Yielding shear plates have been widely used in metallic dampers as the primary source of energy dissipation. This study investigated behavior yielding with different aspect ratios when subjected to a gradually increasing lateral load. Five links thickness 1mm and ranging from 1.0 1.5 were constructed tested. The force-displacement relationships idealized represented by bilinear curves. obtained...

[Purpose] This study investigated whether inhibition of unilateral vestibular function by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) facilitates center-of-gravity (CoG) displacement. [Participants and Methods] Ten healthy individuals participated in this study. During a CoG displacement task, the subjects received 3 minutes cathodal tDCS applied to right mastoid (tDCS condition) or first 30...

In this paper, a rectangular sandwich plate with a constrained layer and an electrorheological (ER) fluid core is investigated. The rectangular plate is covered an ER fluid core and a constraining layer to improve the stability of the system. The two outer layers of the sandwich structure are elastic. The viscoelastic materials express the middle layer behavior under electric field and small st...

This paper presents investigation carried out, including experimental and numerical studies, on low-rise shear-dominated brick masonry structures for the calculation of force reduction factor R. Basic experimental tests were conducted on masonry constituent materials for mechancial characterization. In-plane quasi-static cyclic tests were conducted on twelve full scale brick masonry walls, to u...

Objective To examine whether pharyngeal swallowing function is impaired in globus patients with swallowing difficulty by dynamic swallowing study. Methods Dynamic swallowing studies were performed on 80 normal adult volunteers and 33 globus patients with swallowing difficulty. Objective parameters such as maximum displacement of the hyoid bone, pharyngeal transit time, pharyngeal constriction...

The local material stiffness of tissues is a well-known indicator of pathology, with locally stiffer tissue related to the possible presence of an abnormal growth in otherwise compliant tissue. Elastography is a non-invasive technique for measuring displacement distributions in loaded tissues within a medical imaging context. From these measured displacement fields, estimated for local strain h...

It can be learned that the equivalent viscous damping ratio is a crucial parameter in the application of the displacement based (DBD) method. Analytical studies presented here and elsewhere indicate that the equivalent viscous damping ratio is highly dependent on the axial load level. Furthermore, the same can apply for the loading type; namely, seismic and blast loads. Based on research findin...