Critical force

Differentiating Eq. 4.21 with respect to crack length c, we obtain the critical forces and energy as... 

Novel copolymerization and alloying technology were predicted to be the critical forces for shaping the devel-... 

We have discussed the value of struts or columns in structural mechanics and described their linear elastic properties. They have another characteristic that is not quite so obvious. When columns are subject to a compressive load, they are subject to buckling. A column will compress under load until a critical load is reached. Beyond this load the column becomes unstable and lateral deformations can grow without bound. For thin columns, Euler showed that the critical force that causes a column to buckle is given by... 

Models based on Eqs. (47)-(50) have been used in the past to describe the disruption of unicellular micro-organisms and mammalian (hybridoma) cells [62]. The extent of cell disruption was measured in terms of loss of cell viability and was found to be dependent on both the level of stress (deformation) and the time of exposure (Fig. 25). All of the experiments were carried out in a cone and plate viscometer under laminar flow conditions by adding dextran to the solution. A critical condition for the rupture of the walls was defined in terms of shear deformation given by Eq. (44). Using micromanipulation techniques data were provided for the critical forces necessary to burst the cells (see Fig. 4)... 

FIG. 10 Critical force needed to rupture all the bonds as a function of (3, the angle at which the force is exerted. Simulation results are given by solid circles. Tangential critical force TCF/cos P is also plotted for comparison (solid line). (Reprinted with permission from Ref. 35. Copyright 1996 American Chemical Society.)... 

In the limit of small wave numbers of the forcing in comparison to the wave number of the fastest growing mode of the unforced system, q/km stationary solution yq can be determined and the neutral stability condition a(a,s,q) = 0 can be solved analytically in a perturbative way (see [114] for details). With the resulting analytical solution for A the following expression for the critical forcing amplitude is obtained ... 

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Thus Eq. (9) shows that the number density v of chains entangled with the loops in Fig. 5c would indeed have an Mw 11 5 dependence. When each of these adsorbed chains experiences a critical force of Fe they become disentangled and a stick-slip transition follows as observed in Fig. 12. The molecular weight dependence of the critical stress given by the combination of Eqs. (6) and (9) explains the experimental finding [27] for linear polyethylenes. ... 

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During mitosis, mitotic spindles attach to centromeres and provide the critical force needed to separate chromosomes prior to segregation into the two daughter cells. Human centromeres have also been shown to contain long stretches of AT rich sequences, including a highly conserved repetitive sequence (GGAAT)n. 

Adhesive forces were measured to analyze the interaction between Si atomic force microscope (AFM) tips and the deposited films from the force-distance measurement with the AFM. The force-distance curve is expected to elucidate the adsorption behavior of PAM on the deposited films. In the force-distance measurement, there is no interaction until the tip is close enough to be attracted to the surface. As the tip approaches to the surface, it contacts with the surface. After the contact, the tip is retracted from the surface, the cantilever is bent, and a repulsive force (positive) is measured. When the tip is being retracted, an attractive force is measured (negative). When the critical force is reached, the tip is separate from the surface and this point is called the pull-off point. Therefore, the pull-off point, which corresponds to the point of the critical force, is determined by the degree of the adhesive force between the tip and the surface. The higher the adhesive force between the tips and the films, the lower the pull-off point. Figure 6.14a shows the force-distance curves of the tips and poly Si film at pH 10 as a function of the PAM concentration. In the absence of the absorbed PAM molecule, an adhesive force was observed at approximately 20 nm of separation distance. It is of interest that there is no significant difference between the surface forces of the tip and poly Si film even with the presence of PAM. This result is almost the same for all samples, irrespective of the concentration, which means that PAM is scarcely adsorbed on poly Si film. 

The term buckling refers to an unstable state. The force causing the instability is called the critical force. The stress that causes buckling failure is always less than that required for a direct compressive failure. 

The resulting analysis showed that there existed a critical force Pc, below which no delanfination occurred. 

Analytical methods exist to predict damage. For low velocity a critical force [ 1 ] exists below which no damage occurs and depends on the mode II fracture toughness. It is found in terms of the impact energy and stmctural stiffness. 

If the critical force is exceeded, a FE analysis is needed to model the extent of the damage crack front as the energy is absorbed. A fine mesh is needed to capture the precise extent of the front. 

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The experiment demonstrated that the normal force applied to the indenter determined the brittle-ductile transition, and that the critical force was almost equivalent to the Knoop hardness of the test material. 

A liquid undergoes deformation without flowing as force is gradually applied. The liquid for all intents and purposes is acting as an elastic solid. Viscosity approaches infinity below the yield value. At a critical force input (the yield value) flow starts. 

The value of critical force can be deduced from equation (3.202), making the following replacements n with cIMyjN for the final value of the molecular weight, shear rate with the shear force, and the final value of viscosity r it results that the critical force to the wall is [1042] ... 

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