We create acoustomechanical soft metamaterials whose response to uniaxial tensile stressing can be easily tailored by programming acoustic wave inputs, resulting in force versus stretch curves that exhibit distinct monotonic, s-shape, plateau and non-monotonic snapping behaviors. We theoretically demonstrate this unique metamaterial by considering a thin soft material sheet impinged by two coun...

Invisibility devices based on coordinate transformation have opened up a new field of considerable interest. We present here the first practical realization of a low-loss and broadband acoustic cloak for underwater ultrasound. This metamaterial cloak is constructed with a network of acoustic circuit elements, namely, serial inductors and shunt capacitors. Our experiment clearly shows that the a...

The goal of the study was to measure spontaneous and amphetamine-induced motor and locomotor activity in three selectively bred lines of male Long-Evans rats. The number of 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) emitted in response to heterospecific play with human hand ("tickling") had been measured daily in these lines of rats from 21 to 24 days of age, as a criterion for dividing them into h...

Abstract The bonding quality of composite plate material is detected by ultrasonic waves. Taking ultrasonic detection signal as the research object, the theory of detection method pulse reflection echo method is comprehensively analyzed. Surveying the information carried by the echo signal of detection ultrasonic waves, the signal energy, signal duration and the product of singular wave peak va...

In this paper an oil-water de-emulsification process within large tanks using ultrasonic technology is presented. As the device would operate in hazardous areas, it should not consume an excessive amount of electrical power. Hence, the paper investigates the suitable oil-water concentrations (10-90% concentrations in step of 10%) which would lead to the fastest separation while consuming the mi...

TOFD technique is based on diffraction of ultrasonic waves on the tips of discontinuities instead of reflection on the interface of discontinuities. When ultrasound is incident at linear discontinuities such as crack diffraction takes place at its extremities in addition to the usual reflected wave. The diffracted energy is emitted over a wide angular range, presumed to originate at the extremi...

Tough pitch copper wire (99.97% Cu) is generally characterized by the spiral elongation number. The principle of the test is based on the influence of impurities on the recrystallization kinetics. Alternative non-metallographic techniques to characterize the recrystallization kinetics have been investigated in this study, such as differential scanning calorimetry (D.S.C.) and residual electrica...

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BACKGROUND Emotional states are often thought to drive excessive alcohol intake and influence the development of alcohol use disorders. To gain insight into affective properties associated with excessive alcohol intake, we utilized ultrasonic vocalization (USV) detection and analyses to characterize the emotional phenotype of selectively bred alcohol-preferring (P) rats; an established animal m...

BACKGROUND Ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) emitted by muroid rodents, including laboratory mice and rats, are used as phenotypic markers in behavioral assays and biomedical research. Interpretation of these USVs depends on understanding the significance of USV production by rodents in the wild. However, there has never been a study of muroid rodent ultrasound function in the wild and comparison...