The kinematic constraints of three-dimensional eye positions were investigated in rhesus monkeys during passive head and body rotations relative to gravity. We studied fast and slow phase components of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) elicited by constant-velocity yaw rotations and sinusoidal oscillations about an earth-horizontal axis. We found that the spatial orientation of both fast and sl...

Torsional vibrations and resonance problems with synchronous machines are most frequently encountered in rotor systems with long shafts and large inertias constituting a weakly damped mechanical resonator which exhibits a low resonance frequency. It is impossible to obtain a effective mechanical damping for these torsional vibrations, but by using a power electronics device and an inductive or ...

In the present paper, the roto-torsional energy levels of hydrogen peroxide are determined from ab initio calculations performed at the MP4(SDQ)/AUG-cc-pVTZ//MP4(SDQ)/cc-pVTZ+ ++ level. The rotational levels corresponding to the torsional states n = 0 and 1 are determined variationally up to J = 20. The flexible model used considers the roto-vibrational interactions. Symmetry conditions are inc...

The ability to predict load-bearing capacity during the consolidation phase in distraction osteogenesis by non-invasive means would represent a significant advance in the management of patients undergoing such treatment. Measurements of stiffness have been suggested as a promising tool for this purpose. Although the multidimensional characteristics of bone loading in compression, bending and to...

Schemes to include a treatment of torsional anharmonicity in the conformational analysis of biological molecules are introduced. The approaches combine ab initio electronic energies and harmonic frequencies with anharmonic torsional partition functions calculated using the torsional path integral Monte Carlo method on affordable potential energy surfaces. The schemes are applied to the conforma...

This paper presents the fabrication and the test results of two-axis micromachined micro-mirror steel scanners developed for display and imaging applications. The novel fabrication method uses the conventional lithography and electrochemical metal etching techniques. A single photomask is used to define the whole structure, resulting in a simple and inexpensive fabrication process. Two differen...

We report the measurement and analysis of the complete perpendicular k = ±2 0 (D2O)3 torsional band (origin 2940.9376(3) GHz), the upper state of which is the highest-energy (98.09912 cm ) torsional state yet observed. All known torsional transitions were included in a new global analysis of the six observed torsional bands, using the effective Hamiltonians derived by van der Avoird et al. [M. ...

A new analytical method to predict the torsional capacity and behavior of R.C multi-cell box girders strengthened with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets is presented. Modification was done on the Softened Truss Model (STM) in the proposed method; the concrete torsional problem is solved by combining the equilibrium conditions, compatibility conditions and constitutive laws of materi...

Propagation of torsional Alfvén waves along magnetic flux tubes has been extensively studied for many years but no conclusive results regarding the existence of a cutoff frequency for these waves have been obtained. The main purpose of this paper is to derive new wave equations that describe the propagation of linear torsional Alfvén waves along thin and isothermal magnetic flux tubes, and use ...