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Numerical analyses of the effect of SG-interlayer shear stiffness on the structural performance of reinforced glass beams
This paper focuses on the numerical modelling of SentryGlas-laminated reinforced glass beams. In these beams, which have been experimentally investigated in preceding research, a stainless steel reinforcement section is laminated at the inner recessed edge ...
Taylor & Francis Group2013Reinforcement of CVD grown multi-walled carbon nanotubes by high temperature annealing
László Forró, Arnaud Magrez, Rita Smajda, Massimo Spina
We report on the increase of the Young's modulus (E) of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) upon high temperature heat treatment. The post heat-treatment at 2200-2800 degrees C in a controlled atmosphere results in a ...
Amer Inst Physics2013Topology Optimization with Radial Basis Functions
The purpose of this project is to perform topology optimization on the cantilever beam problem, which is a particular case of the two-dimensional elasticity problem. Based on a finite element discretization, a Matlab implementation of the elasticity proble ...
2012A novel high-throughput on-wafer electromechanical sensitivity characterization system for piezoresistive cantilevers
Luis Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo
In this work we present the development of a new set-up that allows on-wafer sensitivity characterization of piezoresistive cantilevers. In this way we reduce considerably the testing time compared to the techniques available up to date but at the same tim ...
2012Stretching and Breaking of Ultrathin MoS2
Andras Kis, Simone Bertolazzi, Jacopo Brivio
We report on measurements of the stiffness and breaking strength of monolayer MoS2, a new semiconducting analogue of graphene. Single and bilayer MoS2 is exfoliated from bulk and transferred to a substrate containing an array of microfabricated circular ho ...
2011Elastomer Composites for Actuator Applications
Dielectric elastomers are highly promising as functional materials for the rapidly developing field of flexible actuator and generator technology. They offer a unique combination of low densities and large reversible deformations of up to more than 100% in ...
EPFL2010Mechanical and electronic properties of vanadium oxide nanotubes
László Forró, Arnaud Magrez, Andras Kis, Balazs Sipos, Jin Won Seo, Martial Duchamp, Neven Barisic
Vanadium oxide nanotubes with a diameter of 20-100 nm and an aspect ratio of 50-100 were synthesized by hydrothermal method. Young's modulus of 20-80 GPa was obtained by bending measurements of individual nanotubes using an atomic force microscope. Electri ...
American Institute of Physics2009Stiffness Tomography by Atomic Force Microscopy
Giovanni Dietler, Sandor Kasas, Serguei Sekatski, Charles Roduit
The atomic force microscope is a convenient tool to probe living samples at the nanometric scale. Among its numerous capabilities, the instrument can be operated as a namo-indenter to gather information about the mechanical properties of the sample. In thi ...
2009The effect of NaF in vitro on the mechanical and material properties of trabecular and cortical bone
High doses of sodium fluoride in bones lead to severe softening, by weakening interfacial properties between the inorg. minerals and the org. components, while leaving mineralization unchanged. This leads to redn. of microdamage and assocd. stress-whitenin ...
2009Temperature-Dependent Elasticity of Microtubules
László Forró, Andras Kis, Andrzej Kulik, Sandor Kasas
Central to the biological function of microtubules. is their ability to modify their length which occurs by addition and removal of subunits at the ends of the polymer, both in vivo and in vitro. This dynamic behavior is strongly influenced by temperature. ...
American Chemical Society2008