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Volume 43, No.4December 2000
Series C:MechanicalSystems,MachineElements and Manufacturing

●Foreword(771)

Kenkichi OHBA

［Computational Mechanics］

●Development of a Softness Sensing System by Using Dynamic Response of Piezoelectric Vibrator and Its Application to Detect Mechanical Properties of Living Cells(772)

Tadashi KOSAWADA, Hideaki SATOH and Hajime NISHIDA

●Surface Topography Measurement and Intracellular Stress Analysis of Cultured Endothelial Cells Exposed to Fluid Shear Stress(780)

Toshiro OHASHI, Hironori SUGAWARA, Takeo MATSUMOTO and Masaaki SATO

●Development of a Simple Method to Construct Finite Element Models of Aortas from MRI Images and Its Application to Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm(787)

Yoko KATO, Takeo MATSUMOTO, Kiichirou KUMAGAI, Hiroji AKIMOTO, Koichi TABAYASHI and Masaaki SATO

●Polychromatic X-ray Measurements of Anisotropic Residual Stress in Bovine Femoral Bone(795)

Masahiro TODOH, Shigeru TADANO, Jun-ichi SHIBANO and Takayoshi UKAI

●Change in Contact Conditions of Knee Joint Caused by Total Knee Replacement and Its Effect (Investigation on Two-Dimensional Model during Gait)(802)

Hiroyuki FUJIKI, Hiromasa ISHIKAWA and Kazunori YASUDA

●Intraspinal Stress and Syringomyelia(810)

Yukio TADA, Yuko INAOKA and Tatsuya NAGASHIMA

●Mechanical Evaluation of Cardiac Contractility in Left Ventricle with Disease Using Magnetic Resonance Tagging Technique(816)

Tadashi INABA, Masataka TOKUDA, Yasutomi KINOSADA, Yutaka SAWAKI, Kazuo YAGI and Shingo KAWASAKI

●Alteration of Mechanical Properties of Remodeling Bone Adapted to Mechanical Stimuli(822)

Kosaku KURATA, Hidehiko HIGAKI, Hiromasa MIURA, Teruo MURAKAMI and Yukihide IWAMOTO

●Formulation of a Mathematical Model for Mechanical Bone Remodeling Process(830)

Eiichi TANAKA, Sota YAMAMOTO, Yoichi AOKI, Takahiro OKADA and Hiroshi YAMADA

●A Computational Study of Viscous Flow in a Transversely Oscillating Channel(837)

Masahide NAKAMURA, Takuji NAKAMURA and Tomohiro TANAKA

●Simulation Study of Elastic Micropropulsion Mechanism Modeled on Bending Mechanism of Eukaryotic Flagella in Liquid(845)

Shunichi KOBAYASHI, Osamu TAKIZAWA and Hirohisa MORIKAWA

●Predictions of Index of Hemolysis in Shear Blood Flow（Improvement of Accuracy for Prediction by Modifying Turbulence Model for Orifice-pipe Flow)(853)

Masaaki TAMAGAWA and Sigeharu MINAKAWA

●Computational Simulation of Flow in the Aortic Arch (Influence of the 3-D Distortion on Flows in the Ordinary Helix Circular Tube)(862)

Daisuke MORI, Hao LIU and Takami YAMAGUCHI

●Smooth Muscle Cells Freshly Isolated from Rat Thoracic Aortas are Much Stiffer than Cultured Bovine Cells: Possible Effect of Phenotype(867)

Takeo MATSUMOTO, Junpei SATO, Mitsunobu YAMAMOTO and Masaaki SATO

●Numerical Analysis of Bacterium Motion Based on the Slender Body Theory(875)

Tomonobu GOTO, Ryota INAOKA and Yasunari TAKANO

●Effect of Initial Axial Strain of Collapsible Tube on Self-Excited Oscillation(882)

Yupeng XIA, Toshiyuki HAYASE, Satoru HAYASHI and Tsuyoshi HAMAYA

●Two-Dimensional Numerical Simulation and Experiment on Large Deformation of Collapsible Tube(889)

Tadayuki KAMIMURA, Kenkichi OHBA and Kiyoshi BANDO

●Wing Morphology of Some Insects(895)

Seiichi SUDO, Koji TSUYUKI and Junji TANI

●A Study on Tactile Friction and Wear (1st Report, A Case Study of Tactile Wear（“tezure”))(901)

Junji SUGISHITA, Hatsuhiko USAMI and Tomokazu HATTORI

●On-line Learning Based Electromyogram to Forearm Motion Classifier with Motor Skill Evaluation(906)

Daisuke NISHIKAWA, Wenwei YU, Masaharu MARUISHI, Ichiro WATANABE, Hiroshi YOKOI, Yukio MANO and Yukinori KAKAZU

●Development of an Electrostatic Generator that Harnesses the Motion of a Living Body (Use of a Resonant Phenomenon)(916)

Ryoichi TASHIRO, Nobuyuki KABEI, Kunimasa KATAYAMA, Yoshizo ISHIZUKA, Fuminori TSUBOI and Kiichi TSUCHIYA

●A Model on the Main Pulvinus Movement of Mimosa Pudica(923)

Hiroyuki KAGAWA and Eiji SAITO

●Distributed Control for Bending Propulsion Mechanism in Water(929)

Shunichi KOBAYASHI, Akira SEKIZUKA, Toshifumi OKUNISHI and Hirohisa MORIKAWA

●Analysis by Phase Planes of the Sit-to-Stand Movement from a Chair(934)

Koichi SHINKODA, Mitsuharu TANAKA, Hidetaka IKEUCHI, Ryozo KATOH and Tadashi YAMASHITA

●Radial-Type Self-Bearing Motor for Nonpulsatile-Type Artificial Heart(941)

Ken-ichi MATSUDA, Toshiyuki KITA, Yohji OKADA, Toru MASUZAWA, Tetsuo OHISHI, Yoshiyuki TAENAKA and Takashi YAMANE

●A Study on the Path of an Upper-Body Support Arm Used for Assisting Standing-Up and Sitting-Down Motion(949)

Masamichi TOMITA, Toshio OGISO, Yasuhiro NEMOTO and Masakatsu G. FUJIE

●Three-Dimensional Deformation and Stress Distribution of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the Knee (Results of Model Analyses and Visual Simulation)(957)

Shunji HIROKAWA and Reiji TSURUNO

●Evaluation of the Gait of Elderly People Using an Assisting Cart（Gait on Flat Surface）(966)

Kazuto MIYAWAKI, Takehiro IWAMI, Goro OBINATA, Yasuo KONDO, Keiichi KUTSUZAWA, Yuji OGASAWARA and Shinzou NISHIMURA