Revisiting Some Developments of Boundary Elements for Thick Plates in Brazil

This work reviews the developments of Boundary Element Method formulations to solve several types of plate bending problems, including non-linear bending. The formulation is developed and solved using the standard BEM procedure, and different integration approaches were discussed and tested. Object oriented implementation issues are commented. Results were obtained for linear and non-linear elastic bending as well as buckling of selected cases of thick plates, including cases of step variation in thickness under large displacements regime

Fracture initiation in a lamellar alloy

The possibility of slip bands providing sites for fracture initiation within composites of lamellar construction is investigated. It is proposed that the tips of these bands, which terminate at the composite\u27s bimetallic interfaces, are the specific locations of fracture initiation. Application of a dislocation intensity factor criterion allowed the applied stress at which cracks may be initiated to be calculated. The predictions compare favorably with experimental data. The dependence of the fracture initiation stress calculated from this model is shown to follow a Hall-Petch relationship. © 1986 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

EFSUMB Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS), Part V - EUS-Guided Therapeutic Interventions (short version)

The fifth section of the Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS) of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) assesses the evidence for all the categories of endoscopic ultrasound-guided treatment reported to date. Celiac plexus neurolysis and block, vascular intervention, drainage of fluid collections, drainage of biliary and pancreatic ducts, and experimental tumor ablation techniques are discussed. For each topic, all current evidence has been extensively analyzed and summarized into major recommendations for reader consultation (short version; the long version is published online)