The Young's modulus, s h e a r modulus and P o i s s o n ' s r a t i o were d e t e r m i n e d u s i n g a n u l t r a s o n i c p u l s e e c h o t e c h n i q u e . T h r e e c o m m e r c i a l l y f a b r i c a t e d a l u m i n u m c o p p e r l i t h i u m a l l o y s and an aluminum-lithium binary a l l o y were examined. The e l a s t i c p rope r t i e s were measured a s a func t ion...

Let f 2 C 1 ?1; 1] change its convexity nitely many times in the interval, say s times, at Y s : ?1 < y s < < y 1 < 1. We estimate the degree of simultaneous approximation of f and its derivative by polynomials of degree n, which change convexity exactly at the points Y s , and their derivatives. We show that provided n is suuciently large, depending on the location of the points Y s , the rate...

Isothermal compression of poly (dimethylsiloxane), 1,4-poly(butadiene), and a model Estane (in both pure form and a nitroplasticized composition similar to PBX-9501 binder) at pressures up to 100 kbars has been studied using atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Comparison of predicted compression, bulk modulus, and U(s)-u(p) behavior with experimental static and dynamic compression da...

Abbreviations a 1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 and A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 Constants in the shape function y(x) a C Contact radius α Wave number of the flexural waves A Cross-section area of the cantilever b Thickness of the cantilever c P Ratio φ Lat /φ d Y 0 , d X0 Normalized amplitude of the sensor tip in y-and x-direction, respectively δ n , δ L Normal, lateral contact deflection (in the coordinate syst...

We report here the first experimental measurements of nonlinear rheological material properties of hagfish slime, a hydrated biopolymer/biofiber network, and develop a microstructural constitutive model to explain the observed nonlinear viscoelastic behavior. The linear elastic modulus of the network is observed to be G′ ≈ 0.02 Pa for timescales 0.1 s ≤ t ≤ 10 s, making it one of the softest el...

Kennedy (1965) reported small clear strength values for most Canadian species. The average value for modulus of rupture for Douglas Fir based upon 1057 specimens was reported to be 7540 p. s. (52 026 kN/m2 ) when tested in the green (wet) condition while the average value for air-dried specimens adjusted to 12% moisture content was found to be 12,850 p.s.i. (88 665 kN/m2 ), an increase of 71%. ...

In this paper, $(p,q)$-Lupas Bernstein Stancu operators are constructed. Statistical as well as other approximation properties of $(p,q)$-Lupac{s} Stancu operators are studied. Rate of statistical convergence by means of modulus of continuity and Lipschitz type maximal functions has been investigated.