There has been some recent interest in the problem of designing compliance mechanisms with a given spatial stiffness matrix. A key result that has proven useful in the design of such mechanisms is ...

A pioneering study has revealed that increased stiffness in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of spinal discs impairs energy production in nucleus pulposus cells (NPCs), a key factor in ...

The results are compared to the ones obtained with the FEM using linear elements and a Hierarchical Finite Element Method (HFEM) using higher order elements. Keywords: dynamic analysis, structural ...

The element stiffness matrixes of spatial beam with shear effect considered or not were deduced and computed respectively, a part of source code for calculating these matrices were provided as well.

This study investigated the effect of ECM stiffness on breast cancer cells. They revealed that the extracellular cell matrix stiffness mediated drug resistance of breast cancer cells via EGFR pathway.

The regulators that modulate matrix stiffness including ECM components, MMPs, and crosslinking modifications are discussed. The latest advances of the research on the matrix mechanics in regulating ...

Finite Element Method (FEM) codes in Matlab and Python for beam, plane frame, and plane truss structures static and modal analysis. Functions for the determination of stiffness and mass matrices are ...

Timber trusses are wooden structural frameworks used to support roofs or other heavy structures. Fabricated from a series of triangles linked by a ridge beam and purlins, wooden trusses are ...