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An Engineering Evaluation Of Ankle Prosthetics, Christopher Thian, Stephen Tiernan, Fiona Mcevoy, Robert Flavin
An Engineering Evaluation Of Ankle Prosthetics, Christopher Thian, Stephen Tiernan, Fiona Mcevoy, Robert Flavin
Conference Papers
There are a wide range of different types of ankle replacements on the market today each with a
different mechanical design. Unfortunately the results of ankle replacements are not as good as hip
and knee replacements; this is due to the complexity of the ankle joint. In the early days of ankle
replacements some of the prosthetics only lasted 4 months. Recent developments have improved the
longevity of the replacements although, there are still many complications and failures of the
replacements, these include; the prosthetic components migrating into the bone, the components
failing due to stresses induced by the forces …
An Approach To Identifying The Biomechanical Differences Between Intercostal Cartilage In Subjects With Pectus Excavatum And Normals In Vivo: Reconstruction And Ct Registration, Zhenzhen Yan
Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations
Pectus excavatum (PE) is a congenital chest wall deformity affecting the ribs and sternum and exhibiting a concave appearance in the anterior chest wall. In this thesis, we describe a study to investigate in vivo differences in the pectus excavatum rib cage and outline steps using normals and pectus patients data in developing models and methods to be used in carrying out the study. We propose methods to develop reconstructed models in order to enable proper registration between data collection points (DCPs) on the 3D CT rib cage model and CT skin surface model and registration between CT surrogate models …
Polyelectrolyte Mediated Scalable Synthesis Of Highly Stable Silver Nanocubes In Less Than A Minute Using Microwave Irradiation, Subrata Kundu, Vivek C. Maheshwari, Sanjun Niu, Ravi F. Saraf
Polyelectrolyte Mediated Scalable Synthesis Of Highly Stable Silver Nanocubes In Less Than A Minute Using Microwave Irradiation, Subrata Kundu, Vivek C. Maheshwari, Sanjun Niu, Ravi F. Saraf
Ravi Saraf Publications
Silver nanocubes were synthesized for the first time in large quantities on gold seed in the presence of a polyelectrolyte using microwave heating for 60–120 s. Our experiment indicates that the polyelectrolyte directs the growth of the particle in a specified crystallographic direction resulting in the faceted particle, i.e. a nanocube. The nanocubes are stable for at least 2 months in ambient conditions.
Self-Assembly Of A Micrometers-Long One-Dimensional Network Of Cemented Au Nanoparticles, Vivek C. Maheshwari, Jennifer Kane, Ravi F. Saraf
Self-Assembly Of A Micrometers-Long One-Dimensional Network Of Cemented Au Nanoparticles, Vivek C. Maheshwari, Jennifer Kane, Ravi F. Saraf
Ravi Saraf Publications
One-dimensional Au nanoparticles connected by ionic linkers self-assemble into a micrometer-scale network. Reactions between linker ions reinforce the assembly and lead to the formation of a continuous network. This continuous network demonstrates room temperature Coulomb-blockade characteristics that are indicative of electron transport along the 1D pathways.
Analytical Modeling With Decoupled Optimal Control Of Biomechanical Sit -To -Stand Movement, Asif Mahmood Mughal
Analytical Modeling With Decoupled Optimal Control Of Biomechanical Sit -To -Stand Movement, Asif Mahmood Mughal
Theses and Dissertations
Biomechanical movements with multiple degrees of freedom exhibit complex coordination and control mechanisms in the presence of physiological constraints. A human body biomechanical model which can mimic diverse 3D physiological movements is a challenging task. In this study, we develop a mathematical framework to study human sit-to-stand (STS) movement using 2D biomechanical models. This analytical framework models the physiological system for feedback controller design. A 2D 4-segment biomechanical model with optimal feedback controller design provides a motivation to extend this scheme for analytical 3D bipedal modeling. We used a newly developed mathematical modeling toolbox (Maple’s DynaFlexPro) to generate 3D 8-segment …