accurate delivery of torque to implant screws is critical to generate ideal preload in the screw joint and to offer protection against screw loosening. mechanical torque-limiting devices (mtlds) are available for this reason. in this study, the accuracy of one type of friction-style and two types of spring-style mtlds at baseline, following fatigue conditions and sterilization processes were de...

− This paper gives details of a round robin torque comparison involving the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and nine other UK laboratories. The comparison covered two ranges: 20 N·m to 100 N·m and 200 N·m to 1 kN·m. The work was an effective way of disseminating the unit of torque to industry via the UK’s new national torque standard, giving assurance to laboratories and customers and identi...

The repeated bout effect (RBE) is a phenomenon characterized by less delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and torque deficit after the second of 2 separate eccentric exercise bouts. Previous investigators have reported that shifting of optimum angle after an initial bout of eccentric exercise mediates the RBE. We hypothesized that an RBE for elbow extensor exercise occurs after an initial bout ...

Energy plays an important role in the paradigm of sustainable development. Nowadays, energy consumption is one of the key factors to measure the development of a country. According to the IEO2010 Reference case report (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2010), world energy consumption will increase by 1.4 percent per year, from 495 quadrillion Btu in 2007 to 739 quadrillion Btu in 2035, as...

Recently, a novel high-starting torque scalar control scheme (HST-SCS) for induction motor(s) (IM) emerged. It expands the application field beyond centrifugal pumps, blowers, and fans, moving, instance, some conveyor belts with nominal loading. This paper proposes normalized model reference adaptive (N-MRAC) applied to HST-SCS IM. First, proposal extends MRAC, resulting inn class of nonlinear ...

In this paper a new bucket configuration for a Savonius wind generator is proposed. Numerical analyses are performed to estimate the performances of the proposed configuration by means of the commercial code COMSOL Multiphysicsr with respect to Savonius wind turbine with overlap only. Parametric analyses are performed, for a fixed overlap ratio, by varying the slot position; the results show th...

The reluctance synchronous motor (RSM) is a machine working on the basis of development of reluctance torque development. The rotor configuration with the salient poles is made from the rotor of asynchronous motor if some rotor teeth are symmetrically removed (mill out). A different air gap in d and q axis enables development of a reluctance torque. The rotor cage is asymmetrical because some b...

− This paper describes the development of torque standard machines in China, its measurement range and its measurement uncertainty information etc. Also, the situation of torque standard machines which are in building process or will be built in the future is described in this document. In 1970’s, the first standard machine for measuring torques was developed in Shanghai and it initiated the hi...