Search Results - "Seffen, Keith A."

Absence of branches from xylan in Arabidopsis gux mutants reveals potential for simplification of lignocellulosic biomass by Mortimer, Jennifer C., Miles, Godfrey P., Brown, David M., Zhang, Zhinong, Segura, Marcelo P., Weimar, Thilo, Yu, Xiaolan, Seffen, Keith A., Stephens, Elaine, Turner, Simon R., Dupree, Paul

“…As one of the most abundant polysaccharides on Earth, xylan will provide more than a third of the sugars for lignocellulosic biofuel production when using…”
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Folded strains of a bistable composite tape-spring by Wang, Bing, Seffen, Keith A., Guest, Simon D.

“…The bistable composite tape-spring (CTS) structure has received increasing interest in industrial applications, especially in aerospace engineering. Its…”
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Folding mechanics of a bistable composite tape-spring for flexible mechanical hinge by Chen, Hui, Wang, Bing, Lin, Xueqi, Seffen, Keith A, Zhong, Shuncong

“…•Folding stability mechanics of a bistable composite tape-spring towards its full tape-length range is revealed.•Novel features in terms of critical…”
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Buckling of Naturally Curved Elastic Strips: The Ribbon Model Makes a Difference by Audoly, Basile, Seffen, Keith A.

“…We analyze the stability of naturally curved, inextensible elastic ribbons. In experiments, we first show that a loop formed using a metallic strip can become…”
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In-situ multiscale shear failure of a bistable composite tape-spring by Wang, Bing, Seffen, Keith A., Guest, Simon D., Lee, Tung-Lik, Huang, Shi, Luo, Shifeng, Mi, Jiawei

“…A bistable composite tape-spring (CTS) is stable in both the extended and coiled configurations, with fibres oriented at ±45°. It is light weight and…”
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Growth and shape control of disks by bending and extension by Seffen, Keith A., Maurini, Corrado

“…Differential growth of thin elastic bodies furnishes a surprisingly simple explanation of the complex and intriguing shapes of many biological systems, such as…”
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On the shape of bistable creased strips by Walker, Martin G., Seffen, Keith A.

“…We investigate the bistable behaviour of folded thin strips bent along their central crease. Making use of a simple Gauss mapping, we describe the kinematics…”
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Stiffness of patterns of elastic inclusions by Eatough, Daniel T., Seffen, Keith A.

“…[Display omitted] We present a novel analytical approach for calculating the elastic stiffness of a biaxially loaded plate patterned with inclusions. We focus…”
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On the Gaussian Curvature of Creased Tubes by Seffen, Keith A, Calladine, Christopher R

“…We calculate the Gaussian curvature of a curved, twisted crease in terms of the rate of change of solid angle along its length; we find that this depends on…”
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Efficient optimisation of structures using tabu search by Connor, Andy M, Seffen, Keith A, Parks, Geoffrey T, Clarkson, P. John

“…Connor, A.M., Seffen, K.A., Clarkson, P.J. & Parks, G.T. (1999) "Efficient optimisation of structures using tabu search" Proceedings of the 1st ASMO/ISSMO…”
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Dual-Phase-Lag Model of Skin Bioheat Transfer by Feng Xu, Tianjian Lu, Seffen, K.A.

“…Due to the "lengthy" thermal relaxation time in biological tissue, non-Fourier thermal behavior has been experimentally observed, attracting increasingly more…”
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