The stereotyped striation of myofibrils is a conserved feature of muscle organization that is critical to its function. Although most components that constitute the basic myofibrils are well-characterized biochemically and are conserved across the animal kingdom, the mechanisms leading to the precise assembly of sarcomeres, the basic units of myofibrils, are poorly understood. To gain insights ...

High-power laser cutting is extensively used in many industrial applications.The quality of a laser-made cut is of the utmost importance in laser processing. Any improvements in this area would be of considerable significance, in that it would lead to an elimination of post-machining operations. Although there have been numerous techniques developed over the years, currently there are few appro...

This paper is concerned with the theory and modeling of plasma instabilities in the ionosphere. We first consider the so-called ’striation model’ which consists of balance equations for the density and momenta of the plasma species, coupled with an elliptic equation for the potential. The linearized instability of this model is analyzed in the framework of Fourier theory, both for smooth and di...

A detailed analysis, based on kinetic and fluid simulations, of striation phenomenon in the plasma display panel cell has been presented. Numerical studies indicate that the phenomenon of striation occurs primarily due to the accumulation of space charge near the anode electrode. These space charges locally create multiple-layer potential distribution near the anode region. The ion density in t...

A numerical model is developed to simulate the process of oxygen-assisted laser cutting of mild steels. The coupled concentration and energy balance equations are solved by a control-volume based computational scheme while the velocity field is obtained by the analytical boundary theory. The enthalpy method is adopted to trace the free boundary of phase change. The steady-state simulation resul...

The membrane potential of frog single muscle fibers in solutions containing tetrodotoxin was controlled with a two-electrode voltage clamp. Local contractions elicited by 100-ms square steps of depolarization were observed microscopically and recorded on cinefilm. The absence of myofibrillar folding with shortening to striation spacings below 1.95 microm served as a criterion for activation of ...

As abrasive water jet (AWJ) starts to be used in industry, especially in aerospace and automotive industries extensively, getting high quality surface has become a major requirement. Being a promising non-traditional cutting process, AWJ is holding several deficiencies, which limits its extensive applications dramatically. One of the deficiencies is striation marks presented on AWJ cutting surf...