox kinetics of as-received Co3O4 (AC), 1 h ball milled Co3O4 (BC), and 1 h ball milled Co3O4-15wt.% Fe2O3 (BCF) was investigated at various temperatures (1130, 1100, 1070, and 1040 °C for reduction and 830, 860, and 890°C for re-oxidation) by thermogravimetric method. It was found that mechanic...

The in-vivo mechanical response of neural tissue during impact loading of the head is simulated using geometrically accurate finite element (FE) head models. However, current FE models do not account for the anisotropic elastic material behaviour of brain tissue. In soft biological tissue, there is a correlation between internal microscopic structure and macroscopic mechanical properties. There...

The thermodynamic properties of the Fe-Mn-C system were investigated by using an analytical model constructed by a CALPHAD approach. The stacking fault energy (SFE) of the fcc structure with respect to the hcp phase was always constant at T0, independent of the composition and temperature when other related parameters were assumed to be constant. Experimental limits for the thermal hcp formatio...

Bone adaptation occurs as a response to external loadings and involves bone resorption by osteoclasts followed by the formation of new bone by osteoblasts. It is directly triggered by the transduction phase by osteocytes embedded within the bone matrix. The bone remodeling process is governed by the interactions between osteoblasts and osteoclasts through the expression of several autocrine and...

Subcalcaneal fat serves as shock absorber and provides cushioning to the underlying foot structures and the body as a whole. Changes in mechanical response of the subcalcaneal fat (i.e., stiffening due to age [1] or diabetes [2]) can compromise the ability to dissipate plantar stress and potentially cause tissue injury. Inverse finite element (FE) analysis has been used to quantify mechanical p...

OBJECT The mechanism of ventricular dilation in normal-pressure hydrocephalus remains unclear. Numerical finite-element (FE) models of hydrocephalus have been developed to investigate the biomechanics of ventricular enlargement. However, previous linear poroelastic models have failed to reproduce the relatively larger dilation of the horns of the lateral ventricles. In this paper the authors in...

Abstract The dynamic field emission of a carbon nanotube at mechanical resonance has been studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy. The coupling between the field emission (FE) of a nanotube under a dc voltage applied longitudinally and its mechanical resonance stimulated transversely by an ac field shows that the frequency of the FE oscillating current is twice that of the mechanica...

Graphene aerogels (GAs) are functionalized with Fe-Co-P alloy using an electro-deposition method. The Fe-Co-P alloy coated on the graphene nanosheets is found to possess an amorphous structure and a nanoporous architecture of GAs. The electro-mechanical properties of GAs are significantly affected by the Fe-Co-P nanoparticles embedded inside GAs. The electro-mechanical responses of GA/Fe-Co-P n...