Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the immediate effect of ischaemic compression, trigger point pressure release and placebo ultrasound on pain, degree of cervical lateral flexion and pressure pain threshold of upper trapezius trigger points in subjects with non-specific neck pain. Design: Randomised, single-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Setting: Anglo-European College of ...

In this paper, the buckling of non-homogeneous isotropic truncated conical shells under uniform lateral pressure and resting on a Winkler foundation is investigated. The basic relations and governing equations have been obtained for non-homogeneous truncated conical shells. The critical uniform lateral pressures of non-homogeneous isotropic truncated conical shells with or without a Winkler fou...

due to urbanization and population increase, need for metro tunnels, has been considerably increased in urban areas. estimating the surface settlement caused by tunnel excavation is an important task especially where the tunnels are excavated in urban areas or beneath important structures. many models have been established for this purpose by extracting the relationship between the settlement a...

This article reports the active control of base flows using the experimental procedure. Active control of base pressure helps in reducing the base drag in aerodynamic devices having suddenly expanded flows. Active control in the form of microjets having 0.5 mm radius placed at forty-five degrees apart is employed to control the base pressure. The Mach numbers of the present analysis are 1.7, 2....

This paper describes the laterally confined consolidation of an Israeli clay following compaction and swelling on wetting, including measurement lateral stresses. The results tests are compared to those obtained during from initially slurried condition. In comparing compression expansion indices relative vertical, mean stress, it was found that they varied, depending initial, preparation condit...

For culverts installed in soft soil, the rigid composite pile foundation is used for soil treatment, and stresses around are complicated. Centrifuge experiments numerical simulations conducted to investigate vertical earth pressures settlement over a slab culvert under high backfill foundations treated with piles. The influences of lateral length spacing on at top analysed, they have significan...