Pan de boisLe pan de bois est un ouvrage de charpenterie composé de sablières hautes et basses, de poteaux de décharges et de tournisses formant un mur de bois. Les pans de bois intégraient des colombages, colombes et colombelles, dans la maison à colombages. L’exactitude lexicale et, surtout, historique, amène à préciser que l’appellation actuelle « maison à colombages » se disait autrefois à pan de bois. Le pan de bois peut être apparent ou caché par un bardage, un clayonnage.
Prothèse totale de hanchethumb|Une prothèse de hanche en titane, un couple de glissement constitué d'une tête fémorale en céramique et d'un cotyle en polyéthylène. Une prothèse totale de hanche (PTH) est un dispositif articulaire interne qui vise à remplacer l'articulation de la hanche et lui permettre un fonctionnement quasi normal, en tout cas permettant la marche. Une PTH dite de « première intention » est une prothèse posée sur une hanche en principe « vierge », par opposition à la « reprise de PTH » ou même la « PTH de reprise » d'une hanche déjà opérée, voire déjà infectée.
Limit state designLimit State Design (LSD), also known as Load And Resistance Factor Design (LRFD), refers to a design method used in structural engineering. A limit state is a condition of a structure beyond which it no longer fulfills the relevant design criteria. The condition may refer to a degree of loading or other actions on the structure, while the criteria refer to structural integrity, fitness for use, durability or other design requirements.
Comparative physiologyComparative physiology is a subdiscipline of physiology that studies and exploits the diversity of functional characteristics of various kinds of organisms. It is closely related to evolutionary physiology and environmental physiology. Many universities offer undergraduate courses that cover comparative aspects of animal physiology. According to Clifford Ladd Prosser, "Comparative Physiology is not so much a defined discipline as a viewpoint, a philosophy.
Glass productionGlass production involves two main methods – the float glass process that produces sheet glass, and glassblowing that produces bottles and other containers. It has been done in a variety of ways during the history of glass. Broadly, modern glass container factories are three-part operations: the "batch house", the "hot end", and the "cold end". The batch house handles the raw materials; the hot end handles the manufacture proper—the forehearth, forming machines, and annealing ovens; and the cold end handles the product-inspection and packaging equipment.
Tensile structureIn structural engineering, a tensile structure is a construction of elements carrying only tension and no compression or bending. The term tensile should not be confused with tensegrity, which is a structural form with both tension and compression elements. Tensile structures are the most common type of thin-shell structures. Most tensile structures are supported by some form of compression or bending elements, such as masts (as in The O2, formerly the Millennium Dome), compression rings or beams.
NonunionNonunion is permanent failure of healing following a broken bone unless intervention (such as surgery) is performed. A fracture with nonunion generally forms a structural resemblance to a fibrous joint, and is therefore often called a "false joint" or pseudoarthrosis (from Greek pseudo-, meaning false, and arthrosis, meaning joint). The diagnosis is generally made when there is no healing between two sets of medical imaging, such as X-ray or CT scan. This is generally after 6–8 months.
Verre borosilicatethumb|Matériel de laboratoire en verre borosilicate. Le verre borosilicate, verre borosilicaté ou verre à base de borosilicate, est une spécialité de verres supportant d'assez hautes et basses températures. Ce type de verre présente une température de travail intermédiaire entre les verres traditionnels à base de soude et les verres cristal à base de plomb. Ces verres ont un faible coefficient de dilatation thermique et sont moins sensibles aux chocs thermiques. Ils présentent en outre une bonne résistance chimique.
Phylogenetic comparative methodsPhylogenetic comparative methods (PCMs) use information on the historical relationships of lineages (phylogenies) to test evolutionary hypotheses. The comparative method has a long history in evolutionary biology; indeed, Charles Darwin used differences and similarities between species as a major source of evidence in The Origin of Species. However, the fact that closely related lineages share many traits and trait combinations as a result of the process of descent with modification means that lineages are not independent.
Impulse excitation techniqueThe impulse excitation technique (IET) is a non-destructive material characterization technique to determine the elastic properties and internal friction of a material of interest. It measures the resonant frequencies in order to calculate the Young's modulus, shear modulus, Poisson's ratio and internal friction of predefined shapes like rectangular bars, cylindrical rods and disc shaped samples. The measurements can be performed at room temperature or at elevated temperatures (up to 1700 °C) under different atmospheres.
