Thoracoabdominal breathing movements are a complex source of postural disturbance, but there are contradictory reports in the literature with inspiration described as having either a backward or a forward disturbing effect. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon, the present study studied the postural disturbance caused by isolated contractions of the diaphragm. Eight male and f...

The Hybrid III 50th percentile male anthropomorphic test device (ATD) is the most widely used human impact testing surrogate and has historically been used in automotive or military testing. More recently, this ATD is finding use in applications evaluating athletic helmet protectivity, quantifying head impact dosage and estimating injury risk. But ATD head-neck response has not been quantified ...

Background: Previous attempts to measure otolith function using ocular counter-rolling have shown poor sensitivity and specificity, thereby hindering a useful clinical application. We have conducted a study to investigate whether thresholds for the perception of the direction of linear acceleration might be an alternative for the clinical evaluation of otolith or statolith function. Methods: Pe...

An integrated Autopilot-and Guidance Algorithm is developed using Higher Order Sliding Mode Control, for interceptors steered by combination of aerodynamic lift, sustainer thrust and center of gravity divert thrusters. A smooth HOSM guidance generates flight path trajectory angular rates and attitude rate commands. The attitude rate maneuvers are aimed at producing desired aerodynamic lift and ...

To perform formation flight of multiple UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), an accurate guidance law is required. Existing guidance law based on nonlinear path-following guidance method provides outstanding path following performance. However, the nonlinear guidance law does not reflect the characteristics of UAV, and therefore the performance of the guidance law may be degraded in the real enviro...

Cervical acceleration/deceleration or whiplash injuries are a common cause of cervical spine trauma. Cervical acceleration/deceleration can result in vertebral fractures, subluxations, and ligamentous and other soft tissue injuries. Severe injuries are often evidenced by increased prevertebral swelling on lateral X-ray. Assessment of the prevertebral space on lateral cervical spine films is an ...

The lateral line system allows a fish to respond to changes in its surroundings by detecting flow stimuli. The velocity, acceleration, pressure gradient, and shear stress of water at the surface of a fish may all serve as stimuli that yield cues about environmental change. All of these stimuli are governed by hydrodynamics. Therefore, an application of hydrodynamic principles offers insight int...

Abstract: This paper presents the development and implementation of a single tilting rotor multirotor helicopter. A single tilting rotor multirotor helicopter is proposed that allows for decoupled lateral acceleration and attitude states. A dynamics model of the proposed multirotor helicopter is established to enable control system development. A control system architecture and daisy chaining-b...

Lateral forces are important cues for shape perception through active touch [1,2]. They can elicit illusory haptic shapes, or perceptually transform the shape of physical objects [1]. Here, it is shown that lateral force, and correlates such as acceleration and velocity, are inherently ambiguous as shape cues under passive touch conditions. The lateral forces arising when passively touching obj...

Accurate measurements from sensors measuring the vehicle’s lateral behavior are vital in todays vehicle dynamic control systems such as the Electronic Stability Program (ESP). This thesis concerns accurate plausibilisation of two of these sensors, namely the yaw rate sensor and the lateral acceleration sensor. The estimation is based on Kalman filtering and culminates in the use of a 2 degree-o...