The model of laminated wave turbulence puts forth a novel computational problem – construction of fast algorithms for finding exact solutions of Diophantine equations in integers of order 1012 andmore. The equations to be solved in integers are resonant conditions for nonlinearly interacting waves and their form is defined by the wave dispersion. It is established that for the most common dispe...

Gram-positive pathogens such as staphylococci contain multiple cell wall-anchored proteins that serve as an interface between the microbe and its environment. Some of these proteins act as adhesins and mediate bacterial attachment to host tissues. SdrG is a cell wall-anchored adhesin from Staphylococcus epidermidis that binds to the Bbeta chain of human fibrinogen (Fg) and is necessary and suff...

An analytical model founded on geometric and potential energy principles for kink band deformation in laminated composite struts is presented. It is adapted from an earlier successful study on confined layered structures that was formulated to model kink band formation in the folding of geological layers. This study's principal aim was to explore the underlying mechanisms governing the kinking ...

 The eight-node solid-shell finite element models have been developed for the analysis of laminated composite pate/shell structures with piezoelectric actuators and sensors. To resolve the locking problems of the solid-shell elements in laminated materials and improve accuracy, the assumed natural strain method and hybrid stress method are employed. The nonlinear electric potential distributio...

Nondestructive evaluation of materials, the science of identifying the physical and mechanical properties of materials without altering their end-use capabilities, is valuable in defining relationships between properties and performance of materials. Nondestructive evaluation techniques using these relationships have current industrial applications. They are used for machine stress rating of lu...

Abstract In this paper a broadband active shunt technique for controlling vibration in piezoelectric laminated structures is proposed. The effect of the negative capacitance controller is studied theoretically and then validated experimentally on a piezoelectric laminated simply supported plate. The ‘negative capacitance controller’ is similar in nature to passive shunt damping techniques, as a...

Deposits of the Warchha Sandstone in the Salt Range, Pakistan are characterised by a range of fluvial facies and architectural elements that together preserve a record of both the proximal and distal parts of a meandering river system that drained the northern margin of Gondwanaland. Several fining-upward cycles are recognised and completely preserved cycles can be divided in to three parts; a ...

In this study, the feasibility of using Lamb waves in functionally graded (FG) nano copper layered wafers nondestructive evaluation is evaluated. The elastic parameters and mass densities these vary with thickness due to variation grain size. power series technique used solve governing equations variable coefficients. To analyze multilayered structures, which material are continuous but underiv...

This paper deals with the development of a new three-dimensional element with two-dimensional kinematic constraints capable of analysing the mechanical behaviour. of the laminated anisotropic shell-type structures. This element, originally developed for the linear 'analysis of plates, is extended for the linear analysis of laminated composite shells. The element can represent arbitrarily curved...