... little effect on adhesion, even for commercial cups that normally fail on hard, rough surfaces. We propose that suction performance on compliant substrates can be explained in part by effective elastic modulus, the combined elastic modulus from a cup–substrate interaction. Of all the tested cups...

... portion to function as a mechanical buffer to protect the stiffer, more highly stressed, distal portion from injury. Magnetic resonance imaging Gastrocnemius Modulus Stiffness Injury The technique for testing human tendon mechanical properties in vivo has developed over the last ∼15...

... fronds. Symbols represent changes in genicular radii(black circles), genicular length (black triangles), intergenicular lip length(black squares), intergenicular length (gray circles), tensile modulus (gray triangles) and intergenicular radius (gray squares). Fig. 7. Effect of varying genicular...

... University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA (e-mail: [email protected] ) † Present address: Department of Biology, University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, USA 9 3 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 biomechanics beam modulus...

... cirumferentially, lack of elastin lamellae and low hydrophobicity of the elastin itself all combine to lower stiffness, increase extensibility and allow efficient recoil. Even though the modulus of bulbus material is much lower than that of an artery, at large volumes the overall stiffness of the bulbus increases...