Biodegradable polyesters reinforced with triclosan loaded polylactide micro/nanofibers: Properties, release and biocompatibility by L. J. del Valle, A. Diaz, M. Royo, A. Rodriguez-Galan, J. Puiggali

“…Incorporation of PLA micro/nanofibers led to a significant increase in the elastic modulus and tensile strength, and in general to a decrease in the strain at break. …”
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Mechanical and Physical Properties of Particleboard Produced from Hemp Plant by Mehmet Erdal Kara

“…Accordingly, a 16.7% increase in tensile strength, 18.4% in bending strength, 23.6% in elasticity modulus, 17.2% in surface strength, and 7.5% in screw holding force were detected. …”
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Acoustic Emission and Damage Characteristics of Granite Subjected to High Temperature by X. L. Xu, Z.-Z. Zhang

“…Thermal damage (DT) defined by the elastic modulus shows logistic increase with the rise of temperature. …”
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Study on the Mechanical Properties and Design Parameters of Floor Slabs Waste Subgrade Filler by Chenglin Shi, Yong Wang, Chunli Wu, Wenzhu Song

“…The CBR and resilience modulus tests were carried out on the FSW such that the results show that they have a good relationship and the relevant expressions under different compaction degrees are fitted. …”
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Mechanosensitivity of the 2nd Kind: TGF-β Mechanism of Cell Sensing the Substrate Stiffness. by Max Cockerill, Michelle K Rigozzi, Eugene M Terentjev

“…These are two different phenomena, and here we investigate the mechanosensitivity of the 2nd kind: how the cell can measure an elastic modulus at a single point of adhesion-and how the cell can receive and interpret the chemical signal released from the sensor. …”
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Deposition of Low Stress Silicon Nitride Thin Film and Its Application in Surface Micromachining Device Structures by Beirong Zheng, Chen Zhou, Quan Wang, Yifeng Chen, Wei Xue

“…The internal stress generally in 135 MPa has been detected using an FLX-2320 film stress tester. Based on the wide application in surface micromachining devices, the mechanical properties of LS SiN are measured by nanoindentation, giving the value of Young’s modulus of 224 GPa and the hardness of 22.5 GPa, respectively. …”
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Determination of the Fracture Point for Inconel-718 Using Luder’s Band Method by Arupratan Gupta, Raghavendra C. Kamath

“…It also depends on the material’s rigidity modulus and the shear stress ratio to shear strain. …”
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3D printing of self-healing longevous multi-sensory e-skin by Antonia Georgopoulou, Sudong Lee, Benhui Dai, Francesca Bono, Josie Hughes, Esther Amstad

“…Unfortunately, currently available electronic skin cannot detect multiple stimuli in a selective manner. Inspired by the deep eutectic solvent chemistry of the frog Lithobates Sylvaticus, we introduce a double network granular organogel capable of simultaneously detecting mechanical deformation, structural damage, changes in ambient temperature, and humidity. …”
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Capture of microexpressions based on the entropy of oriented optical flow by LI Dan, XIE Lun, LU Ting, HAN Jing, HU Bo, WANG Zhi-liang, REN Fu-ji

“…This paper proposes an algorithm that is effective in detecting the key frame of microexpression based on the entropy of oriented optical flow. …”
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Circuit Breaker Energy Storage State Identification Based on Quick Extraction of Vibration Signal Interval Features by Xiaofei XIA, Yufeng LU, Yi SU, Jian YANG

“…Firstly, the starting point of the energy storage state of the circuit breaker was detected by the kurtosis-wavelet modulus maximum value, and the vibration signals were marked through KS test to indicate the significant difference in the envelope amplitude. …”
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Tuning and validation of a virtual mechanical testing pipeline for condylar stress fracture risk assessment in Thoroughbred racehorses by Soroush Irandoust, Chris Whitton, Corinne Henak, Peter Muir

“…Half of the specimens were used for tuning Young’s modulus in fatigue sites, and the other half were used to evaluate the validity of the pipeline in predicting PSG strain. …”
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Hygrothermal aging behavior of regenerated cellulose fiber-reinforced polyamide 5.10 composites by Celia Katharina Falkenreck, Jan-Christoph Zarges, Hans-Peter Heim

“…However, fiber-matrix-debonding due to swelling processes of the RCF, which have been detected in μCT images, reduce the tensile strength and young's modulus significantly.…”
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Multi-Channel Optical Coherence Elastography Using Relative and Absolute Shear-Wave Time of Flight. by Eli Elyas, Alex Grimwood, Janine T Erler, Simon P Robinson, Thomas R Cox, Daniel Woods, Peter Clowes, Ramona De Luca, Franco Marinozzi, Jérémie Fromageau, Jeffrey C Bamber

“…Shear-wave time of arrival (TOA) was detected by tracking the axial OCT-speckle motion using cross-correlation methods. …”
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Purslane-Fortified Yogurt: In-Line Process Control by FT-NIR Spectroscopy and Storage Monitoring by Ayse Burcu Aktas, Silvia Grassi, Claudia Picozzi, Cristina Alamprese

“…The purslane addition increased the milk viscosity, resulting in a yogurt with complex modulus values higher than those of the reference sample (360 vs. 172 Pa). …”
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The Graft of ANN-FEM Technique in Macro-mechanics of Multi-oriented Natural Fiber/Polyester Laminates by Christian Emeka Okafor, Christopher Chukwutoo Ihueze

“…The damage onset for individual lamina was detected by the maximum principal stress theory and the overall laminate strength of 40.12 N/mm^2 was obtained for PEFBFL and 32.16N/mm^2 for PPSFL. …”
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Functional properties of barium titanate ceramics alloyed with nickel ferrite by Vladzimir M. Laletin, Natallia N. Poddubnaya, Iliya S. Nabzdorov, Yurij V. Radyush, Li Jin

“…Relative density is 93%, specific resistance is ~1010 Ohm·m, permittivity is 1500, piezoelectric modulus d31 is 85 pC/N, electromechanical coupling coefficient is 0.37.…”
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Effect of extensional cyclic strain on the mechanical and physico-mechanical properties of PVC-NBR/graphite composites

“…The equilibrium state between destruction and reconstruction of graphite particles has been detected for all strains of certain values of strain cycles (1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 cycles for 30% strain amplitude). …”
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Enhancing helmet pressure sensing with advanced 3D printed gyroid architectures by Chao Bao, Danielle Jaye Agron, Taeil Kim, Chris Vattathichirayi, Edwin L. Thomas, Woo Soo Kim

“…By establishing Young’s modulus of the fused layer at 48.7 % of pure matrix material, we enhance the model’s accuracy to align with experimental data. …”
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Two-Dimensional X-Ray Diffraction (2D-XRD) and Micro-Computed Tomography (Micro-CT) Characterization of Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel by Puskar Pathak, Goran Majkic, Timmons Erickson, Tian Chen, Venkat Selvamanickam

“…Multiple features, including hardness, elastic modulus, porosity, crystallographic orientation, and grain morphology and size were evaluated as a function of print parameters. …”
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Development of a nomogram for predicting malignancy in BI-RADS 4 breast lesions using contrast-enhanced ultrasound and shear wave elastography parameters by Tiantian Ren, Zhenzhen Gao, Lufeng Yang, Weibo Cheng, Xiao Luo

“…A time-intensity curve (TIC) was used to analyze the peak intensity (PI), area under the curve (AUC), and other CEUS parameters. The Young’s modulus was used for the SWE analysis. Bootstrap sampling was used to validate the nomogram. …”
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