Recent developments in the field of echocardiography have allowed the cardiologist to objectively quantify regional and global myocardial function. Regional deformation (strain) and deformation rate (strain-rate) can be calculated non-invasively in both the left and right ventricle, providing information on regional (dys-)function in a variety of clinical settings. Although this promising novel...

The onset of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) is linked to a number of possible mechanisms. To isolate the possible role of alveolar epithelial deformation in the development of VILI, we have developed an in vitro system in which changes in alveolar epithelial cell viability can be measured after exposure to tightly controlled and physiologically relevant deformations. We report here a stu...

The Interferometric Point Target Analysis (IPTA) technique and Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) images acquired over Hong Kong from 2007-2008 were used to detect ground deformation in the urban area of Guangzhou city in South China. A ground deformation rate map with scattered distribution of point targets shows the maximum subsidence (rise) rate as high as -26 to -20 mma(-1) (16-21 mma...

Deformation of middle crustal shear zones likely varies with time as a result of the stress build-up and release associated with earthquakes and post-seismic deformation, but the processes involved and their microstructural signature in the rock record are poorly understood. We conducted a series of experiments on quartzite at 900 C to characterize microstructures associated with changes in str...

In the present work, the isothermal compression tests of Al–0.62Mg–0.73Si aluminum alloy were carried out by using the Gleeble-1500D thermo-simulation machine. The samples were tested in the temperature range of 410–510°C and strain rate range of 0.001–1 s−1. Based on the obtained stress–strain curves, the hot deformation behavior was presented. The constitutive relationship of Al–0.62Mg–0.73Si...

Constitutive relations for two-dimensional deformations of cohesionless granular materials are considered. The granular materials are assumed to be isotropic and rate-independent. One of the current trends in modelling the behaviour of granular materials is to study constitutive relations of the hypo-elastic The general hypo-elastic constitutive relation, originally proposed by Tr~esdell ,~ is ...

The hot deformation behavior of Al-0.12Fe-0.1Si alloys with varied amounts of Cu (0.002-0.31 wt %) was investigated by uniaxial compression tests conducted at different temperatures (400 °C-550 °C) and strain rates (0.01-10 s-1). The results demonstrated that flow stress decreased with increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate, while flow stress increased with increasing Cu ...

This paper describes a new approach which can be used to interpret the experimental creep deformation data obtained from miniaturized thin plate bending specimen test to the corresponding uniaxial data based on an inversed application of the reference stress method. The geometry of the thin plate is fully defined by the span of the support, l, the width, b, and the thickness, d. Firstly, analyt...

[1] The rates and spatial distribution of active deformation provide critical constraints on the geodynamics of deforming lithosphere, yet such data are often difficult to acquire in eroding landscapes where poor preservation of geomorphic or stratigraphic markers hinders strain reconstruction. Recent advances in understanding of the relationship between bedrock channel profile form and erosion...