We distinguish between, and discuss the applicability of, two levels of rigidity in rigid-body collision modeling. For rigidity in the strong, force-response, sense collisional contact deformations must be highly localized. The bodies then move according to second order rigid-body mechanics during the collision. Incremental collision laws and most collision models using continuum mechanics for ...

Tactile information available to the rat vibrissal system begins as external forces that cause whisker deformations, which in turn excite mechanoreceptors in the follicle. Despite the fundamental mechanical origin of tactile information, primary sensory neurons in the trigeminal ganglion (Vg) have often been described as encoding the kinematics (geometry) of object contact. Here we aimed to det...

Bacterial and viral contamination of touch surfaces allows for transmission of pathogens leading to increased risk of infection. Previous work has demonstrated the antimicrobial properties of copper for contact-killing of microbes for use in hospitals. Less research exists on copper as an antiviral surface and on the effects of nanomaterial copper surfaces in the contact-killing of viruses. Nan...

Computational models may have the ability to quantify the relationship between hip morphology, cartilage mechanics and osteoarthritis. Most models have assumed the hip joint to be a perfect ball and socket joint and have neglected deformation at the bone-cartilage interface. The objective of this study was to analyze finite element (FE) models of hip cartilage mechanics with varying degrees of ...

form, Problem P . Find fu; ; g such that 0 +K1 +K2 + C1v + S(v; ; ) = Q in V 0; Bv + Au + C2 + 4j(v; ; ; v) 3 f in E 0: Here f 2 E 0 and Q 2 V 0 are given by hf; wi = Z T 0 Z f(t)wi(t) dxdt + Z T 0 Z ij (t)wi;j(t) dxdt + Z T 0 Z N fN(t)wi(t)d dt; hQ; i = Z T 0 hq(t); (t)i dt Z T 0 Z 0(t) (t) dxdt Z T 0 Z C hR( (t) R(t)) (t)d dt Z T 0 Z kij ;i(t) ;j(t) dxdt; and 4j(v; ; ; w) denotes the partial ...

The goal of this study was to determine how well a medial meniscal allograft restores the normal contact mechanics of the medial tibial plateau at the time of implantation. We measured maximum pressure, mean pressure, and contact area of the intact human cadaveric knee, the knee after meniscectomy, the knee with the original meniscus removed and reimplanted as an autograft, and the knee with an...