A patented self-tensioning system for long-span wooden structural floors is described that increases the performance of the deflected sections in terms of both resistance and deformation.
This article presents a comparative study of the structural behavior of π-shape cross section wooden structural floors with spans from 9 m to 18 m, comparing sections with and without pre-stress, and sections with the self-tensioning system.
This self-tensioning mechanism makes the TOB to be always taut during load reversals such that during the carried out tests, no buckling was observed for super-slender braces with slenderness of 765.
Then, the unfastened antenna is deployed automatically by its self-tension.
Self-reported tension (p < .01), depression (p < .05) and confusion (p < .01) also increased in the cold.
In this survey of 40 masterpieces, they exude personality, with a quizzical raise of an eyebrow, the slightest self-conscious tension or introspective gaze.
In the ruminative third movement of the Second Quartet, especially as played here with such self-contained tension, the harmonic language -- Bartok's distinctive amalgam of ethnic Eastern European scale patterns and atonal explorations -- sounded eerily unhinged.
Cells within the microtissue reacted to self-generated tension by aligning, elongating, and synthesizing an ECM whose organization was dictated by the strain field that was set by our micro-mold design.
The NiTi strips were subjected to tensile deformation inside a transmission electron microscope using a self-designed tension apparatus for in situ examination of the effect of thickness on the stress induced martensitic transformation behavior in the strips.
This study examined the relationship between "emotional responsivity" (i.e., individuals who exhibit relatively large variations of self-reported tension levels) and myocardial ischemia.
For example, Hausman notes a self-defeating tension between transsexual claims to have always been "the other sex" all along and the related demand for "sex-change" surgery (148).
