We present a space- and phenotype-structured model of selection dynamics between cancer cells within a solid tumour. In the framework of this model, we combine formal analyses with numerical simulations to investigate...
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Several types of tube-like fibre-reinforced tissue, including arteries and veins, different kinds of muscles, biological tubes as well as plants and trees, grow in an axially symmetric manner that preserves their own ...
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Several types of tube-like fibre-reinforced tissue, including arteries and veins, different kinds of muscles, biological tubes as well as plants and trees, grow in an axially symmetric manner that preserves their own shape as well as the direction and, hence, the shape of their embedded fibres. This study considers the general, three-dimensional, axisymmetric mass-growth pattern of a finite tube reinforced by a single family of fibres growing with and within the tube, and investigates the influence that the preservation of fibre direction exerts on relevant mathematicalmodelling, as well on the physical behaviour of the tube. Accordingly, complete sets of necessary conditions that enable such axisymmetric tube patterns to take place are initially developed, not only for fibres preserving a general direction, but also for all six particular cases in which fibres grow normal to either one or two of the cylindrical polar coordinate directions. The implied conditions are of kinematic character but independent of the constitutive behaviour of the growing tube material. Because they hold in addition to and simultaneously with standard kinematic relations and equilibrium equations, they describe growth by an overdetermined system of equations. In cases of hyperelastic mass-growth, the additional information they thus provide enables identification of specific classes of strain energy densities for growth that are admissible and, therefore, suitable for the implied type of axisymmetric tube mass-growth to take place. The presented analysis is applicable to many different particular cases of axisymmetric mass-growth of tube-like tissue, though admissible classes of relevant strain energy densities for growth are identified only for a few example applications. These consider and discuss cases of relevant hyperelastic mass-growth which (i) is of purely dilatational nature, (ii) combines dilatational and torsional deformation, (iii) enables preservation of shape and direction
The response of a rigid rocking block has been thoroughly studied. From a mathematicalmodelling standpoint, a pure rocking system is complex, sensitive and sometime chaotic. Because of the complexity, it is generally...
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The paper presents a mathematical model and the design details to manufacture a prototype of a smart orthosis for posture correction while sitting on a chair at your office or at home. The global geometry for developi...
The paper presents a mathematical model and the design details to manufacture a prototype of a smart orthosis for posture correction while sitting on a chair at your office or at home. The global geometry for developing the mathematical model was obtained by direct measuring a human 3D model, developed by scanning one of the authors' body and 3D printing it. Based on the mathematical model, the detailed design for the entire product was performed in accordance with the product architecture. The stages of detailed design for the critical systems within the final assembly are also presented in the paper. The posture correction orthosis must be customized for each user, thus, once the design for the critical components has been validated, a parametric design has been generated to facilitate the manufacturing process. The technical solutions are generated and analysed for a vertebral element of the orthosis, representing the critical component of the product. The vertebral element is subject to mechanical stresses, so that a finite element analysis was performed. The geometry of the component and its material were validated by using FEA on the CAD model of the vertebral element. The further work will include research regarding the changes needed for transforming the orthosis into a medical device for spinal column illnesses.
Determining particle shape is vital for many industrial processes such as those found in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and bioenergy industries. With modelling being an essential tool to acquire an understanding o...
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Determining particle shape is vital for many industrial processes such as those found in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and bioenergy industries. With modelling being an essential tool to acquire an understanding of the behaviour of particulates in industrial processes, numerical methods such as DEM are needing numerical solutions to formulate and implement particle shape models that overcome current limitations. Whereas pharmaceutical particles have a regular shape, agricultural and biomass particles often are specific, irregular and non-analytic. Because the diversity of real shapes is enormous, a variety of methods for describing particle shapes currently exist. Recently, the series of spherical harmonics (SHs) has gained much interest through their application in many other fields. This paper focuses on the application of the semi-analytical SH technique and addresses the development of a universal modelling tool for describing different particle shapes using a finite number of SHs. The results obtained from modelling pharmaceutical, agricultural, and biomass particles prove the applicability of SHs to regular as well as irregular shapes. In this regard, their optimised description by minimising the number of non-zero expansion coefficients is demonstrated. To proceed with a smaller number of low-order SHs, surface segmentation is introduced. Sufficient accuracy in the shape description of the particles selected was achieved with less than 16 SHs. (C) 2018 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
In-pipe inspection robots are designed to pull out the human role from work load and risky working circumstances. In this paper an in-pipe inspection robot version 2 (IPIR version 2) is presented which composed of two...
In-pipe inspection robots are designed to pull out the human role from work load and risky working circumstances. In this paper an in-pipe inspection robot version 2 (IPIR version 2) is presented which composed of two driving leg systems, two supporting leg systems and a connecting body. Novelty of version 2 is its stability and diameter adaptability. Stability of version 2 is enhanced by adding two supporting leg systems in version 1 and diameter adaptability of version 2 is improved by optimizing its spring design. All major components of version 2 are designed safely. Solid modelling of all robot parts and its assembly is carried out in Solidworks 16. mathematicalmodelling of version 2 is carried by Lagrange's method. A planetary geared DC motor with encoder (IG42E-104K) is used as prime mover of IPIR version 2. This robot has mainly employed aluminium as structural material. To verify the efficacy of driving mechanism, several experiments of version 2 are conducted in horizontal pipes, vertical pipes and couplings of 8 inches to 10 inches diameter range. This IPIR version 2 will be employed for offline visual checking of various pipe components like horizontal pipes, vertical pipes and couplings in water pipelines, gas pipelines and drain pipes etc.
This study attempts to model the human arm as a dynamical triple pendulum system. The equation of motion of te human arm was obtained using Euler-Lagrange equation. The resulted second order differential equation was ...
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A physical and mathematical model of the water-air mode of free-flow drainage pipelines has been developed. The solution to the problem of physical modelling of pipeline network functioning is based on the study of th...
A physical and mathematical model of the water-air mode of free-flow drainage pipelines has been developed. The solution to the problem of physical modelling of pipeline network functioning is based on the study of the dynamics of changes in the hydraulic and aerodynamic parameters of the system, taking into account the phenomena of heat and mass transfer between liquid and air in the vaulted space of a free-flow pipeline. An algorithm for solving the problem is compiled on the basis of the criteria of hydrodynamic similarity, describing the phenomena of mass transfer as a result of forced air convection by using a mechanical ventilation system above the water surface. Based on the results of applying a special computer-aided calculation program, indicators of the required air exchange rate for effective removal of evaporation (steam) from the vaulted space of a pipeline were determined. As a result of solving the complex problem of studying the water-air mode of free-flow pipeline functioning, the authors compared and analysed the calculated values of the intensity of air exchange produced to remove steam, and to reduce harmful foul-smelling gaseous substances to reach the values of maximum permissible concentrations. The research results are aimed at preventing emissions of gases harmful to human health into the atmospheric air by constructive methods.
This article presents mathematical channel modeling for in-vivo communication in terms of the change in the position of the ex-vivo antenna at ultra wideband frequencies. It is shown that the location dependent charac...
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This article presents mathematical channel modeling for in-vivo communication in terms of the change in the position of the ex-vivo antenna at ultra wideband frequencies. It is shown that the location dependent characteristics are not only dependent on the in-vivo devices placed inside the human body but also the position of ex-vivo devices can impact the channel. Results are calculated using the mathematical model and curve fitting technique by calculation of the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE). The statistics of error prediction among the measured data and the proposed model is RMSE = 14.46 for the right lateral and RMSE = 11.63 for the left lateral respectively. These results will help system designer in accurate link budget calculation for designing enhance implantable devices.
This paper presents the results of computational experiments aimed at studying the effect of experience on design teams’ exploration of problem-solution space. An agent-based model of a design team was developed and ...
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This paper presents the results of computational experiments aimed at studying the effect of experience on design teams’ exploration of problem-solution space. An agent-based model of a design team was developed and its capability to match theoretically-based predictions is tested. Hypotheses that (1) experienced teams need less time to find a solution and that (2) in comparison to the inexperienced teams, experienced teams spend more time exploring the solution-space than the problem-space, were tested. The results provided support for both of the hypotheses, demonstrating the impact of learning and experience on the exploration patterns in problem and solution space, and verifying the system's capability to produce the reliable results.
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