Contact Stiffness
Mostrando 13-24 de 28 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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13. Non linear geometric analysis of soil-structure interaction via BEM/FEM coupling / Análise não linear geométrica do acoplamento solo-estrutura através da combinação MEC-MEF
This work presents an alternative coupling of the boundary element method (BEM) and the finite element method (FEM) to create a computer program for non linear geometric analysis of frames coupled to continuous domains, applied to soil-structure interaction. A linear elastic behavior is considered for the soil, modeled by BEM. An alternative formulation is a
Publicado em: 2010
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14. Disc brake noise analysis using instability of complex eigenvalue / Instabilidade de freios a disco por analise de autovalor complexo
To understand, model and mitigate disc brake noise is still one of the greatest challenges for the automotive industry. It is substantially important for manufacturers and suppliers to predict the disc brake noise in a design phase. Squeal is a brake noise in the 1-15 kHz frequency range, and can be defined as a self-excited friction problem, which can gener
Publicado em: 2008
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15. Using the ratio: maximum load over unload stiffness squared, Pm/Su², on the evaluation of machine stiffness and area function of blunt indenters on depth-sensing indentation equipment
Depth sensing indentation study was conducted in a Fischerscope H100V machine, equipped with a Vickers indenter with a tip roundness of approximately 1330 nm. Tests were carried out on soda-lime glass, fused silica, sapphire, aluminum (1100 alloy), high alloyed steel, titanium and copper. The widely used iterative method of Oliver and Pharr was unsuccessful
Materials Research. Publicado em: 2007-12
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16. Nanomechanical properties of rough surfaces
The nanoindentation technique allows the determination of mechanical properties at nanometric scale. Hardness (H) and elastic modulus (E) profiles are usually determined by using the Oliver-Pharr method from the load/unload curves. This approach is valid only for flat surfaces, or at least, when a very low degree of asperity is present (lower than 30 nm). Th
Materials Research. Publicado em: 2006-06
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17. Estudo teórico-experimental da influência das cargas cíclicas na rigidez de vigas de concreto armado / Theoretical and experimental analysis of cyclic loads on stiffness of the reinforced concrete beams
The main purpose of this research is to analyze the experimental and theoretical behavior of reinforced concrete beams, in order to quantify the stiffness loss, by calculating successive deflections during the cyclic loads application, under service loads. The emphasis of this research is the numerical analysis. The modeling of steel-concrete interface is do
Publicado em: 2005
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18. Micromachinability study of Ti (CP) and Ti-6Al-4V alloy by means of single point diamond turning / Estudo da microusinabilidade do Ti (CP) e da liga Ti-6Al-4V no torneamento com ferramenta de diamante
Among the various applications where titanium and its alloys are employed, the aeronautic industry is one of the most important, because of their excellent properties such as fracture strength, corrosion resistance and high strength to weight ratio, which is maintained at high temperatures. However, the machinability of titanium and its alloys is generally c
Publicado em: 2005
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19. The use of a vickers indenter in depth sensing indentation for measuring elastic modulus and vickers hardness
Depth sensing indentation is a powerful experimental technique for determining mechanical properties of materials. In this work a computational routine was developed based on Oliver-Pharr method for measuring a more precise values of elastic modulus using a Fischerscope H100 depth sensing indentation apparatus, with a Vickers indenter. This computational rou
Materials Research. Publicado em: 2004-09
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20. Neutrophil morphology and migration are affected by substrate elasticity
To reach sites of inflammation, neutrophils execute a series of adhesion and migration events that include transmigration through the vascular endothelium and chemotaxis through the vicinal extracellular matrix until contact is made with the point of injury or infection. These in vivo microenvironments differ in their mechanical properties. Using polyacrylam
American Society of Hematology.
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21. Bending Stiffness Depends on Curvature of Ternary Lipid Mixture Tubular Membranes
Lipid and protein sorting and trafficking in intracellular pathways maintain cellular function and contribute to organelle homeostasis. Biophysical aspects of membrane shape coupled to sorting have recently received increasing attention. Here we determine membrane tube bending stiffness through measurements of tube radii, and demonstrate that the stiffness o
The Biophysical Society.
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22. Cell organization in soft media due to active mechanosensing
Adhering cells actively probe the mechanical properties of their environment and use the resulting information to position and orient themselves. We show that a large body of experimental observations can be consistently explained from one unifying principle, namely that cells strengthen contacts and cytoskeleton in the direction of large effective stif
National Academy of Sciences.
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23. Programmed electromyographic activity and negative incremental muscle stiffness in monkeys jumping downward.
We trained monkeys to jump down from different heights, and recorded electromyograms (e.m.g.s) in arm muscles, and ground reaction forces. The landing movements were also recorded by high-speed cinematography. The e.m.g. of the triceps began about 80 ms before landing. The initial burst lasted until about 20 ms after ground contact and was succeeded by burst
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24. The force generated by a single kinesin molecule against an elastic load.
To probe the mechanism by which the motor protein kinesin moves along microtubules, we have developed a highly sensitive technique for measuring the force exerted by a single motor molecule. In this technique, one end of a microtubule is attached to the tip of a flexible glass fiber of calibrated stiffness. The other end of the microtubule makes contact with