Shear-thickening polishing is a non-traditional finishing method that uses the shear thickening effect by impacting non-Newtonian fluid over machining surface. As result, it forms velocity gradient increases viscosity sharply, producing flexible fixed abrasive tool to remove material. applied for outer surface of rotary workpiece in previous work. The material removal distribution on inner comp...

Removable osseointegrated titanium mini-implants were successfully used as anchorage devices in orthodontics. The early load is necessary to simplify the mini-implant methodology, but can lead to failure during osseointegration. The Ti-6Al-4V alloy was used instead of commercially pure Ti due to its superior strength. However, the corrosion resistance is low, allowing for metal ion release. The...

As new technologies are developed on the nano-to microscale, inspiration from biological systems often plays an important role. Recent advances allow the fabrication of vesicles from bilayer membranes, similar to cell membranes, of lipids or block copolymers. Multicomponent vesicles, containing more than one type of amphiphile, can phase separate into distinct domains. These domains have the ab...

An ideal solid material will respond to an applied load by deforming ®nitely and recovering that deformation upon removal of the load. Such a response is called ``elastic''. Ideal elastic materials obey Hooke's law, which describes a direct proportionality between the stress ( ) and strain ( ) via a proportionality constant called modulus (G), i.e., ˆ G . An ideal ̄uid will deform and continue t...

Sunflower kernel is rich in protein and considered an alternative plant source for meat analogue application. The effect of process conditions used to make ingredients from sunflower needs be investigated on the functional structuring properties. Pre-pressing de-oiling with 96% ethanol were applied obtain de-oiled (DSK). Pressed (PSK) was obtained by more intensive pressing only. Their concentr...

S U M M A R Y Rayleigh wave phase velocity maps in southern Africa are obtained at periods from 6 to 40 s using seismic ambient noise tomography applied to data from the Southern Africa Seismic Experiment (SASE) deployed between 1997 and 1999. These phase velocity maps are combined with those from 45 to 143 s period which were determined previously using a two-planewave method by Li & Burke. In...

[1] We investigate the effect of systematically varying erosion intensity (K) on the geometry and kinematics of fold‐and‐thrust belts modeled using equivalent conditions in physical and numerical experiments. Similar material properties and boundary conditions were used to compare numerical experiments to those modeled in the sandbox using an erosion rule that removes mass from the scaled sand ...

Steady-state finite-element models have been formulated to investigate the coupled fluid flow and thermal behavior of the top-surface flux layers in continuous casting of steel slabs. The 3-D FIDAPTM model includes the shear stresses imposed on the flux/steel interface by flow velocities calculated in the molten steel pool. It also includes different temperature-dependent powder properties for ...

M any studies have investigated hair removal or growth prevention treatments, but they often measure hair density using noninvasive methods that are subjective and qualitative. Although photographic and digital hair-counting methods have been used, their reliability and validity remain unknown. We describe a simple, noninvasive method of hair counting used in a hair growth prevention treatment ...