In control specimens, hair bundles were uniformly oriented across the epithelium and kinocilia were positioned at the vertex of the bundles (Fig. 5A A″).
Important findings and conclusions are summarized as follows: (1) The HPFRCC coupling beams had similar lateral strengths to those of the RC coupling beams and superior seismic capacities (e.g., ductility, energy dissipation), even though the HPFRCC specimens had bundled diagonal reinforcement and only half the code-required amount of transverse reinforcement.
d Immunohistochemistry (original magnification, ×40; S100 protein) obtained from surgical specimen highlights plexiform nerve bundles (arrows) dissecting the adipose tissue of the hypodermis (asterisk).
Connective tissue density was estimated in a minimum of eight different randomly chosen fields of the AV node and His bundle for each specimen and values were then averaged.
In these tests, a fiber bundle in the specimens was extruded or pulled out by external compressive or tensile loads.
Bundle fiber pullout specimens with single and double-ends were designed and prepared for study of the adhesion property of the nano-matrix with UHMWPE fiber.
The fiber-peeling damage was described by peeling-off of fiber bundles from the specimen surface after micro-scale damage of matrix resin and fiber-matrix interface.
In specimen RC-2.0, made with normal concrete, bundled diagonal reinforcement and code-specified transverse reinforcement, inclined cracks began to develop at approximately 0.25% drift.
Specimen HC-2.0, made with the HPFRCC, bundled diagonal reinforcement and one-half the code-specified transverse reinforcement, showed a pattern of flexural and diagonal tension cracks that was generally similar to that of Specimen RC-2.0.
The HPFRCC specimen HC-3.5, which was reinforced with bundled diagonal reinforcement and one-half the amount of code-specified transverse steel, showed early flexural cracks at 0.25% drift.
