A concept for the deformation resistance of small volumes under contact subjected to displacements in the 2–100 nm regime is proposed. In terms of an energy balance criterion, the external work minus stored elastic energy is consumed by surface energy and plastic energy absorption. The surface energy is interpreted in terms of new area of contact or new area created by slip step emergence or ox...

We evaluated three methods for fixing a medial meniscal autograft to determine which method restored tibial contact mechanics closest to normal. The contact mechanics (maximum pressure, mean pressure, contact area, and location of the center of maximum pressure) of the medial tibial articular surface were determined using pressure-sensitive film while knee specimens were loaded in compression t...

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Multibody dynamic musculoskeletal models capable of predicting muscle forces and joint contact pressures simultaneously would be valuable for studying clinical issues related to knee joint degeneration and restoration. Current three-dimensional multibody knee models are either quasi-static with deformable contact or dynamic with rigid contact. This study proposes a computationally efficient met...

PERMON makes use of theoretical results in quadratic programming algorithms and domain decomposition methods. It is built on top of the PETSc framework for numerical computations. This paper describes its fundamental packages and shows their applications. We focus here on contact problems of mechanics decomposed by means of a FETI-type nonoverlapping domain decomposition method. These problems ...

The precision grasping capabilities of robotic hands is a key feature which more and required in the manipulation objects several unstructured fields, as for instance industrial, medical, agriculture food industry. For this purpose, realization soft fingers crucial to reproduce human finger skills. From point view fingerpad part mostly involved contact. Particular attention must be paid knowled...