Abstract: Blood vessels are subject to tensile stress and associated strain which may influence the structure and organization of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) during physiological development and pathological ...

Abstract: On a hillslope, overland flow first generates sheet erosion and then, with increasing flux, it causes rill erosion. Sheet erosion (interrill erosion) and rill erosion are commonly observed to coexist on hillslopes. Great ...

Abstract: Examination of changes occurring in the zero-stress state of an organ provides a way to study cellular growth in the organ due to change of physical stresses. The zero-stress state of the ...

Abstract: This paper presents a kinetic energy theorem, applicable with simple nonholonomic systems. The theorem provides a basis for developing testing functions for measuring the accuracy of numerical ...

Abstract: The endothelium lining human arteries is a continuum of endothelial cells. The flowing blood imposes a shear stress on the endothelium. To compute the internal stress in the endothelium, we ...

Abstract: The no-load configuration of a living organ is, in general, not the zero-stress state. The difference can be revealed by cutting up an unloaded organ to such an extent that the stress becomes ...

Abstract: Fluid mechanical factors are thought to influence vascular morphogenesis. Here we show how blood shear stress regulates the shape of a thrombus-neointima-like tissue on a polymer micro-cylinder ...

Abstract: To investigate the dynamic characteristics of gas bearings with holes of tangential supply (TS bearing), drawing on the modified Reynolds equations proposed by Mori, we present new governing ...

Abstract: Overland flow on a hillslope is significantly influenced by its microtopography, slope length and gradient, and vegetative cover. A 1D kinematic wave model in conjunction with a revised form of the Green-Ampt infiltration ...