In this paper, we demonstrate how efficient loworder dynamical models for micromechanical devices can be constructed using data from a few runs of fully meshed but slow numerical models such as those created by the finiteelement method (FEM). These reduced-order macromodels are generated by extracting global basis functions from the fully meshed model runs in order to parameterize solutions wit...

The main aim of this work was evaluate the displacements and strains and stresses in components of knee endoprosthesis using Finite Element Method. The semi-constrained knee endoprosthesis with two stem length variants instrumented into femur and tibia bones was chosen for the analysis. The first step was preparation of two full knee endoprostheses geometrical models which were developed on a b...

Micromechanisms of ductile fracturing of DH-36 steel plates subjected to blast-induced pressure loads are studied experimentally using specially designed dynamic testing facilities. The sample geometry is such that it undergoes controllable fracturing, generally initiated near its center and grows first circumferentially and then radially. Selected fractured samples are sectioned normal to the ...

In RF-MEMS packaging, next to the protection of movable structures, optimization of package electrical performance plays a very important role. In this work, a wafer-level packaging process has been investigated and optimized in order to minimize electrical parasitic effects. The package concept used is based on a wafer-level bonding of a capping silicon substrate with throughsubstrate intercon...

We use the Earth Simulator to model seismic wave propagation resulting from large earthquakes on a global scale. Simulations are conducted based upon the spectral-element method, a high-degree finiteelement technique. We include the full complexity of the Earth, i.e., a three-dimensional seismic wave velocity and density structure, a 3-D crustal model, the elliptical figure of the Earth as well...