Micro-tools offer significant promise in a wide range of applications Such as cell Manipulation, microsurgery, and micro/nanotechnology processes. Such special micro-tools consist of multi-flexible structures actuated by ...

Partially grouted reinforced masonry (PG-RM) shear walls of hollow concrete blocks (HCB) have been an object of study during the last years. The non-constant cross-section of this type of structural element and the presence ...

This course conclusion work deals with the contribution of Compliance as a tool to prevent labor lawsuits in micro and small companies, where the applicability of its mechanisms and tools in the scope of labor relations ...

A multi-scale analysis of the linear elastic and the early damage stages of ferritic ductile iron is introduced in this work. The methodology combines numerical and experimental analyses in the macro and micro scales. ...

Computational micro-mechanics is employed in this work to evaluate effects of fiber-matrix interface damage on the elastic properties of polymer matrix composites with continuous glass fibers. It is assumed that damage ...

The objective of this dissertation is to study the uncertainty in the performance of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) through the use of computational approaches that effectively consider the inherent heterogeneity of the material ...

There are numerous stochastic approaches to indirectly couple solid asperity contact with the fluid hydrodynamics in the region of boundary or mixed lubrication. In contrast, deterministic approaches for calculating solid ...

The HLA-G gene is a non-classical class I MHC, responsible for modulating immune responses by inhibiting Natural Killer and cytotoxic T cells, presenting a crucial role in maternal tolerance to the fetus. In non-pathological ...

A multiscale framework for thermo-mechanical analysis with phase transformations is proposed in this work. The formulation covers those cases including coupled constitutive equations for simulating thermo-mechanical processes ...