Title of Dissertation CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ROLE OF THE FEM GENES IN THE SEX DETERMINATION PATHWAY OF CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE Robin Cook Hill, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Directed by: Professor Eric Haag Department of Biology In the genus Caenorhabditis, self-fertile hermaphrodites in C.elegans and C.briggsae evolved from females by developing the ability to generate a limited number of self s...

This paper deals with steady-state analysis of the magnetic field by using Finite Element Method (FEM) in salient poles synchronous motor with damper (SPSMD). The knowledge of electromechanical characteristics is very important in performance analysis of electrical machines, in general. In this paper it presents a methodology for numerical calculation of electromechanical quantities, starting w...

In this paper, a time stepping 2D and 3D FEM is performed for modeling and analysis external rotor DFIG .The finite element method currently represents the state-of-the-art in the numerical magnetic field computation relating to electrical machines. FEM is a numerical method to solve the partial differential equations (PDE) that expresses the physical quantities of interest, in this case Maxwel...

The presented article contains a 3D mesh generation routine optimized with the Metropolis algorithm. The procedure enables to produce meshes of a prescribed volume V0 of elements. The finite volume meshes are used with the Finite Element approach. The FEM analysis enables to deal with a set of coupled nonlinear differential equations that describes the electrodiffusional problem. Mesh quality a...

The paper is devoted to the convergence analysis of a well-known cell-centered Finite Volume Method (FVM) for a convection-difïusion problem in R. This FVM is based on Voronoi boxes and exponential fitting. To prove the convergence of the FVM, we use a new nonconforming PetrovGalerkin Finite Element Method (FEM) for which the System of linear équations coïncides completely with that of the FVM....

Tooth distalization is an effective approach for mandibular prognathism. Current distalization devices are bulky and clinically complicated. Here, we designed a novel molar distalization device by using a sliding rod and a microscrew and performed a mechanical analysis and finite element model (FEM) analysis of force distribution and displacement of the upper canine, first and second premolar a...

To analyze resonances in an axisymmetric inhomogeneous cavity, a higher-order finite element method (FEM) is developed. Mixed higher-order node-based and edge-based elements are applied to eigenvalue analysis for the azimuthal component and meridian components of the field, respectively. Compared with the lower-order FEM, the higher-order FEM can improve accuracy with the same number of unknown...

Uncertainty modeling applied at different stages of the virtual prototyping process enhances the quality of the of the design in terms of physical validity. The Fuzzy FEM is a widely accepted numerical simulation tool to model imprecise data in early design stages. The Interval FEM, which forms the basis of the Fuzzy FEM, is based on the interval arithmetic approach or on black-box approaches s...

Biosimulations employ Finite Element Method (FEM) to simulate complex biological systems in order to understand different aspects of human organs. The applications of FEM biosimulations range from human ear cochlear mechanics, cardiovascular, to neurovascular research. Performing these large Finite Element (FE) simulations, comparison and analysis of multiple simulation experiment results, and ...