The mechanical properties of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) thin films were measured using microcantilever deflection and membrane deflection techniques. Bending tests on several free-standing UNCD cantilevers, 0.5 μm thick, 20 μm wide and 80 μm long, yielded elastic modulus values of 916–959 GPa. The tests showed good reproducibility by repeated testing on the same cantilever and by testi...

Mice harboring the Col1a2(oim) mutation (oim) express dentinogenesis imperfecta. To determine the effect of Col1a2 genotype on tissue mechanical properties, we compared Young's modulus and hardness of dentin in the 3 Col1a2 genotypes. Upper incisors were tested by nanoindentation. Genotype had a significant effect on Young's modulus, but there was not a simple mutant allele dosage relationship....

Introduction: Study of the non-linear behavior of trabecular bone at habitual “small” strains (<0.4% strain [1]) is vital for further investigation of the cellular response to mechanical loading of bone tissue, in vivo energy dissipation mechanisms, implant interface mechanics, and biomechanical constitutive modeling. Perceptions of the initial non-linearity in the stressstrain curve have shift...

We report a novel way to modulate the elastic modulus of azobenzene containing liquid crystal networks (LCNs) by exposure to light. The elastic modulus can cycle between different levels by controlling the illumination conditions. Exposing the polymer network to UV light near the trans absorption band of azobenzene gives a small reduction of the glass transition temperature thereby lowering the...

In Part I, we construct a class of examples of initial velocities for which the unique solution to the Euler equations in the plane has an associated flow map that lies in no Hölder space of positive exponent for any positive time. In Part II, we explore inverse problems that arise in attempting to construct an example of an initial velocity producing an arbitrarily poor modulus of continuity o...

The left ventricular (LV) pressure-volume (P-V) relationship is a resultant of several determinants, including initial ventricular volume, geometry, and wall stiffness. A quantitative index of one of these determinants, LV wall stiffness, was developed from a mathematical analysis of the isolated P-V relationship. Since this relationship was exponential, stiffness (dP/dV) could be expressed by ...

We report a novel way to modulate the elastic modulus of azobenzene containing liquid crystal networks (LCNs) by exposure to light. The elastic modulus can cycle between different levels by controlling the illumination conditions. Exposing the polymer network to UV light near the trans absorption band of azobenzene gives a small reduction of the glass transition temperature thereby lowering the...

(/? is the birth modulus), that there is no diffusion through the boundary dQ of Q, that is: d A k(a, cc)u(t, a, x) doc = 0 (3) o 8*1 Jc where d/dr] is the normal derivative, and that the initial population is known: w(0, a, x) = u0(a, x). (4) A is the maximum life expectancy of the species. The initial boundary value problem (1)—(4) will be referred to as problem (I), namely (subscripts indica...

Soil deformation modulus is an essential parameter for the analysis of behavior of substructures. Despite its importance, little attention is paid to developing empirical models for predicting the deformation moduli obtained from the field tests. To cope with this issue, this paper presents the development of a new prediction model for the pressuremeter soil deformation modulus utilizing a line...

We consider a cosmological scenario within the KKLT framework for moduli stabilization in string theory. The universal open string tachyon of decaying non-BPS D-brane configurations is proposed to drive eternal topological inflation. Flux-induced ‘warping’ can provide the small slow-roll parameters needed for successful inflation. Constraints on the parameter space leading to sufficient number ...