Asymptotic behavior of the solution of the moving oscillator problem is examined for large values of the spring stiffness for the general case of nonzero beam initial conditions. In the limit of infinite spring stiffness, the moving oscillator problem for a simply supported beam is shown to be not equivalent in a strict sense to the moving mass problem; i.e., beam displacements obtained by solv...

The friction force on the moving interface between two different vacuum states of superfluid 3He is considered at low temperature. Since the dominating mechanism of the friction is the Andreev reflection of the massless " relativistic " fermions, which live on the A-phase side of the interface, the results are similar to that for the perfectly reflecting mirror moving in the quantum vacuum.

From the solution of the creeping-flow equations, the drag force on a sphere becomes infinite when the gap between the sphere and a smooth wall vanishes at constant velocity, so that if the sphere is displaced towards the wall with a constant applied force, contact theoretically may not occur. Physically, the drag is finite for various reasons, one being the particle and wall roughness. Then, f...

We study the electromagnetic fields of an arbitrarily moving charged particle and the radiation reaction on the charged particle using a novel approach. We first show that the fields of an arbitrarily moving charged particle in an inertial frame can be related in a simple manner to the fields of a uniformly accelerated charged particle in its rest frame. Since the latter field is static and eas...

Asymmetrical lower limb loading during landing may lead to overuse knee injuries if one limb is required to repetitively attenuate greater load. Symmetry of the peak vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) and knee moment generated in the lead and trail lower limbs of healthy female volleyball players during landing from a lateral-moving jump were determined. Each participant performed five jump-...

Numerous studies have investigated the kinematics of arm movements; others have examined grip forces during static holding of objects. However, the coordination of grip force and arm movement when moving grasped objects has not been documented. We show that grip force is finely modulated in phase with load force during movements with grasped objects in which load force varies with acceleration....

The elastodynamic image forces on edge and screw dislocations in the presence of a planar-free surface are derived. The explicit form of the elastodynamic fields of an injected, quiescent screw dislocation are also derived. The resulting image forces are affected by retardation effects: the dislocations experience no image force for a period of time defined by the arrival and reflection at the ...

In this paper we consider a moving quark in the thermal plasma at the N=2 Supergravity theory. By using the AdS/CFT correspondence we obtain energy loss of the quark. Then we consider the higher derivative corrections in charged AdS-black hole and calculate the drag force of the moving quark in the thermal plasma. Also we find a limit which N=2 Supergravity solutions are correspondening to the ...

The transformation of chemical energy into mechanical energy is elementary in our lives, not only moving cars and airplanes, but pumping blood in our bodies and moving our eyeballs as we read these lines. The reverse action, defined as mechanochemistry [1–3], is to make chemical transformations using mechanical force, and finding simple examples may be challenging for people unfamiliar with

Use of the capsule endoscope (CE) in clinical examinations is limited by its passive movement resulting from the natural peristalsis of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Therefore, a locomotion mechanism is desirable for the next generation of capsule endoscope. Understanding the resistant properties of the small intestine is essential for designing a wireless magnetic actuation mechanism. In th...