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Nesting (process)
About: Nesting (process) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 648 publications have been published within this topic receiving 5409 citations.
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05 May 1993TL;DR: In this paper, a space frame for an automotive vehicle included a plurality of hoop shaped structural member (12,14) and a structure (28,38,40) disposed on adjacent portions of the structural members for allowing nesting engagement therebetween to form a substantially flush outer surface.
Abstract: A space frame for an automotive vehicle included a plurality of hoop shaped structural member (12,14) and a structure (28,38,40) disposed on adjacent portions of the structural members for allowing nesting engagement therebetween to form a substantially flush outer surface (22,36) between the structural members.
209 citations
TL;DR: The results suggest that nest construction may have an important bearing on the subsequent costs of reproduction, and that important trade-offs may exist between nest construction for reduced thermodynamic costs, and other costs and benefits of nest-building and reproduction.
Abstract: Incubation is an energetically demanding process for parents, in part because of the thermodynamic costs of maintaining egg temperature. One might predict that aspects of nest construction—in particular, the thermodynamic properties of the nesting material and the degree to which the nest provides shelter from the wind—would have important effects on thermodynamic costs. However, little is known about the relative importance of those factors. Here, we investigate egg cooling rates in several commonly used nesting materials and in various wind speeds and examine the effect on those rates of wetting the materials. Nesting materials differ greatly in their insulating properties; feather down is the best insulator, and grass the worst. When the materials are wet, eggs cool much more rapidly, differences between materials tend to diminish, and down becomes the worst insulator. Hence, there may be significant selection pressure to choose particular nesting materials, but materials may be better or wors...
148 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the analytical results for the nesting and elastic deformation during the compaction of multi-layer woven-fabric preforms were presented for non-nesting and maximum nesting cases, and an empirical relationship between the compressive force and the thickness reduction was proposed.
124 citations
TL;DR: It is concluded that providing a cage with nesting material (in addition to bedding) may be essential for the well-being of laboratory mice.
106 citations
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16 May 1995TL;DR: In this article, a metal nesting frame with flexible joints between each row of LED bus bars is described, which allows the module to be assembled flat, which eases its manufacture.
Abstract: A module comprised of a plurality of light emitting diode ("LED") lamps or other light emitting devices and a metal nesting frame with flexible joints between each row of LED bus bars is described. The flexible joint between the rows of LED bus bars allows the module to be assembled flat, which eases its manufacture. After the LED lamps or other light emitting devices have been mounted on the nesting frame, the flexible joints allow the module to be formed to fit within or on a complex three dimensional space. After forming, the metal nesting frame is still rigid enough to support the finished module in the desired shape.
104 citations