Suction stress via thermo-servo/constant-water content ring shear testing

Shear stress regulates occludin content and phosphorylation.

Previous studies determined that shear stress imposed on bovine aortic endothelial cell (BAEC) monolayers increased the hydraulic conductivity (L(P)); however, the mechanism by which shear stress increases L(P) remains unknown. This study tested the hypothesis that shear stress regulates paracellular transport by altering the expression and phosphorylation state of the tight junction protein oc...

Stress Testing via Contamination

When working with stochastic financial models, one exploits various simplifying assumptions concerning the model, its stochastic specification, parameter values, etc. In addition, approximations are used to get a solution in an efficient way. The obtained results, recommendations for the risk and portfolio manager, should be then carefully analyzed. This is done partly under the heading “stress...

Effect of soil composition on critical water erosion shear stress

Quantification of Interfibrillar Shear Stress in Aligned Soft Collagenous Tissues via Notch Tension Testing

The mechanical function of soft collagenous tissues is largely determined by their hierarchical organization of collagen molecules. While collagen fibrils are believed to be discontinuous and transfer load through shearing of the interfibrillar matrix, interfibrillar shear stresses have never been quantified. Scaling traditional shear testing procedures down to the fibrillar length scale is imp...

Shear zone structures and stress fluctuations in large ring shear tests

Article history: Received 26 December 2012 Received in revised form 14 August 2013 Accepted 5 October 2013 Available online 12 October 2013