Abstract: A theory is presented for the bending of fluid-saturated poroelastic plates. The governing equations, based on linear consolidation theory, reduce to a single fourth-order integro-partial-differential ...

Abstract: This review deals with biomechanical aspects of growth (mass change), remodeling (property change), and morphogenesis (shape change) in living systems. The emphasis is on theoretical models, but ...

Abstract: Concentrically braced frames (CBFs) are widely used to resist lateral loads in buildings because they are relatively simple and economical to design and construct. In tall, single-story construction, it is often practical ...

Abstract: In tall, single-story buildings with steel concentrically braced frame (CBF) lateral force resisting systems, it is more efficient to replace a single brace or pair of braces between the base and the story (roof) level ...

Abstract: Steel concentrically braced frames (CBFs) are used widely as a seismic lateral force–resisting system. Although modern CBFs designed for high seismic regions have considerable ductility, CBFs in moderate seismic regions ...

Abstract: In current AASHTO LRFD bridge design specifications, the nominal flexural strength of I-girders made from steel with a yield stress >345 MPa (>50 ksi) is limited to the yield moment rather than the plastic moment and ...

Abstract: A simple phenomenological model is used to study interrelations between material properties, growth-induced residual stresses, and opening angles in arteries. The artery is assumed to be a ...

Abstract: During the morphogenetic process of cardiac looping, the initially straight cardiac tube bends and twists into a curved tube. The biophysical mechanisms that drive looping remain unknown, but ...