Search Results - "Arruda, M. E."
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Spatial clustering and longitudinal variation of Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in a river of the Amazon: the importance of the forest fringe and of obstructions to flow in frontier malaria
Published in Bulletin of entomological research (01-12-2011)“…Deforestation has been linked to a rise in malaria prevalence. In this paper, we studied longitudinally 20 spots, including forested and deforested portions of…”
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A continuum treatment of growth in biological tissue: the coupling of mass transport and mechanics
Published in Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids (01-07-2004)“…Growth (and resorption) of biological tissue is formulated in the continuum setting. The treatment is macroscopic, rather than cellular or sub-cellular…”
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Use of adipose-derived stem cells to fabricate scaffoldless tissue-engineered neural conduits in vitro
Published in Neuroscience (10-01-2012)“…Abstract Peripheral nerve injuries resulting from trauma or disease often necessitate surgical intervention. Although the gold standard for such repairs uses…”
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Inference of deformation mechanisms and constitutive response of soft material surrogates of biological tissue by full-field characterization and data-driven variational system identification
Published in Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids (01-08-2021)“…We present a novel, fully three-dimensional approach to soft material characterization and constitutive modeling with relevance to soft biological tissue. Our…”
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Perspectives on biological growth and remodeling
Published in Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids (01-04-2011)“…The continuum mechanical treatment of biological growth and remodeling has attracted considerable attention over the past fifteen years. Many aspects of these…”
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Effects of strain rate, temperature and thermomechanical coupling on the finite strain deformation of glassy polymers
Published in Mechanics of materials (1995)“…The effects of strain rate and temperature on the inelastic response of a glassy polymer have been studied. Deformation tests in uniaxial compression to…”
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MR-u: Material Characterization Using 3D Displacement-Encoded Magnetic Resonance and the Virtual Fields Method
Published in Experimental mechanics (01-09-2020)“…Background Experimental, fully three-dimensional mechanical characterization of opaque materials with arbitrary geometries undergoing finite deformations is…”
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Modeling the large inelastic deformation response of non-filled and silica filled SL5170 cured resin
Published in Journal of materials science (01-09-2005)“…In recent years, important efforts have been focused on rapid production of tools using Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (RP&M) technologies such as the…”
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Seroprevalence of Viral Hepatitis in Riverine Communities from the Western Region of the Brazilian Amazon Basin
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-11-2001)“…The western region of the Brazilian Amazon Basin has long been shown to be a highly endemic area for hepatitis B and hepatitis D viruses. Data concerning the…”
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The use of visco-elastic materials for the design of helmets and packaging
Published in Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids (01-08-2020)“…The design of packaging to protect delicate objects, such as a head and brain, against impact requires consideration of the duration of the impact compared to…”
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Mesoscale Modeling of Bimodal Elastomer Networks: Constitutive and Optical Theories and Results
Published in Macromolecules (27-08-2002)“…A new micromechanics-based constitutive model for the nonlinear large deformation stress and birefringence responses of bimodal elastomer networks is…”
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Topological Studies of Bimodal Networks
Published in Macromolecules (23-03-1999)“…A new cross-linking algorithm, NETSIM, is described which enables the study of continuously spatially distributed (off-lattice) polymer networks and reveals…”
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Performance of wiper geometry carbide tools in face milling of AISI 1045 steel
Published in Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (01-10-2018)“…In recent years, the increase in technological advances in the metalworking industry enabled the development of new tools and machining processes, which…”
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Burst inflation test for measuring biomechanical properties of rat abdominal walls
Published in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (01-08-2017)“…Purpose Evaluation of potential grafts to improve upon current strategies for abdominal wall (AW) repair in small animal models typically involves mechanical…”
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Experimental investigations and numerical modeling of incompressible elastomers during non-homogeneous deformations
Published in Rubber chemistry and technology (01-09-1998)“…Abstract Three hyperelastic constitutive models, the Arruda and Boyce model, the Yeoh model, and the Ogden model, are used to simulate the response of vinyl…”
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Constitutive models of rubber elasticity : A review
Published in Rubber chemistry and technology (01-07-2000)“…Abstract A review of constitutive models for the finite deformation response of rubbery materials is given. Several recent and classic statistical mechanics…”
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Biological remodelling: Stationary energy, configurational change, internal variables and dissipation
Published in Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids (01-07-2006)“…Remodelling is defined as an evolution of microstructure or variations in the configuration of the underlying manifold. The manner in which a biological tissue…”
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The micromechanics of fluid–solid interactions during growth in porous soft biological tissue
Published in Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology (01-06-2009)“…In this paper, we address some modelling issues related to biological growth. Our treatment is based on a formulation for growth that was proposed within the…”
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A network description of the non-Gaussian stress-optic and Raman scattering responses of elastomer networks
Published in Acta mechanica (01-01-1999)“…The ability to measure orientation in dual or multi-phase materials is of current relevance in the study of the constitution and deformation characteristics of…”
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Finite element modeling of human skin using an isotropic, nonlinear elastic constitutive model
Published in Journal of biomechanics (01-06-2000)“…The collagen network in skin is largely responsible for the nonlinear mechanical stress-strain response of skin. We hypothesize that the force-stretch response…”
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