Ultrasonic elasticity imaging enables visualization of soft tissue deformation for medical diagnosis. Our aim is to understand the role of flow-dependent and flow-independent viscoelastic mechanisms in the response of biphasic polymeric media, including biological tissues and hydrogels, to low-frequency forces. Combining the results of confined and unconfined compression experiments on gelatin ...

The mixed explicit-implicit Galerkin finite element method developed previously by the authors is shown to be ideally suited for a wide class of problems arising in subsurface hydrology. These problems include confined saturated flow, unconfined flow under free surface conditions subject to the Dupuit assumption, flow in aquifers which are partly confined and partly unconfined, axisymmetric flo...

The strength of granular material, specifically sand is of pivotal importance for understanding physical phenomena on other celestial bodies. However, relatively few experiments have been conducted to determine the dependence of strength properties on gravity. In this work, we experimentally investigated three measures of strength (peak, confined flow, and unconfined flow friction angle) in Ear...

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of transverse reinforcing bars self-compacting concrete mix (PSCC) and hybrid glass fiber reinforced (HFRSCC) grade M 40 under monotonically increasing axial compression. performed for cylinders enclosed in . The behavior SCC surrounded by a circular ring having different volume ratios clearances compared In this work, we pres...

High-speed photography was used to study the collapse of a confined two-dimensional, air cavity in water, subjected to a propagating pressure disturbance. The 5–6 mm diameter cavity was confined in a rectangular duct. A sustained pressure disturbance was created by an accelerating piston in contact with the water 240 mm away from the bubble. The pressure increased from 0.1 MPa to about 0.12 MPa...

This study focuses on evaluating the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of improved fine-grained soils. A large database of unconfined compressive strength of clayey soil specimens stabilized with fly ash and blast furnace slag based geopolymer were collected and analyzed. Subsequently, using adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), a model has been developed to assess the UCS of stabi...

Emerging techniques as an alternative to the current treatments of lower back pain include nucleus replacement by an artificial material, which aims to relieve pain and restore the normal spinal motion. The compressive mechanical behavior of the PVA/PVP hydrogel nucleus implant was assessed in the present study. PVA/PVP hydrogels were made with various PVP concentrations. The hydrogels were loa...

Scaffolds are used in diverse tissue engineering applications as hosts for cell proliferation and extracellular matrix formation. One of the most used tissue engineering materials is collagen, which is well known to be a natural biomaterial, also frequently used as cell substrate, given its natural abundance and intrinsic biocompatibility. This study aims to evaluate how the macroscopic biomech...

Abstract Masonry components are frequently limited to increase structural capacity. Concrete confinement models commonly used develop generalised approaches for assessing the behaviour of confined masonry columns. and masonry, on other hand, differ significantly in terms physical mechanical qualities. Recent scientific studies experimental constrained columns have supplied useful knowledge. Whe...

The main strategy to reduce the environmental impact of the concrete industry is to reuse the waste materials. This research has considered the combination of cement replacement by industrial by-products, and natural coarse aggregate substitution by recycled aggregate. The aim is to evaluate the behavior of concretes with a reduced impact on the environment by replacing a 50% of cement by indus...