The objective of this research was to develop an internal curing (IC) approach aiming to reduce early-age shrinkage and maintain the materials properties intact.
The target composition and radius are assumed to minimize the cost that is, the power per unit length of blood vessel required to maintain and pump the blood contained within the vessel and to maintain the materials of the vessel wall, as previously proposed (Taber 1998; Klarbring et al. 2003; Liu and Kassab 2007).
It was suggested in an early work by Murray (1926) that the target dimensions of the blood vessel are governed by the minimization of metabolic power needed to maintain the materials of the vascular system and to overcome the hydrodynamic resistance from the vessel for a given demand of supplied blood.
To find the cost-optimal geometry and composition of an artery with a nonlinear mechanical behavior, it is necessary to consider a mechanical model of the artery wall in conjunction with a cost function derived from the power required to maintain the materials and blood flow of the artery.
Most of these research efforts aim at improving the ceramic machinability while maintaining the material's distinct features.
On the other side, the photo-active self-cleaning titania obtained by an ad hoc procedure (developed to preserve the polymeric support features) maintains the material clean upon light exposure.
This target state can be seen as defined by a separate optimization process where, in the spirit of Murray (1926), the work associated with pumping and maintaining blood, as well as maintaining the material of the artery wall, is included.
There have been few studies of the extent to which PCBs from caulking and sealing material may cause exposures to building occupants, workers removing or maintaining the material, or general environmental contamination.
Plasma-deposited thin films were developed and altered surface characteristics of restorative materials, maintaining the materials color and adequate surface roughness potentially working as a protective barrier.
We take this work to include that of pumping and maintaining blood, as well as maintaining the materials of the artery wall.
