The elasticity and flexibility of virgin and polymer-treated hair fiber assemblies were investigated by employing straight hair tresses or hair shaped into omega loops. Polymer treatment was accomplished by saturating fibers with polymeric solutions, resulting in a deposition of 10-90 mg of polymer per gram of hair. The mechanical testing procedure consisted of subjecting omega-loop-shaped hair...

Volcanic eruptions pose a threat to lives and property when volcano flanks and surroundings are densely populated. The local impact of an eruption depends firstly on its location, whether it occurs near a volcano summit, or down on the flanks. Then forecasting, with a defined accuracy, the location of a potential, imminent eruption would significantly improve the assessment and mitigation of vo...

We investigate melt generation in a slowly extending lithosphere with the aim of understanding the spatial and temporal relationships between magmatism and preexisting rift systems. We present numerical models that consider feedback between melt generation and lithospheric deformation, and we incorporate three different damage mechanisms: brittle damage, creep damage, and melt damage. Melt cond...

The plastic deformation of quasicrystals (QC) is ruled by two types of singularities of the QC order, singularities of the ‘phonon’ strain field, and singularities of the ‘phason’ strain field. In the framework of the general topological theory of defects, in which the QC is defined as an irrational subset of a crystal of higher dimension, both types of defects appear as distinct components of ...

Fluid inclusion microthermometric data are often reported as homogenization temperature frequency histograms. Interpretation of such histograms for a single ̄uid inclusion assemblage (FIA) of nonreequilibrated ̄uid inclusions is usually straightforward and provides an accurate determination of the original density (Th) of that FIA. However, interpretation of such histograms for reequilibrated i...

background: anti-angiogenic therapy is a crucial step in cancer treatment. the discovery of new anti-angiogenic compounds from marine organisms has become an attractive concept in anti-cancer therapy. because little data correlated to the pro- and anti-angiogenic efficacies of ophiuroidea, which include brittle star, the current study was designed to explore the anti-angiogenic potential of bri...

We numerically simulate the extension of an ice lithosphere under conditions appropriate to the formation of Ganymede’s grooved terrain using a model that permits a decrease in the brittle strength of the ice as strain accumulates. The inclusion of such strain weakening results in increased localization of the surface deformation, producing large amplitude topography with complex deformation st...

The mechanical properties and plastic deformation mechanisms of metal nanowires have been studied intensely for many years. One of the important yet unresolved challenges in this field is to bridge the gap in properties and deformation mechanisms reported for slow strain rate experiments (∼10-2 s-1), and high strain rate molecular dynamics (MD) simulations (∼108 s-1) such that a complete unders...

The strain rate effect on the tensile behaviors of a high specific strength steel (HSSS) with dual-phase microstructure has been investigated. The yield strength, the ultimate strength and the tensile toughness were all observed to increase with increasing strain rates at the range of 0.0006 to 56/s, rendering this HSSS as an excellent candidate for an energy absorber in the automobile industry...

[1] We discuss numerical simulations of evolving fault zone structures in a 3-D lithospheric model with a seismogenic crust governed by a damage rheology that accounts for large strain associated with permanent brittle deformation. Results for the initial propagation of an existing narrow damage zone subjected to oblique loading exhibit strong asymmetry of the evolving damage with respect to th...