Much attention has been directed recently to ultra-grain refining of metallic materials, where the grain size is reduced to less than 1 mm. It is expected that submicrometer grained structure would result in high strength and toughness at ambient temperature [1] as well as high strain rate or low temperature superplasticity at elevated temperatures [2,3]. It has been reported recently that ultr...

[1] Saturated soil column experiments were conducted to explore the influence of colloid size and soil grain size distribution characteristics on the transport and fate of colloid particles in saturated porous media. Stable monodispersed colloids and porous media that are negatively charged were employed in these studies. Effluent colloid concentration curves and the final spatial distribution ...

Planar straining and destraining of turbulence is an idealized form of turbulencemeanflow interaction that is representative of many complex engineering applications. This paper studies experimentally the response of turbulence subjected to a process involving planar straining, a brief relaxation and destraining. Subsequent analysis quantifies the impact of the applied distortions on model coef...

The present study aimed to evaluate adipose tissue blood flow (ATBF) by means of laser-Doppler flowmetry (LDF) in humans. Lower body negative pressure (LBNP) and straining known to affect epidermal blood flow through the autonomic nervous system were performed in 11 lean and 11 obese female volunteers. ATBF changes were compared between both groups and also discriminated from skin blood flow (S...

In contrast to the intensively investigated transition metal dichalcogenides like ${\mathrm{MoS}}_{2}$, ${\mathrm{ReS}}_{2}$ crystals possess a reduced in-plane symmetry, leading anisotropic optical properties. Here, we report on impact of strain Raman response monolayer. Since mechanical can be used shift Raman-active phonon frequencies, apply uniaxial tensile up 0.74% along Re-chain direction...