The present work provides a simple and precise thermo-mechanical model for the prediction of stress distributions in adhesive joints. A displacement-based derivation is applied, using general sandwich-type overlap region. For layer linear displacement approach proposed, which captures variation shear stresses through-thickness direction. covers various joint configurations with linear-elastic m...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of elastic-band resistance exercise on balance, gait function, flexibility and fall efficacy in the elderly people of rural community. [Subjects and Methods] It is selected by 45 outpatients. They have come into the clinic continually to treat of physical therapy at least 1-2 times for a week. A group treated with both general physi...

In a recent contribution to this journal,Camellino and colleagues [1] reported that asymptomatic inflammation of the interspinous bursas is a common occurrence in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica. Thus, they confirm the findings of three other studies which found florid inflammation (which was felt to be symptomatic) at these sites between the spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae. Why wo...

Spring meshes have been used to model elastic material by numerous researchers, with skin, textiles, and soft tissue being typical applications. However, given a speci ed set of elastic material properties, the question of whether a particular spring mesh accurately simulates those properties, has been largely ignored in the literature. In two dimensions, given a discretization of a membrane as...

hdications for the use of an individually designed jaw exerciser together with the method of fabrication and patient instructions and reports of two cases of post-traumatic progressive fibrous ankylosis of the temporomandibular joints are described. (Received for publicarion April 1984. Revised May 1985.) Introduction Jaw exercisers can be divided into five types: screw' or wedge, cast metal ca...

Welding-induced deformation not only negatively affects dimension accuracy but also degrades the performance of product. If welding deformation can be accurately predicted beforehand, the predictions will be helpful for finding effective methods to improve manufacturing accuracy. Till now, there are two kinds of finite element method (FEM) which can be used to simulate welding deformation. One ...

The geometry of an animal's skeleton governs the transmission of force to its appendages. Joints and rigid elements that create a relatively large output displacement per unit input displacement have been considered to be geared for speed, but the relationship between skeletal geometry and speed is largely untested. The present study explored this subject with experiments and mathematical model...

Abstract Steel truss bridges are widely used in bridge engineering for the advantages of good ability spanning capacity, construction and light self-weight. Main trusses main stressed component steel bridge. And made members connected by integral joints. So, safety joints very important normal operation The superstructure continuous with double decks was selected as example. software, MIDAS/CIV...