On the representation of chemical ageing of rubber in continuum mechanics

Publication year: 2012Source: International Journal of Solids and Structures, Available online 8 February 2012A. Lion, M. JohlitzIn order to represent the chemical ageing behaviour of rubber under finite deformations a three-dimensional theory is [...]

Singularity and Kinematic Bifurcation Analysis of Pin-bar Mechanisms using Analogous Stiffness Method

Publication year: 2012Source: International Journal of Solids and Structures, Available online 8 February 2012Xingfei Yuan, Lian Zhou, Yuanfeng DuanBased on the analogy between bifurcation of equilibrium paths in structures and kinematic [...]



Summer freezing resistance of high-elevation plant species changes with ontogeny

Publication year: 2012Source: Environmental and Experimental Botany, Available online 4 February 2012Angela Sierra-Almeida, Lohengrin A. CavieresIn high-elevation habitats, an apparent trade-off between high growth-rates and freezing resistance has [...]

Photomorphogenic effects of UVB and UVA radiation on leaves of six Mediterranean sclerophyllous woody species subjected to two different watering regimes at the seedling stage

Publication year: 2012Source: Environmental and Experimental Botany, Available online 2 February 2012Dolors Verdaguer, Laura Llorens, Meritxell Bernal, Jordi BadosaWe aimed to investigate the effects of UV radiation and drought on the leaf [...]

Brain Tissue Segmentation in MR Images based on a Hybrid of MRF and Social Algorithms

Publication year: 2012Source: Medical Image Analysis, Available online 31 January 2012Sahar Yousefi, Reza Azmi, Morteza ZahediEffective abnormality detection and diagnosis in Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) requires a robust segmentation strategy. [...]



Understanding the Phase Contrast Optics to Restore Artifact-free Microscopy Images for Segmentation

Publication year: 2012Source: Medical Image Analysis, Available online 2 February 2012Zhaozheng Yin, Takeo Kanade, Mei ChenPhase contrast, a noninvasive microscopy imaging technique, is widely used to capture time-lapse images to monitor the [...]

Nonparametric Bayesian inference of the fiber orientation distribution from diffusion-weighted MR images

Publication year: 2012Source: Medical Image Analysis, Available online 31 January 2012Enrico Kaden, Frithjof KruggelDiffusion MR imaging provides a unique tool to probe the microgeometry of nervous tissue and to explore the wiring diagram of the [...]

Analytical model of thermal striping for a micro-cracked solid

Publication year: 2012Source: International Journal of Solids and Structures, Available online 2 February 2012M.J. Nieves, A.B. Movchan, I.S. JonesUsing the formal asymptotic approximation of the Mode I stress intensity factor for an edge crack in [...]

Static and dynamic response of elastic suspended cables with thermal effects

Publication year: 2012Source: International Journal of Solids and Structures, Available online 2 February 2012Marco Lepidi, Vincenzo GattulliCable structures are often subjected to severe and variable environmental conditions, and their mechanical [...]

Determination of Anisotropy and Material Hardening for Aluminum Sheet Metal

Publication year: 2012Source: International Journal of Solids and Structures, Available online 2 February 2012Nicolas Tardif, Stelios KyriakidesSheet metal forming, crushing simulations of thin-walled structures, and other large deformation [...]