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. ...

This contribution presents the theoretical foundations of a Formulation (FOMF) for modeling heterogeneous softening-based materials undergoing strain localization phenomena. The multi-scale model considers two coupled ...

Bird damage to agricultural crops is an important cause of economic loss for farmers worldwide. Predictive habitat models relating bird abundance and damage to characteristics of the agricultural environment at multiple ...

The Matanza-Riachuelo River Basin, in the Northeast of the Buenos Aires Province, is one of the most industrialized and populated region in Argentina and it is worldwide known for its alarming environmental degradation. ...

Over the last decade a shelterwood system promoting natural regeneration has been applied in the southern Chilean old-growth Nothofagus forests. However, most of these forests are naturally uneven-aged, and the effect of ...

Textile vascular grafts are biomedical devices that serve as partial replacement of damaged arterial vessels, prevent aneurysms rupture and restore normal blood flow -- It is believed that the success of a textile vascular ...

A B S T R A C T With the advancement of the amount of people in the urban area there are new forms of changes in environment, and thus there favoring intensifying anthropization process as suppression of vegetation, the ...