Tinnitus is a maladaptive neuropathic condition that develops in humans and laboratory animals following auditory insult. In our previous study we demonstrated that sound exposure leads to development of behavioral evidence of tinnitus in a sample of exposed mice. However, this tinnitus mouse model did not account for long-term maladaptive plasticity or aging, factors that are commonly linked t...

1. Basic Results in Continuum Mechanics 1.1. Kinematics 1.2. Stress Tensors and Balance of Momenta 1.3. Energy Balance Principle and Entropy Inequality 1.4. Fundamental Principles of Constitutive Models 2. Elastic and Hyperelastic Materials 2.1. Isotropic Hyperelastic Materials 2.2. Constitutive Models for Fiber-Reinforced Hyperelastic Materials 2.3. Examples of Numerical Applications 3. Elasto...

Abstract The brief history of relaxation in continuum mechanics ranges from early application non-convex plasticity and phase transition formulations to small large strain damage mechanics. However, relaxed are still limited the following sense that their material response lack model softening convexification incremental stress potential is computationally costly. This paper presents a reduced ...

A framework for development of constitutive models based on semi-micromechanical aspects of plasticity is proposed. The resulting of this model for material employed friction type failure criterion, sub-loading surface, and associated flow rule. This model is capable of predicting effects of the rotation of principal stress/strain axes and consequent plastic flow, induced anisotropy of strength...

The authors would like to correct following typing errors: For (3) and (4), the correct expressions are given as[...].

This paper investigates the behaviour of C-shaped and L-shaped angle shear connectors embedded in solid concrete slabs. An effective finite element model is proposed to simulate the push out tests of these shear connectors that encompass nonlinear material behaviour, large displacement and damage plasticity. The finite element models are validated against test results. Parametric studies using ...