BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to analyze biomechanical properties of a novel wedge locking plate in medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) in a porcine tibial model. METHODS A uniform 8-mm OWHTO was performed in 12 porcine tibiae. Six of them were subsequently fixed with the plate without a wedge, whereas the other 6 were additionally reinforced with a metal wedge of 8 mm....

This study aimed to theoretically evaluate soil thrust on a clay slope as reaction force associated with the motion of an off-road tracked vehicle. The existing concept potential failure modes block flat ground has extended determine sloped ground. Based upper-bound limit analysis, under most critical was derived for three modes: block, triangular-wedge, and trapezoidal-wedge failures. Specific...

One of the architectural concerns in the present design of the Muon Trigger Track Finder (MTTF) is the large number of inputs to the Track Assembler (TA). In the TA block, input track segment pairs from many Extrapolation Units (EU) are associated into tracks. The relative contribution of these inputs to the assembled tracks is studied with simulated track patterns for low and high pt muons ove...

background: in radiotherapy, wedge filters are used for optimizing the tumor dose distribution in patients. the attenuation in beam intensity due to the presence of wedge filter is compensated by means of a wedge factor measured at the central axis of the beam. the field size, depth and ssd dependence of wedge factor have been assessed for 9mv radiations of neptun pc linear accelerator. materia...

The stability analysis of rock slopes is a complex task for the geotechnical engineers due to the complex nature of the rock mass in a tropical climate that often has discontinuities in several forms, and consequently, in several types of slope failures. In this work, a rock mass classification scheme is followed in a tropical environment using the Rock Mass Rating (RMR) and Geological St...

In this paper a knowledge-based clustered partitioning technique is developed for determining reliability index and failure probability of rock wedge. Here, the a reliability index is analyzed and the optimization is carried out using a knowledge-based clustered partitioning (KCP) technique. The reliability index computed with this KCP technique is compared with those using other approaches suc...

Landslide hazard characterization in the Setijhora landslide, located near Kalijhora village, along National Highway 10, was carried out a qualitative way using Rock Mass Rating (RMR), Continuous Slope (CSMR) and Geological Strength Index (GSI). CSMR data helped understanding of slope failures (wedge, planner, rotational toppling), while RMR & GSI provides better rock mass quality its deformati...