The effect of commercial selection on the growth, efficiency, and yield of broilers was studied using 2 University of Alberta Meat Control strains unselected since 1957 and 1978, and a commercial Ross 308 strain (2005). Mixed-sex chicks (n = 180 per strain) were placed into 4 replicate pens per strain, and grown on a current nutritional program to 56 d of age. Weekly front and side profile phot...

in this paper, a rectangular sandwich plate with a constrained layer and an electrorheological (er) fluid core is investigated. the rectangular plate is covered an er fluid core and a constraining layer to improve the stability of the system. the two outer layers of the sandwich structure are elastic. the viscoelastic materials express the middle layer behavior under electric field and small st...

A skeletal muscle fiber that is stimulated to contract and then stretched from L₁ to L₂ produces more force after the initial transient decays than if it is stimulated at L₂. This behavior has been well studied experimentally, and is known as residual force enhancement. The underlying mechanism remains controversial. We hypothesized that residual force enhancement could reflect mechanical inter...

A crucial issue in the management of sensor networks is the continuous monitoring of residual energy level of the sensors in the network. With the large number of sensors in a 10 typical network, the energy monitoring process can itself be very energy intensive. In this article, we propose a hierarchical approach to construct a continuous energy map of a sensor network. Our method consists of a...

Introduction: Impacts initiate dynamic fracturing on macro-and micro-scales, and the resulting fragmentation can be related to strain rate. The dynamic fracture process has been directly observed at low strain rates (~10-2 to 10-3 s-1 , during earthquakes) and at high strain rates (~10 5 to 10 6 s-1 , during laboratory-scale hypervelocity impact experiments) [1]. Based on first order estimates ...

clustering is an effective approach for managing nodes in wireless sensor network (wsn). a new method of clustering mechanism with using binary gravitational search algorithm (bgsa) in wsn, is proposed in this paper to improve the energy consumption of the sensor nodes.reducing the energy consumption of sensors in wsnsis the objective of this paper that is through selecting thesub optimum senso...

For technical support, contact [email protected] www.vishaymg.com 19 Revision 15-Aug-07 I. Residual Stresses and Their Measurement Residual (locked-in) stresses in a structural material or component are those stresses that exist in the object without (and usually prior to) the application of any service or other external loads. Manufacturing processes are the most common causes of r...

in this paper the critical strain energy release rate for t300/913 carbon-epoxy laminated composites has been studied using ansys finite element software based on virtual crack closure technique ( vcct ). compact tension ( ct ) specimen has been used for numerical analyses and the geometrical dimensions have been extracted from the existing references. the results obtained from the finite eleme...

We report an unexpected mechanism by which an epitaxial interface can form between materials having strongly mismatched lattice constants. A simple model is proposed in which one material tilts out of the interface plane to create a coincidence-site lattice that balances two competing geometrical criteria--low residual strain and short coincidence-lattice period. We apply this model, along with...

Bismuth ferrite, BiFeO3, is an important multiferroic material that has attracted remarkable attention for potential applications in functional devices. While thin films of BiFeO3 are attractive for applications in nanoelectronics, bulk polycrystalline BiFeO3 has great potential as a lead-free and/or high-temperature actuator material. However, the actuation mechanisms in bulk BiFeO3 are still ...