BACKGROUND There is very little evidence of the similarity of the mechanics of maternal and bottle feeding. We assessed the mechanics of sucking in exclusive breastfeeding, exclusive bottle feeding, and mixed feeding. The hypothesis established was that physiological pattern for suckling movements differ depending on the type of feeding. According to this hypothesis, babies with breastfeeding h...

The discovery/invention of the ball-bearing motor is attributed to Milroy [1]. It has been discussed several times, with conflicting explanations [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]. This solution is a much simplified version of that given in [7]. Because the motor is weak, it is helpful to reduce friction on the axle by connecting the high-current lead to the outer races of the ba...

Energy and resource efficient systems often demand the use of light-weight materials with a specific combination of properties. However, these requirements usually cannot be achieved with homogeneous materials. Consequently, composites enabling tailored properties gain more and more importance. A special kind of these materials is aluminium matrix composites (AMCs), which offer elevated strengt...

It has previously been shown that a bipedal model consisting of a point mass supported by spring limbs can be tuned to simulate periodic human walking. In this study, we incorporated roller feet into the spring-mass model and evaluated the effect of roller radius, impact angle, and limb stiffness on spatiotemporal gait characteristics, ground reactions, and center-of-pressure excursions. We als...

In this paper the mechanical analysis of the film picking forks roller tooth in field -cleaning machine was done. A finite element analysis model was built and used by the non-linear finite element analysis method. It is obtained from the result of post-processing calculation and analysis that according to the Fourth Strength Theory, the maximum equivalent stress on the pole tooth root under th...

Roller bearing failure is a major factor in failure of rotating machinery. As a fatal defect is detected, it is common to shut down the machinery as soon as possible to avoid catastrophic damages. Performing such an action, which usually occurs at inconvenient times, typically results in substantial time and economical losses. It is, therefore, important to monitor the condition of roller beari...

As distributed systems increase in popularity and experience resource contention, new resource allocation methods are needed for scalability and manageability. In this thesis, I investigate the use of auctions, a type of market-based methods, as a decentralized resource allocation approach. Agents in auctions individually submit bids that provide critical information, including agents‘ private ...

Small piezoelectric transducers bonded to the outer raceway of a rolling element bearing can be used to send ultrasonic pulses to the element-raceway contact and receive reflections. Interpretation of the magnitude and time of flight (ToF) of the reflections can be used to deduce amount of load imparted between roller and raceway. The approach is most successful when the sensor is smaller than ...

The interaction between the wheel and rail greatly influences the dynamic response of railway vehicles on the track. A roller rig facility can be used to study and monitor real time parameters that influence wheel-rail interaction such as wear, adhesion, friction and corrugation without actual field tests being carried out. This paper presents the development of the mathematical models for full...