Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers as well other ice streams in West Antarctica have been changing dramatically over the past decades. Although changes ocean conditions are likely primary driver of these changes, it remains unclear where processes could cause more mass loss. By employing Automatic Differentiation two independent ice-sheet models, we construct maps sensitivity volume above floata...

This research bridges the gap between quasi-static and high-strain-rate loading regimes in cross-laminated timber (CLT) by investigating two areas that have remained unstudied or elusive, i.e., rolling shear failure of CLT under impulsive, blast-like intermediate strain rates CLT. To study conditions would promote modes failure, a novel, highly adaptable center-point testing system methodology ...

The mechanisms for elevation of peripheral vascular resistance in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), a glucocorticoid-dependent form of hypertension, are unresolved. An increase in hemodynamic resistance caused by circulating blood may be a factor. Physiological fluid shear stress induces a variety of responses in circulating leukocytes, including pseudopod retraction. Due to high rigidity,...

The mechanisms for elevation of peripheral vascular resistance in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), a glucocorticoid-dependent form of hypertension, are unresolved. An increase in hemodynamic resistance caused by circulating blood may be a factor. Physiological fluid shear stress induces a variety of responses in circulating leukocytes, including pseudopod retraction. Due to high rigidity,...

We address the question of whether solids may be distinguished from fluids by their response to shear stress.

A transverse dynamic force microscope, more commonly known as shear force microscope, has been used to investigate confined water films under shear. A cylindrically tapered glass probe was mounted perpendicularly to the sample surface. Pure water was confined between the probe and a freshly cleaved mica surface and a sinusoidal shear strain was applied by setting the probe into transverse oscil...

When investigating sediment transport in laboratory open-channel flows, it is often necessary to remove sidewall effects for computing effective bed shear stress. Previous sidewall correction methods include some assumptions that have not been completely verified, and therefore different values of the bed shear stress may be obtained, depending on the approach used in making sidewall correction...

This paper describes the effects of the elastic modulus and sliding velocity on the friction and shear fracture of smooth silanized rigid disks rotating against thin confined films of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) elastomers. A rigid glass disk is rotated against thin PDMS films of different thicknesses and moduli bonded to a glass plate at various speeds. While the disk rotates on the PDMS coa...