Machine learning (ML)-based models, decision tree and ANFIS, were used to predict the degree of surface checking bending properties 30-month weathered thermally modified timber. The results showed that investigated initial board did not allow accurate predictions checks. ML regression clustering analysis confirmed important variables for dynamic stiffness, acoustic velocity, density lowest loca...

Automotive design engineers face the challenging problem of developing products in highly competitive markets. In this regard, using conceptual models in the first step of automotive development seems so necessary. In this paper, to make a body in white conceptual model, an engineering approach is developed for the replacement of beam-like structures, joints, and panels in a vehicle model. The ...

INTRODUCTION Stress-shielding following uncemented hip replacement causes bone remodelling due to alteration of the load transfer pathways. The degree of bone resorption is related to the geometry and bending stiffness of the stem. Large diameter, cobalt chrome stems are attributed with producing the most pronounced bone loss. The Epoch hip prosthesis (Zimmer Inc., Warsaw, IN) is a low bending ...

The world population is aging and the number of old people is continuously increasing. Arterial structure and function change with age, progressively leading to arterial stiffening. Arterial stiffness is best characterized by measurement of pulse wave velocity (PWV), which is its surrogate marker. It has been shown that PWV could improve cardiovascular event prediction in models that included s...

A task must be specified in teTTn$ of both the position (lnd stiffness of the-limb before muscle forces and activations are unambiguously assigned. To illustrate this, we begin with the problem of how to control an inverted pendulum with a pair of muscles. An active state model of the frog's gastrocnemius is used to derive three criteria for the stiffness characteristics of the system during po...