INTRODUCTION Insight into the microstructure of fetal membrane and its response to deformation is important for understanding causes of preterm premature rupture of the membrane. However, the microstructure of fetal membranes under deformation has not been visualized yet. Second harmonic generation microscopy, combined with an in-situ stretching device, can provide this valuable information. ...

A multifunctional device to transfer graphical or text information for blind or visually impaired is presented. The prototype using tactile perception has been designed where information displayed on the screen of electronic device (mobile phone, PC) is transferred by oscillating needle, touching the fingertip. Having the aim to define optimal parameters of the fingertip excitation by needle, t...

Motivated by the discussions on scenarios for LHC upgrades, beam studies on the stability of flat bunches in a double-harmonic RF system have been conducted in the CERN Proton Synchrotron (PS). Injecting nearly nominal LHC beam intensity per cycle, 18 bunches are accelerated on harmonic h = 21 to 26 GeV with the 10 MHz RF system. On the flat-top, all bunches are then transformed to flat bunches...

The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled "Cyclic Shear behavior of conventional and harmonic structure-designed Ti-25Nb-25Zr β-titanium alloy: Back-stress hardening and twinning inhibition" (Dirras et al., 2017) [1]. The datasheet describes the methods used to fabricate two β-titanium alloys having conventional microstructure and so-called harmonic structu...

[1] Monitoring hydrological redistributions through their integrated gravitational effect is the primary aim of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission. Time-variable gravity data from GRACE can be uniquely inverted to hydrology, since mass transfers located at or near the Earth’s surface are much larger on shorter timescales than those taking place within the deeper Earth a...

Based on the heat transfer characteristics of electromagnetic harmonic movable tooth transmission motor, this paper adopted the finite element method to establish a three-dimensional temperature field model for numerical calculation on the basis of four basic assumptions. It analyzed the heat loss and gave out the functional to calculate the temperature field within each medium and obtain the t...

Piezoelectric materials can be used as actuators for the active vibration control of smart structural systems. In this work, piezoelectric patches are surface bonded to a composite laminate plate and used as vibration actuators. A static analysis based on the piezoelectricity and elasticity is conducted to evaluate the loads induced by the piezoelectric actuators to the host structure. The load...

The APS storage ring beam chamber has been storing the beam up to 100 mA successfully. However, in some beam chambers, spurious signals corrupted the BPM outputs. The cause of the unwanted signals was investigated, and it was found that transverse electric (TE) longitudinal harmonic resonances of the beam chamber were responsible. The beam chambers have small height in the area between the oval...

In the first International Operational Modal Analysis Conference it was shown for the first time how transmissibility measurements can be used to identify modal parameters. The main advantage of this new technique is that it is no longer necessary to make the assumption that the inputs to the structure are white noise. The unknown operational forces can be arbitrary (colored noise, swept sine, ...

The levator ani is vulnerable to injury during childbirth and effective surgical intervention requires full knowledge of the morphology and mechanical properties of the muscle structure. The shape of the levator ani and regional thickening during different levels of physiological loading can provide an indication of pelvic floor dysfunction. This paper describes a coupled approach for shape and...