BACKGROUND Among the numerous osteotomies for correction of hallux valgus, the modified chevron is known for its good intrinsic stability and the scarf for its large corrective potential. An intermediate design, the reversed-L osteotomy, has been developed to combine these competing biomechanical objectives. The purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the structural and local biomechanica...

Moderate to severe hallux valgus is conventionally treated by proximal metatarsal osteotomy. Several recent studies have shown that the indications for distal metatarsal osteotomy with a distal soft-tissue procedure could be extended to include moderate to severe hallux valgus. The purpose of this prospective randomised controlled trial was to compare the outcome of proximal and distal Chevron ...

Using Kelsey, Gellatly, and Clark (1958) unit load method, upper and lower bounds for the effective transverse shear moduli of a chevron folded core used in sandwich construction are analytically derived and compared to finite element computations. We found that these bounds are generally loose and that in some cases chevron folded cores are 40% stiffer than honeycomb-like cores.

Spacious experimental and numerical investigation has been conducted by researchers to increase the ductility and energy dissipation of concentrically braced frames. One of the most widely used strategies for increasing ductility and energy dissiption, is the use of energy-absorbing systems. In this regard, the cyclic behavior of a chevron bracing frame system equipped with multi-pipe dampers (...

The purpose of this study was to compare the results of the Chevron osteotomy to the DuVries' modification of the McBride procedure using identical criteria in two groups of patients. Thirty-two patients (48 feet) that had a Chevron osteotomy and 10 patients (17 feet) who had a modified McBride bunionectomy without metatarsal osteotomy for treatment of mild to moderate hallux valgus were retros...

in the present study, turbulent flow in channels of a plate heat exchanger with corrugated chevron plates has been simulated numerically using the commercial cfd package, fluent. unstructured mesh is used for discretizing the computational domain and simple algorithm is utilized to solve the pressure and velocity equations. there is a wide selection of different plate heat exchangers within the...

An investigation of MWPCs with interpolating chevron shaped cathode pad readout has been carried out as part of the R&D for the particle tracking system of the PHENIX detector at RHIC. Two prototype chambers were designed and constructed. Their response to minimum ionizing particles was tested with secondary beams from the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) at Brookhaven National Laboratory...

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Solution phase post-modification of a trimesic acid (TMA) network on Au(111) with Zn(2+) ions was found to induce transformation of a bar-featured scanning tunneling microscopy image of (5√3 × 5√3) to a chevron-pair image of (10√3 × 10√3). Voltammetric determination of Zn coverage in the modified TMA network supports the fact that the chevron feature consists of three TMA molecules combined via...

New techniques for position encoding in very high rate particle and photon detectors will be required in experiments planned for future particle accelerators such as the Superconducting Super Collider and new, high intensity, synchrotron sources. We are carrying out a detailed theoretical and experimental study of a position interpolation technique in which a row of chevron shaped cathode pads ...