With the increasing number of Quad-Core-based clusters and the introduction of compute nodes designed with large memory capacity shared by multiple cores, new problems related to scalability arise. In this paper, we analyze the overall performance of a cluster built with nodes having a dual Quad-Core Processor on each node. Some benchmark results a

The sinterability of magnesium oxide (MgO) doped hydroxyapatite (HA) ranging from 1 to 10 wt% when sintered at 1150°C was investigated in terms of phase stability, bulk density, Young's modulus, Vickers hardness and fracture toughness. The addition of up to 1 wt% MgO as sintering additive was found to be beneficial in promoting the densificati

This chapter discusses virtual fields method which is used for characterization of composite or anisotropic material with the use of full field heterogeneous deformation data. The method has shown very promising results when used for identification of materials constitutive properties and a set of full field data. This chapter discusses the basic w

This chapter discusses the important issue of experimental noise simulation in the formulation of piecewise virtual fields method for the characterization of thin composite plate. In actual practice, the full field data captured through an optical dive on the surface of a specimen is always prone to some noise effect. In order to accurately identif

This chapter discusses reciprocity gap method that makes use of full filed data. In this method, full field displacement data is measured at the specimen boundary. For the case of static loading, displacement-force boundary data is measured and using principle of virtual work, a reciprocity gap functional is reconstructed to give the interior and w

This chapter discusses numerical issues in noise minimization and a representative cost function to be minimized. Such a minimization helps in finding a unique and optimized set of unknown bending rigidity that is least sensitive to noise. This chapter presents an optimized identification procedure with minimum noise sensitivity and its adaption fo

This chapter discusses the equilibrium gap method that utilizes full field data measured over a surface. The method has been shown to give promising results for identification of elastic constitutive properties. Also, the method has been applied to the case of a damaged specimen. Initial trial values of unknown data is given as input and then the g

The effects of various carbon and nitrogen sources on the production of mycelial and exopolysaccharides (EPS) by local strain Schizophyllum commune were investigated in shake flask culture. Mycelial growth increased until day 14 whereas EPS peaked at day 11 , and then declined. Dextrin, maltose and soluble starch exhibited good mycelial growth with

This chapter discusses the direct identification of bending rigidities of a thin anisotropic composite plate. The simultaneous identification of constitutive parameters from heterogeneous strain fields is an important issue in the experimental solid mechanics community.The idea is to determine the unknown parameters from a single test giving a uniq

This chapter discusses the numerical issues in construction of piecewise virtual fields over a specimen. The improvement and advantages over the use of single virtual element has been examined. Such a piecewise construction has been successfully used to characterize a thin composite plate in bending. Moreover, the use of piecewise elements has show