With the increasing number of bicycle riders, there is an increased risk of accidents between bicycles and automobiles. Some accidents are caused by speeding bicycles and the lack of communication between the cyclist and car drivers. To close the communication gap, we propose a method to detect speeding behaviors using a conventional smartphone. Using the smartphone, the cyclist will be able to...

Vehicle dynamic analysis has been a hot research topic due to its important role in ride comfort, vehicle safety and overall vehicle performance.. For proper designing of suspension system, nonlinearities in suspension parameters must be considered. In this paper, nonlinearities of spring and damper are considered while preparing quarter car model. For this a simplified model and experimental s...

BACKGROUND Toxic shock syndrome is a potentially fatal toxin-mediated disease. The role of toxins in this clinical entity made us hypothesize that extracorporeal blood purification with CytoSorb® could play a beneficial role in the clinical management of toxic shock syndrome. This case report describes the successful treatment of toxic shock syndrome using a combination of renal replacement the...

Background The human heel fat pad (HFP) is an effective shock absorber [1]. A remodelling of body fat begins from the fifth decade of the human life. Diet may negatively influence this distribution and consequently lead to corpulence in elderly persons. Alcantara and colleges reported that fat content in the HFP increases with obesity [2]. Hence, the purpose of this investigation was to determi...

92 LLE Review, Volume 86 Introduction As part of its participation in the Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP), LLE is studying the feasibility of using extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS)1 to characterize the properties of solid materials shocked at moderately high pressures (up to a few megabars). In particular, there is an interest in examining material properties since they affe...

All aircraft operate under vibration loads and these cause vibration-induced fatigue damage to the parts. Fatigue damages are dangerous because they occur suddenly without giving a warning before, for this reason need be carefully analyzed. In analysis, especially natural frequencies dampings must determined correctly, when match with frequencies, resonance is observed reduces life of part. stu...