Cable tension force is one of the most important structural parameters to monitor in cable-stayed bridges. For example, cable tension needs to be monitored during construction and maintenance to ensure the bridge is not overloaded. To economically monitor tension forces, this study proposes the use of an automated wireless tension force estimation system (WFTES) developed solely for cable force...

We have made intraoperative, continuous-registration, length-tension diagrams of detached eye muscles in 80 strabismus patients under general anaesthesia. In 47 of these we repeated the measurements after contraction evoked by succinylcholine chloride. In contracting horizontal and vertical rectus muscles, we found a linear relation between length and tension. In contracting oblique muscles, ho...

Our mouth is the mirror of our health and it might be said that numerous diseases which affect our organism may be manifested in the mouth. Early symptoms occurring within the oral cavity may emerge with diseases related to our blood system, gastrointestinal system, renal system, cardiovascular system, and mental system. They are manifested as a hyperkeratosis, which may have an erithematous ba...

We present experimental evidence that drop breakup is caused by thermal noise in a system with a surface tension that is more than 10(6) times smaller than that of water. We observe that at very small scales classical hydrodynamics breaks down and the characteristic signatures of pinch-off due to thermal noise are observed. Surprisingly, the noise makes the drop size distribution more uniform, ...

Overhead conductor sag may be measured by different methods. In the paper measurement of sag of 66KV power transmission line under shut down conditions at no wind load using standard handheld GPS receiver BT 359 has done. The real time direct measurement of overhead conductor sag is needed for the operation of power transmission system. The measurement of conductor tension, temperature and ambi...

Surface tension, a line force, is a unique type of force, which scales directly to length. When the dimension of interest shrinks down to sub-millimeter range, the size range typical for MEMS devices, surface-tension force becomes dominant over most other forces, such as those based on pressure (surface force) or mass (body force), e.g., see [1,2]. This dominance of surface tension has most typ...