Impact line tension

J. Buehrle, S. Herminghaus, and F. Mugele, Impact of line tension on the equilibrium shape of liquid droplets on patterned substrates, Langmuir, 18,9771-9777 [2002]. 

Amirfazli and Neumann also point out the significance of line tension in microbial and cell—surface systems where contact is of the order of lOOnm and where line tension can ultimately influence contact and interactions (Ellwood and Pethica, 1980). Line tension was shown to have a significant impact on the wetting behavior of nanoporous materials by Raspal et al. (2012)... 

Because the energy production and storage 2one is far underground, HDR plants should occupy only a minimal space on the surface. In addition, siting opportunities are predicted to be extremely versatile, and the locations of faciHties can be chosen for minimal visual impact or to eliminate the need for long mns of high tension lines. 

The failure load of a fracture toughness specimen depends on the rate of load application. If a cracked compact tension specimen of 5 mm thick polycarbonate is loaded in a tensile testing machine, there is time for a neck to develop from the crack tip, so plane stress fracture occurs at a crack velocity of 5ms . However, if the load is applied in 1ms by impact loading, plane strain fracture occurs at a low Xjc value, and the crack velocity exceeds 200 ms . Special instrumentation, having a quartz crystal force gauge that responds in 0.1ms, and a grid of resistance lines on the surface to monitor the crack velocity, are needed to measure the Kic value. 

Distributed mechanical stress In order to perform, monofilaments have to be anchored in their environment. The knot is accepted by surgeons as the only irrefutable means to anchor smooth suture material. Unfortunately, knots created unequal tension burdens placed on the knots rather than on the length of the suture line. Then, an uneven distribution of tension occurred within/across the biological tissue with potential impact on healing process, distortion of the tissue, and marked inflammatory responses to foreign body material. 

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