The filling of thin-walled steel tubes with quartz sand can help to prevent the premature buckling of the steel tube at a low cost. During an impact, the internal stress of the quartz sand-filled steel tube column is subjected to not only axial force but also lateral confining force, resulting in complicated internal stress. A suitable sensor for monitoring the internal stress of such a structu...

Traction therapy is one of the most common conservative treatments for low back pain. However, the effects of traction therapy on lumbar spine biomechanics are not well known. We investigated biomechanical effects of two-step traction therapy, which consists of global axial traction and local decompression, on the lumbar spine using a validated three-dimensional finite element model of the lumb...

INTRODUCTION An abfraction lesion is a type of a non-carious cervical lesion (NCCL) that represents a sharp defect on the cervical part of tooth, caused by occlusal biomechanical forces. The largest prevalence of the NCCL is found on the mandibular first premolar. The goal of the study is, by means of a numerical method - the finite element method (FEM), in an appropriate computer program, cond...

This article introduces the application background and research overview of esophageal stent. The finite element models of two different forms of braided esophageal stent, such as cup-sphericalshaped and straight shaped, are created. Based on the configuration of material model selection and boundary condition, the stress and axial elongation of the stent with different wire numbers, different ...

Image logs of 13 wells in the Rag Sefid Anticline show two systems of fractures developed under two deformation phase in the Dezful Embayment. This deformation phases are folding resulted from Zagros NE contraction and reactivation of the basement fault rotated the fold axial trace within the Hendijan-Izeh fault zone. Folding phase comprises four sets of fractures, which include axial and cross...

BACKGROUND The downward movement of the aortic root during the cardiac cycle may be responsible for producing the circumferential tear observed in aortic dissections. METHODS AND RESULTS Contrast injections were investigated in 40 cardiac patients, and a finite element model of the aortic root, arch, and branches of the arch was built to assess the influence of aortic root displacement and pr...

In vivo, cells respond to a host of physical cues ranging from substrate stiffness to the organization of micro- and nanoscale fibrous networks. We show that macroscale substrates with radii of curvature from tens to hundreds of micrometers influence cell alignment. In a model system of fibroblasts, isolated cells aligned strongly in the axial direction on cylinders with radii similar to the ce...

Prediction results and numerical analysis of effect on effective transversal-isotropic electroelastic properties porous piezoceramics PZT-4 with unidirectional cylindrical (tunnel) pores values its initial axisymmetric stress state are presented. Effective constants have been identified: Young's shear modules, Poisson's ratio in the transversal plane isotropy "longitudinally/transverse" piezomo...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective experimental study on humans. PURPOSE To determine whether postural differences during a low-speed impact are observed in the sagittal and axial views, particularly in a relaxed state. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Three-dimensional motion capture systems have been used to analyze posture and head-neck-torso kinematics in humans during a simulated low-speed impact, yet lit...