Floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) cryogenic hoses can be employed for the transmission of (LNG). Usually, U-shaped metal bellows applied as inner lining FLNG hoses. In installation, positioning and other working conditions, torsion is one main loads, torsional buckling instability a major failure mode current research, under loads has been investigated in detail, mechanical mechanism deform...

This paper presents the mechatronic design of a biorobotic joint with controllable compliance, for innovative applications “assist-as-needed” robotic rehabilitation mediated by wearable and soft exoskeleton. The actuation exoskeletons can provide some relevant advantages in terms adaptivity intrinsic safety control performance robot during interaction patient. Pneumatic Artificial Muscles (PAMs...

The basic design of what was to become the Triservice Apparatus (TSA) was first described in 1968 [1]. It consisted of two Oxford Miniature Vaporisers (OMV) placed in series, leading to an Oxford Inflating Bellows, a length of corrugated tubing, expiratory valve and face mask. Air was used as a carrier gas, but it was noted that a T piece could be attached to the inlet port of one of the vapori...

The complex geometry and structure of the right ventricular (RV) cavity make the assessment of RV function and volumes by 2-dimensional (2D) echocardiography arduous. Highly trabeculated endocardial border and bellows-like contractile pattern are not explicitly imaged by 2D echocardiography. Furthermore, the retrosternal position of the right ventricle hinders its visualization, and minimal cha...