... 5.2 The effect of Poisson’s ratio ofthe disc nucleus on the axial stiffness ofthe lumbar motion segment 60 Fig 5.3 The effect of Young’s Modulus ofthe disc nucleus on the axial stiffness ofthe ... bone However, the model was built with the assumption of axis-symmetry ofthespine and did not include the posterior elements which are an integral part ofthespine anatomy Therefore these two ... description on the fundamentals ofspine anatomy which is important to the understanding ofthe subsequently presented works Literature reviews on thefiniteelementmodelingofthe lumbar motion...
... FINITEELEMENTMODELINGOF HYBRID-FIBER ECC TARGETS SUBJECTED TO IMPACT AND BLAST LEE SIEW CHIN (B Eng (Hons), UTM) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF ... that the FE model closely predicted the residual velocity of projectile, size of perforation hole and exit crater for the perforation cases For the penetration cases, the application ofthe modified ... on the response ofthe panels is investigated and discussed In the absence of field test data, the equivalent SDOF method based on codes of practice for blast analysis is adopted to verify the...
... single grit grinding The above behaviour ofthe cutting force can be explained by the depth of penetration ofthe grit into the workpiece At the beginning, the penetration ofthe grit is still negligible, ... layers have 720 elements each, while the last two contain 360 elements each The lengths of elements in these layers are correspondingly 3.2 and 6.4 µm The height of elements in the same layer ... layers consist of 1440 elements of length 1.6 µm The ratio between the heights of elements in successive layers ofthe first five is 0.9 The remaining four layers are meshed with larger elements Two...
... the first to apply the concepts of fracture mechanics to concrete beams With the advent of computers in the 1940s, and the subsequent rapid development ofthefiniteelement method (FEM) in the ... be taken ofthe size ofthe heterogeneous structure ofthe material This implies that the maximum size offinite elements used to model strain softening behavior should be linked to the aggregate ... (2.15) in which [ Kc ] is theelement stiffness matrix of an element bei tween the contours Γo and Γ1, and Nc is the number of such elements The derivatives oftheelement stiffness matrices...
... illustrates the overall saddle shape ofthe dimeric structure and the key heparin-binding residues in the N-terminal domain held coordinately by the two subunits on the top ofthe hollow (Fig 1A) The ... established Of two possible dimeric structures of LPL, the head-tohead and the head-to-tail models, the studies ofthe chimeric proteins of hepatic lipase and LPL and the tandem repeat approach of LPL ... peak of wild-type LPL The LPL in the eluate was detected by Western blot with LPL polyclonal antibody 7640 The fraction number ofthe high-affinity peak was the same for the wild type and the WW...
... diffusion of silicon atoms from the surface to the catalyst/NW interface Here, h is the height ofthe NW and O is the atomic volume of a silicon atom in a silicon lattice, the factor is the ratio ofthe ... equations describing the growth of NWs The second two MC experiments reproduce a fragment of a Fig The MC simulations ofthe kinetics for spreading ofthe mobile atoms across the surface in a two-component ... but by the direct adsorption of molecules to the vacant sites located in the very peripheral region of a catalyst particle The width ofthe region gradually decreases with the increase in the input...
... in the atmosphere, the influence of another gas is not studied The action of oxygen is first analyzed, then the ozone one The combined action ofthe two mixed gases is finally studied at the end of ... case, the interaction between the semiconductor material and the gases is approached by means ofthe adsorption theory of Wolkenstein in order to determine the equilibrium state ofthe grains The ... the first step, the bond between the adsorbate and the substrate is weak and does not involve electronic transfer, the electrons ofthe atom or the molecule remain located in the vicinity of the...
... model The adjective model assumes that the meaning ofthe composition is the same as the adjective: p=u The noun model assumes that the meaning ofthe composition is the same as the noun: p=v The ... with the assumption that people use adjectives to modify the meaning ofthe noun, rather than conjoining the meaning ofthe adjective and noun In this study, we represented the meaning of both ... changed the meaning ofthe noun In the case of vehicle nouns, adjectives were chosen to modify the manipulability ofthe nouns (e.g., to make an airplane more manipulable, paper was chosen as the...
... Schematic ofthe laser bending process where k is the thermal conductivity, is the density ofthe stainless steel, ˜ is the derivative ofthe enthalpy with respect to temc ˙ perature, and Q ab is the ... computed by the method ofelement removal and reactivation and the use of a new initial temperature at T s to calculate the stress/strain ofthe solidified elements During the calculation, element ... cooling The thermal strain reaches the peak value of 0.0232 at 69.52 ns At this time, the corresponding average temperature oftheelement is 1673 K, which equals the solidus temperature The element...
... movement in the Y direction due to the lack of bending resistance in the bolt BRS2 elements Therefore supports had to be added to the underside ofthe end plate This removed the shear force from the ... connection into the lower rows In spite of this the new Green Book theory with the increased connection capacities still had a reserve of approximately 30% Overall thefiniteelement analysis of extended ... Scale Test Results FiniteElement Model MYSTRO and LUSAS FEA software was used for thefiniteelement analysis The FEA models were created using command files rather than the CAD interface tools...
... select the CPs equidistantly along the MS ofthe specimen in the image acquired at the beginning ofthe missing interval The changes in their positions are estimated by elongating the branches of ... along the corresponding branches ofthe MS in the image acquired at the end ofthe interval so that the distance between the CPs on each branch remains uniform This simulates the growth ofthe ... then reconstructed by warping just the latter image so that from the beginning ofthe interval until the estimated moment, the new branch remains as long as the width ofthe filament Most of the...
... to the ends ofthe string, are reflected at the ends, and then return These pulses return while the hammer is still in contact with the string, and since they are inverted by the reflection, they ... aspects ofthe instrument A second elementof strategy involves the determination ofthe many parameters that are required for describing the piano Ideally, one would like to determine all of these ... proportional to the component ofthe string tension perpendicular to the plane ofthe board, and is calculated from the string portion ofthe model Finally, we include a loss term proportional to the parameter...
... set to zero The higher improvement ofthe PSNR at the finest temporal resolution level is due to the fact that in this case, the loss ofthe packet influences only the reconstruction ofthe temporal ... receives, therefore, the coarser spatiotemporal resolution levels first and then, with the help ofthe spatiotemporal neighbors, can predict the finest resolution ones The conditional law ofthe coefficients ... part ofthe log histogram From the same figure, note also the consistency ofthe model over the temporal scales This model amounts to cn,m = ln,m + α 1/2 zn,m /2 e (3) Stochastic Modelingof the...
... which bl is the layer breadth, tl is the layer thickness, zl is the z-coordinate at the middle ofthe layer, El is Young’s modulus ofthe layer material, Gl is the shear modulus ofthe layer material ... 10x10=100 Fig Finiteelement idealisation of axisymmetric Fig Finiteelement idealisation of axisymmetric problem, mesh AM1 problem, mesh AM2 y p x 100mm 200mm Fig Finiteelement idealisation of plane ... results of meshes ofthe axisymmetric problem model are different with the results obtained by the plane strain problem model The variation stress was rather smooth without concentration of stress The...
... is shown in the table below the blue diagonal Entries in the blue diagonal give the gene list size in number of genes Above the diagonal the size ofthe intersection of each pair of studied gene ... function) over the data set where the signal of a probe i is Pi ~ μ + aN + bT + gT*N + ε, where N is the effect ofthe nitrate treatment, T is the effect of time, and T*N is the effect of their interaction, ... However, the 3-minute gene list overlaps very little with the rest ofthe nitrate-regulated genes in the time-course study As such, the second nitrate-regulated module is made up ofthe union of the...
... lipoatrophy The effects of CNS toxicities were not included in the model because of their often transient nature, and the effects of diarrhea were not included in the model because of short duration ... variation in measurements We have tested the effects ofthe variations in the data and ofthe assumptions made in the model for progression after the end ofthe clinical trial by performing sensitivity ... lipoatrophy over time for the two Page of 10 regimens Assumptions related to the effects ofthe rate of lipoatrophy were tested in the sensitivity analysis The economic effect of lipoatrophy was assumed...
... to the square ofthe number of curves (N) plus The resistance (R) of + 1) The resistance (R) of any curved column to compression forces is directly proportional to the square ofthe number of ... illustrates the development ofthe sagittal spinal curves This figure illustrates the development ofthe sagittal spinal curves In the womb, the fetal spine is more of a C-shape (left) As the child ... cortex [29] The primary visual cortex is located on the medial surface ofthe occipital lobe in the walls ofthe calcarine sulcus [29] The visual field and pathway are important regulators of postural...
... calculate the angles ofthe triangle Knowing these angles, we further calculated changes in the location ofthe right knee that would result from hypothetical reductions in the length of either the ... knee position affected both the altitude ofthe knee from the table top, and its Y axis position along the length ofthe table We also calculated the hypothetical effect of one hip being drawn up ... to bring the infant's feet to his or her buttocks In neither of these papers we see any mention of assessing the Y axis location ofthe knee, as chiropractors performing their version of Allis...
... differences, a major diversity in the ligand-AChE complexes was the variation in the positioning ofthe side chain of Phe330 The divergence in the orientation ofthe aromatic ring of Phe330 must clearly ... potential of Compound A differs among ChEs In the Compound A-AChE complex, the extension ofthe cleft is vital for the entrance of Compound A The distance between the center of mass of Trp279 ... that the O ε atom of Glu197 makes a hydrogen bond with the ligand; the N ε atom of His438 is also caught up in hydrogen bonding to the same atom ofthe ligand, resulting in the cleavage of the...
... that the NTHi form biofilms on the respiratory mucosa of humans and other mammals and it has been hypothesized that this contributes to the chronicity of these infections [1,2] They are the most ... estimated by the A histogram of gene the expected number of genes of 13 H influenzae A histogram of gene clusters observed in exactly N of 13 H influenzae strains compared to the expected number of genes ... strains is found at the intersection ofthe row and column corresponding to the respective strains Strains are compared based on the number of genes shared between the pair, the number of genes found...