The elastic deflection of a comb drive tooth in an electrostatic field is considered. The tooth can be symmetrically located between two rigid teeth of the matching comb, in which case the problem reduces to a pure bifurcation problem for which the critical voltage can be determined. Alternatively, due to an approximate straight-line mechanism, the tooth can have a uniform initial lateral displ...

We report numerical results of effective attractive forces on the packing properties of two-dimensional elongated grains. In deposits of non-cohesive rods in 2D, the topology of the packing is mainly dominated by the formation of ordered structures of aligned rods. Elongated particles tend to align horizontally and the stress is mainly transmitted from top to bottom, revealing an asymmetric dis...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the pressure-relieving effects of a continuous lateral turning device on common pressure ulcer sites. [Subjects] Twenty-four healthy adults participated. [Methods] The design of our continuous lateral turning device was motivated by the need for an adequate pressure-relieving device for immobile and/or elderly people. The procedure of manual re...

In open channel hydraulics, the notion of critical flow conditions and critical depth are not restricted to open channel flows with hydrostatic pressure distributions. This contribution shows an extension of the concept of critical flow conditions linked with the minimum specific energy, as introduced by Bakhmeteff [1] and extended by Liggett [9] and Chanson [5]. It demonstrated that the critic...

In this paper, the influence of the constituent volume fractions by changing the values of the power-law exponent with uniform pressure on the vibration frequencies of reinforced functionally graded cylindrical shells is studied. The FGM shell with ring is developed in accordance to the volume fraction law from two constituents namely stainless steel and nickel. These constituents are graded th...

We experimentally investigate a partially shrouded sonic jet (a free-jet shielded by solid wall-extension on one side) exiting from planar nozzle at two different pressure ratio ($\zeta=4$ and $5$). show that the inherent unsteadiness shock-induced flow separation wall emitted noise in far-field is strongly coupled through series of experiments like high-speed schlieren, wall-static pressure, u...

This study presents some mathematical methods for estimating the critical properties of 40 different types of alkanes and their derivatives including critical temperature, critical pressure and critical volume. This algorithm used QSPR modeling based on graph theory, several structural indices, and geometric descriptors of chemical compounds. Multiple linear regression was used to estimate the ...

well-known seismic design codes have offered an alternative equivalent static procedure for practical purposes instead of verifying design trials with complicated step-y-step dynamic analyses. such a pattern of base-shear distribution over the building height will enforce its special stiffness and strength distribution which is not necessarily best suited for seismic design. the present study, ...

Lateral balance is a critical factor in keeping the human body upright during walking. Two important mechanisms for balance control are the stepping strategy, in which the foot placement is changed in the direction of a sensed fall to modulate how the gravitational force acts on the body, and the lateral ankle strategy, in which the body mass is actively accelerated by an ankle torque. Currentl...