The specimen was set aside because few H1N1 cases were reported last winter, and the centers routinely concentrate on testing the most prevalent strains.
A finite element model of the notched specimen was set up for the analysis of the stress field acting during fatigue loading; this allowed a prediction of its fatigue behaviour, which appeared to be in satisfactory agreement with experimental observations.
Although the pre-crack length of the specimen was set to 50 mm to insert the PTFE sheet, an initial crack front is not sufficiently sharp, and overestimation of the G IC value is expected at the first part of the crack propagation.
The left TPC from the Lagenorhynchus obliquidens specimen was set aside and the tympanic bulla separated from the periotic with a high-speed dental drill (Figure 11).
The estimated power at the specimen was set to 1 mW/mm, as measured with a photodiode (Thorlabs).
In brief, the specimen was set on a computer-controlled microscope stage and observed from the upper side with a charged-coupling device (CCD) camera.
Each specimen was set in a humidor with 100% relative humidity at 37°C for 4 h and then immersed in distilled water 37°C for 20 h.
If the rolling time to mold rutting specimens is set at 12 round-trips, the temperature must be controlled at 180 190 °C to meet technical standards (DS ≥ 3,500 times mm−1).
Y-TZP is a biocompatible material already approved for clinical applications, and herein, Y-TZP specimens were set up as the control group.
