Mechanical Design of a Novel Surgical Laparoscopic Simulator for Telemedicine Assistance and Physician Training during Aerospace Applications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Cornejo ◽  
Jorge A. Cornejo-Aguilar ◽  
Raul Sebastian ◽  
Paul Perales ◽  
Cristians Gonzalez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Physician Training ◽  
Aerospace Applications ◽  
Laparoscopic Simulator

Physical, Chemical, and Crystallographic Characterization of Anodic Coatings on High Strength Aluminum Base Alloys

1976 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 636-637
Author(s):  
R. E. Herfert ◽  
N. T. McDevitt
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Salt Spray ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Environmental Stability ◽  
Anodic Films ◽  
Sodium Dichromate ◽  
Corrosion Resistant ◽  
Aerospace Applications ◽  
Bond Strengths ◽  
Adhesive Bonded Joints

Durability of adhesive bonded joints in moisture and salt spray environments is essential to USAF aircraft. Structural bonding technology for aerospace applications has depended for many years on the preparation of aluminum surfaces by a sulfuric acid/sodium dichromate (FPL etch) treatment. Recently, specific thin film anodizing techniques, phosphoric acid, and chromic acid anodizing have been developed which not only provide good initial bond strengths but vastly improved environmental durability. These thin anodic films are in contrast to the commonly used thick anodic films such as the sulfuric acid or "hard" sulfuric acid anodic films which are highly corrosion resistant in themselves, but which do not provide good initial bond strengths, particularly in low temperature peel.The objective of this study was to determine the characteristics of anodic films on aluminum alloys that make them corrosion resistant. The chemical composition, physical morphology and structure, and mechanical properties of the thin oxide films were to be defined and correlated with the environmental stability of these surfaces in humidity and salt spray. It is anticipated that anodic film characteristics and corrosion resistance will vary with the anodizing processing conditions.

TEM study of boron additions to cobalt aluminide

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 546-547
Author(s):  
Gerald B. Feldewerth
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Turbine Engines ◽  
Major Drawback ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Specific Strength ◽  
Aerospace Applications ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ordered Alloys ◽  
The University ◽  
Very High

In recent years an increasing emphasis has been placed on the study of high temperature intermetallic compounds for possible aerospace applications. One group of interest is the B2 aiuminides. This group of intermetaliics has a very high melting temperature, good high temperature, and excellent specific strength. These qualities make it a candidate for applications such as turbine engines. The B2 aiuminides exist over a wide range of compositions and also have a large solubility for third element substitutional additions, which may allow alloying additions to overcome their major drawback, their brittle nature.One B2 aluminide currently being studied is cobalt aluminide. Optical microscopy of CoAl alloys produced at the University of Missouri-Rolla showed a dramatic decrease in the grain size which affects the yield strength and flow stress of long range ordered alloys, and a change in the grain shape with the addition of 0.5 % boron.

Deformation at interfaces of Ti-6Al-4V/SiC fiber composites

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-159
Author(s):  
Warren J. Moberly ◽  
Daniel B. Miracle ◽  
S. Krishnamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stresses ◽  
Load Transfer ◽  
Coefficient Of Thermal Expansion ◽  
Hot Isostatic Pressing ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Aerospace Applications ◽  
Sic Fiber ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Intermetallic Matrix Composites

Titanium-aluminum alloy metal matrix composites (MMC) and Ti-Al intermetallic matrix composites (IMC), reinforced with continuous SCS6 SiC fibers are leading candidates for high temperature aerospace applications such as the National Aerospace Plane (NASP). The nature of deformation at fiber / matrix interfaces is characterized in this ongoing research. One major concern is the mismatch in coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) between the Ti-based matrix and the SiC fiber. This can lead to thermal stresses upon cooling down from the temperature incurred during hot isostatic pressing (HIP), which are sufficient to cause yielding in the matrix, and/or lead to fatigue from the thermal cycling that will be incurred during application, A second concern is the load transfer, from fiber to matrix, that is required if/when fiber fracture occurs. In both cases the stresses in the matrix are most severe at the interlace.

TEM sample preparation of wear-tested room-temperature pulsed-laser-deposited thin films of MoS2 by ultramicrotomy

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 1118-1119
Author(s):  
Pamela F. Lloyd ◽  
Scott D. Walck
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Sample Preparation ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Vacuum ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Ultra High Vacuum ◽  
Wear Testing ◽  
Preparation Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Aerospace Applications

Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is a novel technique for the deposition of tribological thin films. MoS2 is the archetypical solid lubricant material for aerospace applications. It provides a low coefficient of friction from cryogenic temperatures to about 350°C and can be used in ultra high vacuum environments. The TEM is ideally suited for studying the microstructural and tribo-chemical changes that occur during wear. The normal cross sectional TEM sample preparation method does not work well because the material’s lubricity causes the sandwich to separate. Walck et al. deposited MoS2 through a mesh mask which gave suitable results for as-deposited films, but the discontinuous nature of the film is unsuitable for wear-testing. To investigate wear-tested, room temperature (RT) PLD MoS2 films, the sample preparation technique of Heuer and Howitt was adapted.Two 300 run thick films were deposited on single crystal NaCl substrates. One was wear-tested on a ball-on-disk tribometer using a 30 gm load at 150 rpm for one minute, and subsequently coated with a heavy layer of evaporated gold.

The new CM-Series TEMs: integration of a five-axis motorized, fully computer-controlled goniometer

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 258-259
Author(s):  
Marc J.C. de Jong ◽  
P. Emile S.J. Asselbergs ◽  
Max T. Otten
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Computer Control ◽  
Objective Lens ◽  
Access Port ◽  
Vibration Stability ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Computer Controlled ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Five Axis ◽  
Five Axes

A new step forward in Transmission Electron Microscopy has been made with the introduction of the CompuStage on the CM-series TEMs: CM120, CM200, CM200 FEG and CM300. This new goniometer has motorization on five axes (X, Y, Z, α, β), all under full computer control by a dedicated microprocessor that is in communication with the main CM processor. Positions on all five axes are read out directly - not via a system counting motor revolutions - thereby providing a high degree of accuracy. The CompuStage enters the octagonal block around the specimen through a single port, allowing the specimen stage to float freely in the vacuum between the objective-lens pole pieces, thereby improving vibration stability and freeing up one access port. Improvements in the mechanical design ensure higher stability with regard to vibration and drift. During stage movement the holder O-ring no longer slides, providing higher drift stability and positioning accuracy as well as better vacuum.

The Impact of Primary Care Resident Physician Training on Patient Weight Loss at 12 Months

Obesity ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie R. Jay ◽  
Colleen C. Gillespie ◽  
Sheira L. Schlair ◽  
Stella M. Savarimuthu ◽  
Scott E. Sherman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Resident Physician ◽  
Physician Training ◽  
Primary Care Resident ◽  
Patient Weight ◽  
The Impact

Design of a Human Knee Reeducation Mechanism

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-53
Author(s):  
Allaoua Brahmia ◽  
Ridha Kelaiaia
Keyword(s):  
Lower Limb ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Kinematic Chain ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Kinematic Structure ◽  
Robotic Device ◽  
Human Knee ◽  
Kinematic Study ◽  
Rehabilitation Exercise ◽  
New Machine

Abstract To establish an exercise in open muscular chain rehabilitation (OMC), it is necessary to choose the type of kinematic chain of the mechanical / biomechanical system that constitutes the lower limbs in interaction with the robotic device. Indeed, it’s accepted in biomechanics that a rehabilitation exercise in OMC of the lower limb is performed with a fixed hip and a free foot. Based on these findings, a kinematic structure of a new machine, named Reeduc-Knee, is proposed, and a mechanical design is carried out. The contribution of this work is not limited to the mechanical design of the Reeduc-Knee system. Indeed, to define the minimum parameterizing defining the configuration of the device relative to an absolute reference, a geometric and kinematic study is presented.

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