OBJECTIVES To determine the feasibility of predicting static and dynamic peak back-compressive forces based on (1) static back compressive force values at the lift origin and destination and (2) lifting speed. METHODS Ten male subjects performed symmetric mid-sagittal floor-to-shoulder, floor-to-waist, and waist-to-shoulder lifts at three different speeds (slow, medium, and fast), and with tw...

Motivated by recent experiments showing the compressive buckling of microtubules in cells, we study theoretically the mechanical response of and force propagation along elastic filaments embedded in a non-linear elastic medium. We find that embedded microtubules buckle when their compressive load exceeds a critical value fc, and that the resulting deformation is restricted to a penetration dept...

This paper investigates the distribution of principal strain by micro mechanical measurement of concrete axial strain in Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) moderate deep beams across its width and depths for various span-to-depth ratios. A complete shear deformational behavior along with load-deflection response, crack patterns and modes of failure were studied experimentally. Twelve beams were t...

In some simple two-dimensional structures it is sufficient to determine only the lowest value of the load at which buckling commences. However, in the case of shells, it may be also necessary to investigate the postbuckling behavior because it has an important bearing on the magnitude of the failure load. The importance of the postbuckling behavior, which the small deflection theory of buckling...

The initial modeling and subsequent development of the skeleton is controlled by complex gene-environment interactions. Biomechanical forces may be one of the major epigenetic factors that determine the form and differentiation of skeletal tissues. In order to test the hypothesis that static compressive forces are transduced into molecular signals during early chondrogenesis, we have developed ...

Although steel reinforcements are used to withstand tensile forces in concrete, cracks an unavoidable phenomenon. The presence of cracks, fact, increases the risk for lowering service life and durability concrete structures. A critical issue occurs when due splitting forces, appear along tensioned rebars which damage bonding between matrix. As a mitigation plan, should be healed at short notice...