in crooked noses, the lateral walls are different in shape and symmetry. although the septum is very important to obtain a straight nose, identical and symmetrical lateral walls are needed for a straight looking nasal dorsum. as well as the septum, lateral walls also contribute in nasal skeletal support and stability. thus, obtaining identical and symmetrical lateral walls is important. in orde...

The control of stationary convective instabilities in the rotating disk boundary layer via a time-periodic modulation rotation rate is investigated. configuration provides an archetypal example three-dimensional temporally periodic layer, encompassing both von Kármán and Stokes layers. A velocity–vorticity formulation governing perturbation equations deployed, together with numerical procedure ...

Knowledge of how the nervous system deals with surfaces with different physical properties such as compliance that challenge balance during locomotion is of importance as we are constantly faced with these situations every day. The purpose of this study was to examine the control of center of mass (COM) and lower limb dynamics and recovery response modulation of muscle activity during locomotio...

Parts mating often requires the use of compliant motions, which cause an object in the grasp of a robot to slide along obstacles in its environment. This paper is about the interface between a compliant motion progra mming system and a compliant motion control system. We propose that in this interface the robot can be modeled as a damped spring. This model allows the programmin g system to spec...

In this paper, we investigate power flow in compliant mechanisms that are employed in dynamic applications. More specifically, we identify various elements of the energy storage and transfer between the input, external load, and strain energy stored within the compliant transmission. The goal is to design compliant mechanisms for dynamic applications by exploiting the inherent energy storage ca...