... to axial impact. A force and impulse-based Weibull survival model was developed from these studies to estimate fracture risk. Specimen age was included as a covariate to reduce variance and improve survival model fit. The injury criterion estimated 50% risk of injury for a leg exposed to 13 N s of impulse...

...Omar Chebil; Pierre-Jean Arnoux; Michel Behr The response with the minimal delay. During the structure recruitment, we consider that emptiness does not cause the organs displacement. Thus, the force versus compression curves with the earliest loading will be preferred for each approach. Also...

... of peanuts with a vertical force of 100 N, the mean pressure was measured to be approximately 250 kPa at the buccal slope and 80 kPa at the lingual slope. The calculated values did not diverge significantly from the value of 310 kPa presented in previous work [ 22 ]. Nevertheless, the positive patient...

.... Sixteen fresh-frozen human femurs and five artificial femurs were obtained. Cortical specimens were mounted into a clamping system equipped with a thrust force and torque transducer. Using a CNC machine, unicortical holes were drilled in each specimen at 1000 rpm, 1250 rpm, and 1500 rpm with a 3.2 mm...

...Zong-Ming Li; Jie Tang; Matthew Chakan; Rodrigo Kaz This study investigated the expansion of the carpal tunnel resulting from the application of palmarly directed forces to the transverse carpal ligament (TCL) from inside the carpal tunnel. Ten fresh-frozen cadaveric hands were dissected...

...G. Bergmann; F. Graichen; A. Rohlmann; P. Westerhoff; B. Heinlein; A. Bender; R. Ehrig Contact forces and moments act on orthopaedic implants such as joint replacements. The three forces and three moment components can be measured by six internal strain gauges and wireless telemetric data...

...Tamara Reid Bush, Ph.D.; Robert P. Hubbard, Ph.D. Two areas not well researched in the field of seating mechanics are the distribution of normal and shear forces, and how those forces change with seat position. The availability of these data would be beneficial for the design and development...

...Jocelyn S. Berge,, M.S.E.; Glenn K. Klute,, Ph.D.; Joseph M. Czerniecki,, M.D. Prosthetic manufacturers have developed shock-absorbing pylons to attenuate the transient forces of foot-ground contact in order to supplement the residual capacity of lower limb amputees. The purpose of this study...

...Hiromichi Fujie; Takeshi Sekito; Akiyuki Orita The objectives of the work reported in this article were to develop a novel 6-degree-of-freedom (DOF) robotic system for knee joint biomechanics, to complete a hybrid force-position control scheme, to evaluate the system performance, and to demonstrate...

... voluntary grasping force over cylinders of different diameters. The model is used to simulate the cylinder grip for two hand sizes and for five different handle diameters. The reduction of the muscle forces using different handle diameters has been studied. The model can be applied to the design...

...Sten Lyager Nielsen; Hans Nygaard; Lars Mandrup; Arnold A. Fontaine; J. Michael Hasenkam; Shengqui He; Ajit P. Yoganathan Clinically observed incomplete mitral leaflet coaptation was reproduced in vitro by altering the balance of the chordal tethering and chordal coapting force components. Mitral...