Is Nice knot suture comparable to wire for cerclage fixation? A Biomechanical Performance Study

A recent series of experiments suggests that fostering superstitions can substantially improve performance on a variety of motor and cognitive tasks ( Damisch, Stoberock, & Mussweiler, 2010 ). We conducted two high-powered and precise replications of one of these experiments, examining if telling participants they had a lucky golf ball could improve their performance on a 10-shot golf task relative to controls. We found that the effect of superstition on performance is elusive: Participants told they had a lucky ball performed almost identically to controls. Our failure to replicate the target study was not due to lack of impact, lack of statistical power, differences in task difficulty, nor differences in participant belief in luck. A meta-analysis indicates significant heterogeneity in the effect of superstition on performance. This could be due to an unknown moderator, but no effect was observed among the studies with the strongest research designs (e.g., high power, a priori sampling plan).

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Design, construction and performance study of a cascade impactor for reducing diesel particulate emission

Journal of Mechanical Engineering ◽

10.3329/jme.v39i0.1830 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 39 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Md Shamim Akhter ◽

SM Najmul Hoque ◽

Md Nurun Nabi

Keyword(s):

Cascade Impactor ◽

Performance Study ◽

Particulate Emission ◽

Diesel Particulate ◽

And Performance ◽

Design Construction

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Performance study of RTV-2 Silicone Rubber Material For Soft Actuator by Experimental and Numerical methods: The Effect of Inflation Pressure and Wall Thickness

International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering ◽

10.15282/ijame.17.1.2020.01.0556 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 7524-7532 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Deepak D. ◽

Nitesh Kumar ◽

Shreyas P. Shetty ◽

Saurabh Jain ◽

Manoj Bhat

Keyword(s):

Numerical Methods ◽

Wall Thickness ◽

Silicone Rubber ◽

Inflation Pressure ◽

Performance Study ◽

Rubber Material ◽

Soft Actuator ◽

Alternative Materials ◽

Load Carrying ◽

Influential Parameters

The expensive nature of currently used materials in the soft robotic industry demands the consideration of alternative materials for fabrication. This work investigates the performance of RTV-2 grade silicone rubber for fabrication of a soft actuator. Initially, a cylindrical actuator is fabricated using this material and its performance is experimentally assessed for different pressures. Further, parametric variations of the effect of wall thickness and inflation pressure are studied by numerical methods. Results show that, both wall thickness and inflation pressure are influential parameters which affect the elongation behaviour of the actuator. Thin (1.5 mm) sectioned actuators produced 76.97% more elongation compared to thick sectioned, but the stress induced is 89.61 % higher. Whereas, the thick sectioned actuator (6 mm) showed a higher load transmitting capability. With change in wall thickness from 1.5 mm to 6 mm, the elongation is reduced by 76.97 %, 38.35 %, 21.05 % and 11.43 % at pressure 100 kPa, 75 kPa, 50 kPa and 25 kPa respectively. The induced stress is also found reduced by 89.61 %, 86.66 %, 84.46 % and 68.68 % at these pressures. The average load carrying capacity of the actuator is found to be directly proportional to its wall thickness and inflation pressure.

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Thermal Performance Study of the Fluid of a Collector Using Finite Elements with Computational Tools (CFD)

International Review of Mechanical Engineering (IREME) ◽

10.15866/ireme.v12i2.14235 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 189

Author(s):

Angelica Palacios ◽

Olga Ramos ◽

Dario Amaya

Keyword(s):

Finite Elements ◽

Thermal Performance ◽

Performance Study ◽

Computational Tools

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Performance Study of Some Reverse Osmosis Systems for Removal of Uranium and Total Dissolved Solids in Underground Waters of Punjab State, India

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN PHYSICS ◽

10.24297/jap.v4i2.2033 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 467-476

Author(s):

Nisha Sharma ◽

Jaspal Singh ◽

Barjinder Kaur

Keyword(s):

Drinking Water ◽

Reverse Osmosis ◽

State Government ◽

Total Dissolved Solids ◽

Internal Exposure ◽

Drinking Water Source ◽

Performance Study ◽

Dissolved Solids ◽

Underground Waters ◽

High Concentrations

Radionuclides (uranium, thorium, radium, radon gas etc.) are found naturally in air, water, soil and rock. Everyday, we ingest and inhale these radionuclides through the air we breathe and through food and water we take. Out of the internal exposure via ingestion of radionuclides, water contributes the major portion. The natural radioactivity of water is due to the activity transfer from bed rock and soils. In our surveys carried out in the past few years, we have observed high concentrations of uranium and total dissolved solids (TDS) in drinking waters of some southern parts of Punjab State exceeding the safe limits recommended by national and international agencies. The main drinking water source is the underground water procured from different depths. Due to the highly saline taste, disorders in their digestive systems and other ailments, people are installing reverse osmosis (RO) systems in their houses. Some RO systems have been installed on commercial basis. The state government is also in the process of installing community RO systems at the village level. As high values of uranium are also undesired and may pose health hazards due to radioactivity and toxicity of uranium, we have conducted a survey in the field to study the performance of various RO systems for removal of uranium and TDS. Water samples from about forty RO systems from Faridkot, Mansa, Bathinda and Amritsar districts of Punjab State were collected and analyzed. Our results show that some RO systems are able to remove more than 99% of uranium in the underground waters used for drinking purposes. TDS values are also reduced considerably to the desired levels. So RO systems can be used to avoid the risk of unduly health problems posed by high concentrations of uranium and TDS in drinking water.

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