The aim is to compare the strain pattern in intact and resurfaced femurs using validated third-generation composite femurs and rosette strain gauges. The rosette strain gauges were applied to an intact and a resurfaced third-generation composite femur at three sites: the narrowest part of the lateral surface of the neck, the narrowest part of the medial surface of the neck, and the medial surfa...

Airway obstruction in animals leads to compensation and avoidance behavior and elicits respiratory mechanosensation. The pattern of respiratory load compensation and neural activation in response to intrinsic, transient, tracheal occlusions (ITTO) via an inflatable tracheal cuff are unknown. We hypothesized that ITTO would cause increased diaphragm activity, decreased breathing frequency, and a...

A process employing a computer controlled crane system for controlling the motion of a movable trolley from which a load is suspended at a variable hoist length therefrom to meet a selected arbitrary horizontal velocity reference while preventing sway of the load involves the steps of first, determining a lateral acceleration to reduce by a factor of one-half the sway energy contributed by (1) ...

composite concrete-steel plate shear walls are the most critical resisting structural members that resist lateral and axial loads. This type of wall consisting of two steel faceplates presenting the outer skin, infill concrete and shear connectors which are used to provide the composite action of the steel faceplates with infill concrete in order to increase the strength and to reduce the local...

concrete shear walls are the most prevalent structural systems resisting lateral loads due to earthquakes in high-rise buildings. very large in-plane stiffness of shear walls provides an excellent drift control in the structure. however, structural damages and early code shortcomings threaten the efficiency of existing structural walls against earthquake. recently, fiber reinforced polymer (frp...