COMBINING DAMAGE AND FRACTURE MECHANICS TO MODEL CALVING

Combining damage and fracture mechanics to model calving

Calving of icebergs is a major negative component of polar ice-sheet mass balance.Here we present a new calving model relying on both continuum damage mechanics and linear elastic fracture mechanics.This combination accounts for both the slow sub-critical surface crevassing and Dishwasher Spring the rapid propagation of crevasses when calving occur

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Mixed Reality Technology as a Delivery Mechanism for Psychological Intervention in Adolescents With Asthma: A Qualitative Protocol

Australia has one of the highest asthma prevalence rates in the world, with this chronic and debilitating condition affecting one in nine people.The health and mental wellbeing of young people with asthma are worse than not only their peers without asthma but also worse than that of people with asthma at other ages.Psychological interventions could

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Grace & Poise: A Muslim ballet school in the UK

Grace & Poise Academy is a Muslim ballet Round Wood Sign school with a unique syllabus where students dance to poetry, not music, expectations of female modesty among parents, teachers and students are met and attention is paid to Islamic theology and morals.While cultivating Islamic adab (etiquette), akhlaq (ethics) and Islamic pedagogies, the aca

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