Functional properties of the diaphragm are mediated by muscle structure. Modeling of force transmission necessitates a precise knowledge of muscle fiber architecture. Because the diaphragm experiences loads both along and transverse to the long axes of its muscle fibers in vivo, the mechanism of force transmission may be more complex than in other skeletal muscles that are loaded uniaxially alo...

By fixing two FBGs on the surface of a rotating shaft along the direction of ± 45° and using dynamic wavelength demodulation technology, we propose an optical fiber sensing system to monitor the driving torque and torsion angle of the rotating shaft. In theory, the dependence relation of the dynamic difference of central wavelengths on the torque and torsion angle of the rotating shaft has been...

We were able to isolate viral fiber and penton from Ad3-infected KB cells using for their detection antibodies obtained against recombinant Ad3 fiber. The native material was examined by electron microscopy and the characteristic fiber shape of a shaft terminated by a globular head was observed. The native fiber was compared with two recombinant fibers synthesized in Escherichia coli cells. One...

By combining a polymer-clad optic fiber and a vitreous-clad optic fiber, we proposed and fabricated a novel optic fiber surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor to conduct two-channel sensing at the same detection area. The traditional optic fiber SPR sensor has many disadvantages; for example, removing the cladding requires corrosion, operating it is dangerous, adjusting the dynamic response ran...

THE MECHANICAL behavior of brittle matrix composites is strongly affected by the bridging of cracks by fibers. In random fiber composites, libers can lie at an angle to the crack plane. Under such conditions, the bridging stress for a certain crack opening is governed by various micromcchanisms including fiber debonding, fiber bending and rupture as well as matrix spailing. While fiber debondin...

In this work, typical high-performance yarns are oxy-fluorinated, such as carbon fibers, ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene, poly(p-phenylene sulfide) and poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide). The focus is on the property changes of the fiber surface, especially the wetting behavior, structure and chemical composition. Therefore, contact angle, XPS and tensile strength measurements are perfo...

We demonstrate a simple method for efficient coupling of standard single-mode optical fibers to a high- Q optical microsphere cavity. Phase-matched excitation of whispering-gallery modes is provided by an angle-polished fiber tip in which the core-guided wave undergoes total internal reflection. In the experimental setup, which included a microsphere with both an input and an output coupler, th...