Model sandwich specimens involving a compliant polymer core sandwiched between two metal layers were designed and subjected to impact loading to simulate failure evolution mechanisms in real sandwich structures.
The manufacturing route adopted for the auxetic PU specimens involved a multiaxial compression of the native foam, heating of the compressed specimens above the Tg of the foam polymer, and cooling under running water.
(3) Relating image cases to external data (data, specimen): This involves: (a) receiving notifications from external parties, (b) cross-referencing identifiable information to connect the two databases and determine subjects for which this is feasible and reliable enough, and (c) updating the database with the references of external data.
The developed finite element model is demonstrated through; i) tensile loading of a finite homogeneous material slab that offers a simple interpretation of results, ii) tensile loading of a double edge notch tension specimen involving symmetry considerations, and iii) shearing of a periodically voided structure that displays the ability of the procedure to treat periodic boundary conditions.
Density measurements for a given specimen involve the determination of any two of the following quantities: pore volume, bulk volume, or grain volume, along with the weight.
Pathologically, the fractioned specimen involved moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma invading the subserosal layer with positive margin of the dissection plane.
The length of time for which pathology specimens are stored varies by pathology department and according to the type of biological specimen involved.
Pathological examination of the surgical specimen involved opening the specimen, identification of the former tumour-bearing area and macroscopic description followed by fixation in 10% neutral-buffered formalin for 24 h.
The archival primary tumor specimen involving the bladder from this same patient, which dated to 1 year and 3 months prior to CTC analysis, was obtained for aCGH analysis as well.
The analysis of the specimens involves the following bone measurements: bone volume fraction (BV/TV, %), trabecular number (Tb. N), trabecular thickness (Tb. Th), trabecular spacing (Tb. Sp), and cortical thickness (Cort.Th).
