flexural stiffness
Flexural stiffness in insect wings I Scaling and the influence of wing venation
... measured flexural stiffness of wings by applying a point force to bend the wing in either the spanwise or chordwise direction, and using the measured force and wing displacement to calculate overall ...
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The flexural stiffness of superficial neuromasts in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) lateral line
... increase flexural stiffness serve to reduce the sensitivity of the neuromast by decreasing ...increases flexural stiffness, but also provides a greater area for fluid forces to cause greater ...
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Flexural stiffness and composition of the batoid propterygium as predictors of punting ability
... highest flexural stiffness, the non-punter ...lowest flexural stiffness and the augmented punters ...had flexural stiffness values that were higher than those of the non-punter, ...
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Flexural stiffness in insect wings II Spatial distribution and dynamic wing bending
... in stiffness that this provides could serve many purposes, including reducing the inertial load at wing tips (thus reducing energy expenditure and stress at the wing base) and allowing wing tips to buckle and ...
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Flexural stiffness of feather shafts: geometry rules over material properties
... the flexural stiffness is largely controlled by the geometry of cortical regions and their specializations such as cortical ridges and ...calculated flexural stiffness for fifth primaries of ...
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Hydrodynamic consequences of flexural stiffness and buoyancy for seaweeds: a study using physical models
... the flexural stiffness of the organism, and the type of water flow that the organism ...the stiffness of non-buoyant organisms and the flow velocity they experience, they may slump down onto the ...
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Functions of fish skin: flexural stiffness and steady swimming of longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus
... structure’s stiffness. While it did not significantly reduce the body’s flexural stiffness, surgical removal of a caudal scale row resulted in increased tailbeat amplitude and the relative total ...
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Mechanical processing via passive dynamic properties of the cockroach antenna can facilitate control during rapid running
... To understand how the flagellum physically interacts with the environment, we simulated an antenna colliding with an obstacle near running speed. We determined that the flagellum is highly flexible at the tip, with ...
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The material properties of acellular bone in a teleost fish
... We used a three-point bending test to measure flexural stiffness of fish ribs. Tests were performed on a custom-made fixture mounted in a Synergie 100 test system (MTS, Eden Prairie, MN, USA) with either a ...
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Design of High Rise Steel Structure using Second Order Analysis
... problem cannot be computed as sample problem consists of shear connections. In Table 35 of IS 800:2007 has mentioned a correction factor to overcome the above mentioned problem. The correction factor applies to the ...
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On Applications of Generalized Functions in the Discontinuous Beam Bending Differential Equations
... This paper discusses the mathematical modeling for the mechanics of solid using the distribution theory of Schwartz to the beam bending differential Equations. This problem is solved by the use of generalized functions, ...
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Mechanical properties of the rigid and hydrostatic skeletons of molting blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun
... During molting, crustaceans rely on a hydrostatic skeletal support system, which differs greatly from their characteristic rigid exoskeleton of intermolt periods; hydrostatic skeletons use a fluid to transmit forces and ...
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Detection of defects in reinforced concrete beams using modal data
... The results of the first derivative of the local flexural stiffness for the reinforced concrete beams with voids were compared with those obtained from a similar beam with cracks in the [r] ...
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Flexible clap and fling in tiny insect flight
... wing stiffness asymmetries on the forces produced during flight, the rigid section of the flexible wing (1/5 of the chord length) was moved from the leading to the trailing edge of the wing in five ...the ...
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Compression moulding of composites with hybrid fibre architectures
... reductions in ply distortion were achieved by debulking the plies before staging, but this route is impractical for high volume production. Adding an interfacial ply between the reinforcing UD fibres and the SMC charge ...
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Pull in Effect for Micro Beam with Tensile Force
... The «history» of pull-in effect is very long. The full description of this study we can find in work of J. Pelesko and T. Driscoll [3]. In this article the investigation of influence of the edge effect of distributed ...
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The Young's modulus of feather keratin
... the flexural stiffness along its ...the flexural stiffness is the product of the longitudinal Young’s modulus ( E) and the second moment of area for dorsoventral bending, I, of the rachis; ...
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Effect of Flexural and Membrane Stiffness on the Analysis of Floating Roofs
... the flexural deformation and applying large deflection formulation on the deck plate, he evaluated the forces exerted on the pontoon from the deck ...the flexural stiffness of the deck ...
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Implementation and calibration of finite length plastic hinge elements for use in seismic structural collapse analysis
... Procedure for updating reloading stiffness during cyclic analysis for Concentrated Plasticity Hinge model.. Modified Gauss-Radau integration scheme considering flexural stiffness modific[r] ...
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The notochord of hagfish Myxine glutinosa: visco elastic properties and mechanical functions during steady swimming
... vertebral elements (Cole, 1905), (2) they are active undulatory swimmers (Adams, 1960; Martini et al., 1997), bending their notochord dynamically, and (3) they belong to the living sister taxon (Myxiniformes) to ...
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