Sentences with phrase «elastic properties»

The differences in the slopes of curves indicate the different elastic properties of the structures.

For example, researchers could use the sound waves to measure elastic properties of cells in a petri dish, seeing how they respond to forces.

«With this method in hand, we're able to show that time - resolved measurements of elastic properties on dynamic materials are possible on short timescales.»

This was enabled by engineering the implant to have elastic properties similar to those of dura mater, the protective membrane of the central nervous system.

She soon realized, however, that the implants were cumbersome and largely incompatible with the nervous system, whose elastic properties are a far cry from the metals and glasses that make up most brain - machine interface devices.

To create a strong frame that helps provide robust cabin integrity, certain parts are made of ultra-high-tensile strength steel, while high tensile steel with good elastic properties is adopted for elements that are designed to deform in an impact to help dissipate energy.

«At MIT's Mesoscale Nuclear Materials Lab, we've been developing improvements to a technique called «transient grating spectroscopy» (TGS), which is sensitive to both thermal transport and elastic properties of materials,» said Cody Dennett, the paper's lead author and a doctoral candidate in nuclear science and engineering.

Polyester is extremely durable and long lasting due to its elastic properties.

As we age, our skin loses some of its elastic properties and if it stretched significantly — like say, over two growing babies — the connective tissue often tears rather than stretches.

As a result, we covered the skeleton of our robot with a custom - made, ultra-thin (56 micron, silicone - based membrane that is designed to match the elastic properties of biological bats» membranes.»

The researchers found that the critical difference between the existing models and ECM's long - range behavior was rooted in its elastic properties.

They took a semiconducting polymer, called DPPT - TT, and confined it inside another polymer, SEBS, which has elastic properties.

Without meaning to, Balibar says, Reppy configured his vessel to be especially sensitive to changes in the elastic properties of the material — perhaps because the stiffer helium - 4 at lower temperatures was effectively gluing together parts of his experimental chamber, and producing a heavier oscillator.

When a cyclone named Klaus tore across southwestern France in January 2009, it highlighted a strange phenomenon: Trees, regardless of their diameter, height, or elastic properties, don't tend to break until wind speeds reach about 42 m / s (94 mph).

«These excitations» oscillation and decay are directly related to the material's thermal and elastic properties,» Dennett said.

In our first experiments we measured the elastic properties of DNA.

Only through constant repair can the cell retain the elastic properties that are so important for its function.»

Without this elastic property of the atmosphere, the temperatures in tropical regions would be higher than we observe since the volume of the atmosphere would would be less as described by PV = nRT.

The gradual slope of the curve in the constant compliance region is related to the elastic properties of the cell.

By recording and analyzing the F - d spectroscopy measurements by AFM, the elastic properties of biological systems can be determined quantitatively and reproducibly.

The measured restoring force reveals the molecule's elastic properties and functionality.

Implanting something like tungsten into an organ with the elastic properties of pudding seemed very invasive,» she says, only half in jest.

Recently developed, in - situ techniques for direct volume determination, acoustic wave velocity measurements, and x-ray diffraction at HPCAT, along with molecular dynamics simulations, were employed to explore the nature of the unusual and pressure - tunable, compression and elastic properties.

Using a dual pipette aspiration assay, elastic properties of the actomyosin cortex can be estimated in vitro.

Collagen is quite stiff so it has always been assumed that these vibrations are too small to contribute to the elastic properties of the network, but these are the first quantitative measurements to confirm this assumption.

Inset: The BE SPM work has enabled a direct visualization and local measurement of the elastic properties of the interface, confirming the BLS results.

This will remind your body of the elastic properties of your tendons and ligaments that prevents them from tearing every time you exercise, Johnson says.

After workouts, the range of motion can be further increased as the increased muscle temperature increases the elastic properties of muscle and its stretch properties.

Sex hormones have been suggested to play a role in vascular function and in this study the elastic properties of the aorta (the largest artery in the body) in men with low blood levels of testosterone (hypogonadism) were compared with those of a control group who naturally produce normal levels of testosterone.

They are used liberally in gluten - free baking as texture enhancers to replace the elastic properties typically provided by wheat gluten, as their ability to thicken and stabilize doughs helps improve the consistency and moisture of notoriously dense and crumbly gluten - free goods.

The elastic properties of muscle are very similar to a spring (Chalmers 2004) that lengthens and returns to its natural resting length in direct proportion to applied and released force.

An overview is given on the results of our computations on structural and elastic properties of model colloids,

Just as bridges and high rise buildings need a tiny bit of give in them to weather high winds and earthquakes, ligaments need the elastic properties of collagen to bear shearing forces within the joints.

The elastic property of collagen gives ligaments a tiny bit of stretch so that if the joint that ligament supports is stressed, the ligament can withhold the tension without tearing.

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