These instructions are meant to take a user familiar with computers but new to (or a beginner with) Python through the basics of how to get gFlex to work. The Python scripting part towards the end ...

A study conducted at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris uses images from NASA's Dawn mission and a Bayesian inversion of the Hapke photometric model to analyze avalanches and ejecta deposits ...

Hi, I'm Director Zero! Today, let's organize our thoughts on "fixed-end beams". If asked what the difference is from a simply supported beam, first think of "deflection". Even with the same load, a ...

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are heavily employed in the field of soft robotics because they exhibit the such programmable reversible shape changing and anisotropic mechanical response. But new ...

Abstract: In this study, we propose an analysis method to evaluate the relationship between the body shape and joint loads of a snake-like robot when a load is applied to the head. A snake-like robot ...

Strength anisotropy and heterogeneous rotated anisotropy are prevalent phenomena in natural slopes. Previous studies have underscored their significance in slope stability analysis. However, in ...

The rising prevalence of neck pain is believed to be associated with the sedentary trend of modern work, prolonged use of hand-held devices, and fundamentally, fatiguing mechanical loads. However, ...

While nanoscale structural imaging of cells is now possible, a direct recording of chemical composition of these domains is lacking. Here we overcome this challenge by first analytically modeling the ...