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This paper presents an adaptive multiscale simulation of deformations of curved crystalline structures such as carbon nanotubes ͑CNTs͒. It is based on quasicontinuum approach, which is a coarse-graining method. For fully nonlocal quasicontinuum, high-order interpolation functions are adopted to locate the deformed positions of atoms on a curved crystal structure. The "cluster" concept, which facilitates accurate energy approximation for crystals, is extended such that the vertices of elements or subdivided regions may be chosen irrespective of the positions of carbon atoms. Defining two remeshing criteria based on the second invariant of the Green's strain tensor and its gradient, an automatic adaptive scheme that provides gradually increasing resolution up to atomistic scale in nonlocal deformations of curved bodies is implemented. Various numerical examples, including a CNT fracture and deformations, demonstrate the effectiveness of the present scheme. This investigation realizes the adaptive simulation of nonlocal deformation for curved, as opposed to rectilinear, crystalline structures.

This study was conducted in order to examine the egg development in red spotted grouper, Epinephelus akaaraand the morphological development of its larvae and juveniles, and to obtain data for taxonomic research. This study was conducted in June 2013, and 50 male and female fish were used for the study. One hundred μg/kg of LHRHa was injected into the body of the fish for inducing spawning, and the fish were kept in a small-sized fish holder (2×2×2 m). Eggs were colorless transparent free pelagic eggs, 0.71–0.77 mm large (mean 0.74±0.02 mm, n=30), and had an oil globule. Hatching started within 27 h after fertilization. Pre-larvae that emerged just after hatching were 2.02–2.17 mm in total length (mean 2.10±0.11 mm), their mouth and anus were not opened yet, and the whole body was covered with a membrane fin. Post-larvae that emerged 15 days post hatching were 3.88–4.07 mm in total length (mean 3.98±0.13 mm), and had a ventral fin with two rays and a caudal fin with eight rays. Juveniles that were formed at 55 d post hatching, were 31.9–35.2 mm in total length (mean 33.6±2.33 mm), with red color deposited over the entire body, and black chromophores deposited in a spotted pattern. The number of fin rays, body color, and shape were the same as that in the adult fish.

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The effect of sudden changes of water temperature (WT) on the survival rate and physiological responses of the red spotted grouper (Epinephelus akaara) were examined by manipulating WT control system for 9 days. Experimental condition was divided in two different regimes at low (from 10°C to 4°C, decreased 1℃/d) and high (from 28°C to 34°C, increased 1°C/d) WT. Survival rate of experimental fishes were observed, and determined the changes of hematological characteristics by analyzing plasma levels of cortisol, glucose, total protein, and electrolytes (Na+, Cl–, K+). No mortality was observed until low WT 6°C (144 h) and high WT 32°C (96 h), and 100% mortality was observed at low WT 4°C (216 h) and high WT 35°C (171 h). Plasma levels of cortisol and glucose increased rapidly as decreasing WT, and the loss of swimming ability and respiration response was observed at low WT 7°C and high WT 34°C conditions.