Abstract: Mandibular condylar cartilage plays a crucial role in temporomandibular joint (TMJ) function, which includes facilitating articulation with the temporomandibular joint disc and reducing loads on ...

Abstract: During temporomandibular joint (TMJ) function, the mandibular condylar cartilage plays a prime role in the distribution and absorption of stresses generated over the condyle. Biomechanical ...

Abstract: Various issues associated with the design and mechanical evaluation of joints of ceramic matrix composites are discussed. The specific case of an affordable, robust ceramic joining technology ...

Abstract: Required response spectra (RRS) are commonly used as dynamic-test specifications in product qualification. RRS specification for a product is normally developed by considering the operating environment ...

Abstract: Industrial boilers experience bulbous cracks in carbon steel water-wall tubes and other water-touched surfaces. Because these cracks are blunt and different from sharp fatigue cracks, they are ...

Abstract: In the presence of strong interface adhesion, the fracture of an embedded fiber can also result in the cracking of the surrounding matrix. While the orientation of such matrix cracks can be ...

Abstract: An approximate solution to the unsteady flow of a viscous incompressible fluid through a porous medium bounded by two infinite parallel plates, the lower one stationary and the upper one ...

Abstract: The paper examines the problem of the in-plane loading of a rigid disk inclusion which is embedded in bonded contact with an isotropic elastic half-space region. The governing coupled integral ...

Abstract: This paper presents results of a direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent flow over the rough bed of an open channel. We consider a hexagonal arrangement of spheres on the channel bed. The depth of flow has been taken ...

Abstract: A linearized form of the Boussinesq equation was solved analytically to predict the water table fluctuation in subsurface drained farmland in the presence of recharge and evapotranspiration (ET). The recharge was assumed ...