The current work expands on a three-dimensional, non-linear, stochastic finite-element model previously developed by the author...
Keywords: computational modeling, constitutive behavior, failure criteria, parallel-strand lumber, plasticity
06/2007 | Holzforschung, Walter de GruyterYoung's modulus, elastic and plastic deformation, mechanical hardness and load at failure were determined for low-grade degenerated hyaline cartilage in a porcine model...
Keywords: cartilage, failure, plasticity, Shore hardness, stiffness, E-Modul, Knorpel, Plastizitt, Shore-Hrte-Steifigkeit, Versagenslast
04/2007 | Biomedizinische Technik, Walter de GruyterThe postulated almost unlimited potential of transplanted hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to transdifferentiate into cell types that do not belong to the hematopoietic system denotes a complete paradigm shift of the hierarchical hemopoietic tree...
Keywords: fusion, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, humans, microchimerism, organ repair, plasticity, transdifferentiation
07/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter