Sökning: "cost of plasticity"

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1. 1. Modelling of Concrete Subjected to Cyclic Loading

   Författare :Rasmus Rempling; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; cyclic loading; plasticity; damage; concrete; energy dissipation;

   Sammanfattning : The infrastructure of today depends heavily on concrete structures. Most of these structuresare subjected to repeated loads, known as fatigue or cyclic loads: the loads weakenthe structure. As this phenomenon is of high cost to society, a deeper understanding ofthe deterioration process of cyclic loading would be beneficial. LÄS MER

3. 2. Phenotypic responses of zooplankton to variable conditions

   Författare :Marcus Lee; Enhet akvatisk ekologi; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Multiple threats; Plasticity; Risk-Spreading; sexual conflict; ultraviolet radiation; Daphnia; Copepods;

   Sammanfattning : Organisms are continually challenged by multiple threats in the environment, and such threats are seldom constant in either time or space. Therefore, organisms must maintain physiological, behavioural, morphological and life- history adaptations across environments to prevent reductions in fitness. LÄS MER

4. 3. Predator induced phenotypic plasticity in a freshwater snail

   Författare :Thomas Lakowitz; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; dispersal; Radix balthica; shell morphology; reaction norm; multiple predators; cost of plasticity; intraspecific competition; inerspecific competition;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis I examined a phenotypically plastic defence in a common freshwater snail, Radix balthica. Adaptive prey defences may involve behavioural, life-history or morphological changes. Snails are important species in freshwater systems. LÄS MER

5. 4. Towards simulation-based optimisation of materials in railway crossings

   Författare :Rostyslav Skrypnyk; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; wheel-rail contact mechanics; plasticity; metamodel; wear; S C; Dynamics vehicle-track interaction; switches crossings; FEM;

   Sammanfattning : Railway crossings are subjected to an intense load environment caused by the rail discontinuities needed to accommodate the passage of wheel flanges in intersecting traffic directions. This gives rise to high costs associated with repair and maintenance. LÄS MER

7. 5. Evolutionary consequences of ecological interactions

   Författare :Etsuko Nonaka; Åke Brännström; Göran Englund; Richard Svanbäck; Per Lundberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; adaptive dynamics; eco-evolutionary dynamics; ecological speciation; ecosystem; individual based; population dynamics; phenotypic plasticity; predator-prey; sexual selection;

   Sammanfattning : Eco-evolutionary dynamics integrates the reciprocal interactions betweenecology and evolution. These two branches of biology traditionally assumethe other as static for simplicity. However, increasing evidence shows thatthis simplification may not always hold because ecology and evolution canoperate in similar timescales. LÄS MER