Sentences with phrase «different mechanical properties»

By varying the conditions under which the spiders were kept (different reeling speeds, starvation periods), the species or the spiders inside the same species, it has been seen that dragline silk has different mechanical properties and varies on an interspecific, intraspecific and intra-individual level [23].

From an engineering standpoint, the prepubescent body has different mechanical properties, so one goal of the consortium is to make anthropomorphic details in the model account for kid - sized bodies, as well as other variations in sex and age.

A materials scientist could produce culture systems with different mechanical properties.

Not exact matches

Supersymmetric models posit that every fundamental particle of the standard model (the particles that we know exist — electrons, quarks, and so on) has a partner — a particle with similar interactions but different quantum mechanical properties.

Because piglet skulls have similar mechanical properties as infant human skulls — meaning they bend and break in similar ways — Haut and Fenton used the already deceased specimens in their research and found they were able to classify the different fracture patterns with a high degree of accuracy.

Suture zones are complex and more heterogeneous than the rest of the ice shelf, containing ice with different properties and mechanical strengths, and therefore play an important role in controlling the rate at which rifts grow.

By programming cells to produce different types of curli fibers under certain conditions, the researchers were able to control the biofilms» properties and create gold nanowires, conducting biofilms, and films studded with quantum dots, or tiny crystals that exhibit quantum mechanical properties.

To be able to experimentally verify this «and» state and its unique quantum mechanical properties, the team had to create a large number of these atomic systems under the same conditions and with different settings of the lab setup.

«As pectoral fins evolve different shapes, behaviors, and mechanical properties, we've shown that the sensory system is also evolving with them,» said Brett Aiello, a PhD student in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, and the lead author of the study.

The study, published April 10, 2017 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, combined measurements of fin shape from hundreds of specimens of the Labridae family with fin mechanical properties and neural responses recorded from eight different Labrid species, commonly known as wrasses.

The Empa researcher is convinced that the CNC material is suitable for a wide variety of different applications due to its outstanding mechanical properties, as well as the possibility of chemical modification and alignment during printing.

«We can now make multifunctional materials, in which many different material properties, including mechanical, thermal, and transport characteristics, can be optimized within a structure that is printed in a single step,» said Muth.

«Previously, the only mechanical work on feathers was done in the 1970s but under the assumption that the material properties of feathers are the same when tested in different directions, known as isotropic — our work has now invalidated this.»

It has been demonstrated that silk properties (in terms of different reeling methods [32], [42], environmental conditions [8], [20], types of silk [e.g. dragline, viscid or egg sac silk][22], [24], [34]-RRB- are species - specific and lead to silk - based peptide fibrils or protein aggregates with different structural and mechanical properties.

The ability to create objects that change shape in a controlled sequence over time is enabled by printing multiple materials with different dynamic mechanical properties in prescribed patterns throughout the 3 - D object.

Mechanical properties of many different cell types including glial cells, platelets, cardiocytes, macrophages, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, fibroblasts, bladder cells and more have been determined using F - d spectroscopy.

Actin filaments form different polymer networks with versatile mechanical properties that depend on their spatial organization and the presence of cross-linkers.

Changes in mechanical properties of the musculotendinous complex - the muscle may operate with a different length - tension relation.