DNA stretching experiments are usually interpreted using the wormlike chain model; the parameter A appearing in the model is then interpreted as giving the elastic bend stiffness of the double helix. Actually, however, the value of A obtained by this method is a combination of bend stiffness and intrinsic bend effects reflecting sequence information, just as at zero stretching force. This obser...

BACKGROUND Fracture of the ilium is common orthopedic injury that often requires surgical stabilization in canine patients. Of the various methods of surgical stabilization available, application of a lateral bone plate to the ilium is the most common method of fixation. Many plating options are available, each having its own advantages and disadvantages. The purpose of this study was to evalua...

The dual-primal isogeometric tearing and interconnecting (IETI-DP) method is the adaption of the dual-primal finite element tearing and interconnecting (FETI-DP) method to isogeometric analysis of scalar elliptic boundary value problems like, e.g., diffusion problems with heterogeneous diffusion coefficients. The purpose of this paper is to extent the already existing results on condition numbe...

In this paper, an analytical formula to calculate the radial stiffness of groove elastic support is presented. The influence of structure parameters on radial stiffness and homogeneity of radial stiffness is investigated as well. The accuracy and calculating speed of the analysis formula are compared to that of finite element method (FEM). Findings are as following: The calculating speed of ana...

Introduction: Arterial stiffness is an important predictor of cardiovascular risk. Several indices have been  introduced to estimate the arterial stiffness based on the changes in the brachial blood pressure. Since the  substitution  of  the  blood  pressure  changes  in  the  central  arteries  such  as  carotid  with  the  blood  pressure  changes in the brachial results in error in the blood...

After clutch engagement in the post-lockup phase, the contact stiffness between friction materials and separators plays an important role in the dynamic behaviour of an Automatic Transmission (AT). The friction material deteriorates progressively during the service-life of a clutch, thus affecting the contact stiffness. The deterioration therefore changes the dynamic behaviour of the AT. In ord...

Mechanobiology is an emerging scientific area that addresses the critical role of physical cues in directing cell morphology and function. For example, the effect of tissue elasticity on cell function is a major area of mechanobiology research because tissue stiffness modulates with disease, development, and injury. Static tissue-mimicking materials, or materials that cannot alter stiffness onc...

The dynamic simulation of solids has a long history in computer graphics. The classical methods in this field are based on the use of forces or impulses to simulate joints between rigid bodies as well as the stretching, shearing and bending stiffness of deformable objects. In the last years the class of position-based methods has become popular in the graphics community. These kinds of methods ...