In this article fluid-structure interaction of vibrating composite piezoelectric plates is investigated. Since the plate is assumed to be moderately thick, rotary inertia effects and transverse shear deformation effects are deliberated by applying exponential shear deformation theory. Fluid velocity potential is acquired using the Laplace equation, and fluid boundary conditions and wet dynamic ...

The role that the pattern of vessel wall growth plays in determining pressure-lumen area (P-A) and pressure-compliance curves was examined. A P-A vessel model was developed that encompasses the complete range of pressure, including negative values, and accounts for size given the fixed length, nonlinear elastic wall properties, constant wall area, and collapse. Data were obtained from excised c...

HE investigations which have been directed toward a clarification T of the kinetics of facet determination in the Bar series of alleles in Drosophila have, heretofore, been concerned largely with the use of temperature as a suitable and easiIy controlled variable. The manner in which temperature data have been used is clearly set forth in the work of a number of investigators, notably, KRAFKA, ...

Blood vessel constriction is simulated with particle-based method using a molecular dynamics authoring software known as Molecular Workbench (WM). Blood flow and vessel wall, the only components considered in constructing a blood vessel, are all represented in particle form with interaction potentials: Lennard-Jones potential, push-pull spring potential, and bending spring potential. Influence ...

Secondary lymphatic valves are essential for minimizing backflow of lymph and are presumed to gate passively according to the instantaneous trans-valve pressure gradient. We hypothesized that valve gating is also modulated by vessel distention, which could alter leaflet stiffness and coaptation. To test this hypothesis, we devised protocols to measure the small pressure gradients required to op...

The present study investigated the role of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in myogenic responsiveness of rat skeletal muscle arterioles. Arteriolar segments were cannulated and pressurized without intraluminal flow. All vessels studied developed spontaneous tone and demonstrated significant myogenic constriction to step changes in pressure with a resultant increase in myogenic tone over an int...

Many real-world search and optimization problems involve inequality and/or equality constraints and are thus posed as constrained optimization problems. In trying to solve constrained optimization problems using classical optimization methods, this paper presents a Multi-Objective Bees Algorithm (MOBA) for solving the multi-objective optimal of mechanical engineering problems design. In the pre...

Spurrell, Brian E., Timothy V. Murphy, and Michael A. Hill. Tyrosine phosphorylation modulates arteriolar tone but is not fundamental to myogenic response. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H373–H382, 2000.—The present study investigated the role of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in myogenic responsiveness of rat skeletal muscle arterioles. Arteriolar segments were cannulated and pres...