The relative role of block versus continuum deformation of continental lithosphere is a current subject of debate. Continuous deformation is suggested by distributed seismicity at continental plate margins and by cumulative seismic moment sums which yield slip estimates that are less than estimates from plate motion studies. In contrast, block models are favored by geologic studies of displacem...

S U M M A R Y One of the many problems in the study of plate-mantle coupling is the disparity between the theory of mantle dynamics-which involves continuum physics-and the theory of plate tectonics-which employs discontinuous plates. This discordance causes a variety of difficulties in geodynamic models, e.g. infinite tractions between the plates and mantle. As motions of the Earth’s surface d...

The deformational behavior of articular cartilage has been investigated in confined and unconfined compression experiments and indentation tests, but to date there exist no reliable data on the in situ deformation of the cartilage during static loading. The objective of the current study was to perform a systematic study into cartilage compression of intact human femoro-patellar joints under sh...

S U M M A R Y This study focuses on the kinematics of the southern Aegean and the Mediterranean Ridge (MR). A quantification of the deformation of the MR is essential for both evaluating physical models of accretionary wedges in general and for obtaining a self-consistent model of the surface deformation over the entire Nubia–Eurasia (NU–EU) plate boundary zone in the eastern Mediterranean. Pre...

そこで本研究では、FFD の格子を自動生成し、オリジ ナルの FFD の柔軟性を保ちつつ、ユーザによる 3 次元 モデルの変形を支援する手法を提案する。我々の手法 は、まずモデルのバウンディングボックスを生成し、 それを初期格子とする。その初期格子から階層的に新 たな格子を生成することで、多重解像度格子という格 子集合を作り出し、ユーザがその中から目的に沿った 適切な格子、すなわち大域的な変形のための少数の制 御点を持つ格子や、局所的な変形のための変形対象領 域の形状をよく近似する格子を選択できるようにする。 さらに、変形前の格子だけでなく、ユーザによって変 形された格子から新たな格子の生成を行うことで、階 層的変形を行うことができる。階層的変形を用いるこ とで、格子をバウンディングボックスから再定義する ことなく、大域的な変形から局所的な変形、またはそ の逆といったようにモデルを階...

The effect of austenite deformation on carbon partitioning and transformation to athermal isothermal martensite, bainite during quenching (QP) is described for three steel compositions: Fe-0.3C-0.6Si-1.1Al, Fe-0.3C-1.0Si Fe-0.3C-0.5Si-0.5Al. Microstructures were characterized using SEM-EBSD, TEM XRD. Austenite decomposition kinetics was investigated dilatometry. Deformation close the no-recryst...

Budding and vesiculation of erythrocyte membranes occurs by a process involving an uncoupling of the membrane skeleton from the lipid bilayer. Vesicle formation provides an important means whereby protein sorting and trafficking can occur. To understand the mechanism of sorting at the molecular level, we have developed a micropipette technique to quantify the redistribution of fluorescently lab...