Abstract: Fresh whole blood has been subjected to transient rarefactions of approximately 50 μs duration. In this loading regime blood is found to be capable of supporting propagating rarefactions of up ...

Abstract: A fracture mechanics approach for quantifying slow crack growth in thin polyimide films and assessing their structural integrity and life expectancy is presented. The methodology and techniques ...

Abstract: Longitudinal elastic waves were produced in a truncated hollow aluminum cone with a wall thickness of 1/4 in. and an apex angle of 20 deg by the central impact of steel spheres ranging in ...