Endothelial cell alignment along the direction of laminar fluid flow is widely understood to be a defining morphological feature of vascular homeostasis. While the role of associated signaling and structural events have been well studied, associated intercellular stresses under laminar fluid shear have remained ill-defined and the role of these stresses in the alignment process has remained obs...

In this article the work of Comninou, Dundurs and co-authors on the subject of interface disturbances caused by plane elastic pulses is briefly reviewed. Some paradoxical aspects occurring at high coefficients of friction are pointed out. Some new results are also presented. Introduction If two elastic solids are perfectly bonded, the interface is described as bilateral because it can transmit ...

The principle, that the rate of internal viscous dissipation is at a minimum, is incorrect when temperature and velocity fields are linked through temperature-dependent viscosity or density. This makes it inappropriate for the study of spreading ridge – transform fault systems or other plate-tectonic problems with large density stratification resulting from large temperature gradients. Correcti...

where δif only needs to be accounted for if the applied loads influence the virtual crack rotation, e.g. due to crack face tractions and body-type loads. Also, it is worth observing that, non-zero contributions to the variations δiK, δif occur only in those elements that experience the virtual crack rotation. The rates of the energy release rate, Hsij are obtained by differentiating Gsi in (5) ...

In this study, the contact problem of a layered composite which consists of two materials with different elastic constants and heights resting on two rigid flat supports with sharp edges is considered. The effect of gravity is neglected. While friction between the layers is taken into account, it is assumed that there is no friction between the supports and the layered composite so that only co...