analysis and prediction of structural response to static or dynamic loading requires prediction of concrete response tovariable load histories. the constitutive equations for the mechanical behavior of concrete capable of seeing damage effects or crack growth procedure under loading/unloading/reloading was developed upon micro-plane framework. the proposed damage formulation has been built on t...

Dispersal is an important mechanism used to avoid inbreeding. However, dispersal may only be effective for part of an individual's lifespan since, post-dispersal individuals that breed over multiple reproductive events may risk mating with kin of the philopatric sex as they age. We tested this hypothesis in black grouse Tetrao tetrix, and show that yearling females never mated with close relati...

This paper is an overview of quasistatic measurement technique used to determine mechanical properties of sound absorbing materials. Experimental context and behaviour of polymer foam and rock wool are summarized. Concerning parameters are: static and dynamic strains, dynamic effects such as skeleton resonance and coupling with saturating fluid. Material anisotropy and frequency dependance of c...

In this article, a mathematical model of the wire’s average temperature change in process multiple drawing on high-speed straight-line machines has been developed. The calculation results showed that wire during at speed up to 45 m/s could reach 400 °C. Deformation heating does not exceed 60 °C, and due sliding friction can 300 depending coefficient, which ranges from 0.05 0.15. strain rates un...

Static forces have been used for more than a century to modulate osteogenesis of craniofacial sutures in not only laboratory research, but also clinical practice. Whether cyclic forces more effectively stimulate sutural osteogenesis than static forces is unknown. Here, the premaxillomaxillary sutures of growing rabbits received in vivo exogenous static forces with peak magnitude of 2 Newtons, o...

Structural health monitoring (SHM) is an effective way to maintain the civil infrastructure against unexpected collapse. In recent years, many researchers have developed numerous damage detection methods to identify possible damage locations. The damage locating vector (DLV) method proposed by Bernal has received significant attention because this method was verified by a series of proof-of-con...