Abstract: Seven male subjects ran at 3.0 m/s on a motorized treadmill including a force platform under the tread. The subjects ran at each of five treadmill inclinations: + 0.17, +0.077, 0, -0.077, ...

Abstract: Several empirical procedures available at present to define the recurrence interval or probability of occurrence of long hydrologic events are shown to give inconsistent results. An analytical procedure is developed to ...

Abstract: Based on a literature review, the suitability of the Manning equation to represent shallow flow in surface irrigation is questioned. This conclusion is supported by analysis of both experimental data of the present study ...

Abstract: An instability resembling an avalanche is proposed as the mechanism by which mucus is expelled from the respiratory tract during cough. The cough event was simulated in a model airway. In ...

Abstract: A major determinant of the risk of hip fracture in a fall from standing height is the force applied to the femur at impact. This force is determined by the impact velocity of the hip and ...

Abstract: Recent studies suggest that hip padding systems reduce the incidence of hip fractures during falls. However, no data exist on the force attenuating capacity of hip pads under realistic fall ...

Abstract: We measured the step response of a surrogate human pelvis/impact pendulum system at force levels between 50 and 350 N. We then fit measured response curves with four different single-degree-of-freedom ...

Abstract: Monthly rainfall data are needed in the simulation of water resources systems, and in the estimation of water yield from large catchments. Models to generate monthly streamflow data can be applied to generate monthly ...