Conventional strain-based mechanics theory does not account for contributions from strain
gradients. Failure to include strain gradient contributions can lead to underestimates of …

The skin is an inelastic material. But in cyclic loading and unloading the stress-strain loop is
unique after preconditioning, and is insensitive to strain rate. We define a pseudo strain …

Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus can express biofilm phenotypes promoted by the
major cell wall autolysin and the fibronectin-binding proteins or the icaADBC-encoded …

Finite element methods can be formulated from the variational principles in solid mechanics
by relaxing the continuity requirements along the interelement boundaries. The combination …

Publisher Summary Piezoelectric ceramics can sense and actuate by rapidly converting
mechanical and thermal signals into electrical ones, the reverse also being true. The …

The deformation behavior of materials in the micron scale has been experimentally shown to
be size dependent. In the absence of stretch and dilatation gradients, the size dependence …

Mechanics is the science of force and motion of matter. Solid mechanics is the science of
force and motion of matter in the solid state. Physicists are of course interested in mechanics. …

The hybrid‐element concept and the complex variable technique have been adopted for
constructing a special super‐element to be used jointly with conventional finite elements for the …

Structural reliability concerns of various electromechanical devices call for a better
understanding of the mechanisms of fracture in piezoelectric ceramics subjected to combined …

Posttranslational histone modifications are believed to allow the epigenetic transmission of
distinct chromatin states, independently of associated DNA sequences. Histone H3 lysine 9 (…