Volume 44, No.4 December 2001

Series C: Mechanical Systems,Machine Elements and Manufacturing

 

Contents

Special Issue on Bioengineering

●Foreword

Hiroshi WADA

●Effect of Actin Filament on Deformation- Induced Ca2+ Response in Osteoblast-Like Cells

Taiji ADACHI, Takayuki MURAI, Sodai HOSHIAI and Yoshihiro TOMITA

●Dynamic Response to Mechanical Stimulation in Myoblasts

Sayuri MURAKAMI, Kyoji HOMMA and Yoriko ATOMI

●Large Deformation Mechanics of Plasma Membrane Chained Vesicles in Cells

Tadashi KOSAWADA, Kouichi SANADA and Tetsuo TAKANO

●Improvement in the Viability of Cryopreserved Cells by Microencapsulation

Yoshifumi MATSUMOTO, Yukihiro MORINAGA, Masanobu UJIHIRA, Kotaro OKA and Kazuo TANISHITA

●Thrust Force Characteristics of Propulsion Mechanism Modeled on Bending Mechanism of Eukaryotic Flagella in Water

Shunichi KOBAYASHI, Masaya NAKASONE, Kozo FURIHATA and Hirohisa MORIKAWA

●Optimum Shape of a Flagellated Microorganism

Tatsuya FUJITA and Tatsuo KAWAI

●Comparison between Observation and Boundary Element Analysis of Bacterium Swimming Motion

Tomonobu GOTO, Sinya MASUDA, Kazumasa TERADA and Yasunari TAKANO

●Proposal of a Deformable Erythrocyte Model and Numerical Analysis of Shear Flow of Blood

Takuji ISHIKAWA, Nobuyoshi KAWABATA and Motoyoshi TACHIBANA

●Measurement of Surface Topography of Endothelial Cell and Wall Shear Stress Distribution on the Cell

Shuichiro FUKUSHIMA, Ai NAGATSU, Makoto KAIBARA, Kotaro OKA and Kazuo TANISHITA

●Numerical Simulation System for Blood Flow in the Cerebral Artery Using CT Imaging Data

Ryo TORII, Marie OSHIMA, Toshio KOBAYASHI and Kiyoshi TAKAGI

●Flow around Cells Adhered to a Microvessel Wall. III. Effects of Neighboring Cells in Channel Flow

Masako SUGIHARA-SEKI

●Changes in Water Filtration Velocity and Wall Structure of the Rabbit Common Carotid Artery after Removal of the Adventitia

Shigeo WADA, Masashi KAICHI and Takeshi KARINO

●Mass Transport in Pulsatile Flow through Asymmetric Stenosis

Takuji ISHIKAWA, Shuzo OSHIMA and Ryuichiro YAMANE

●Relationship between Intraventricular Flow Patterns and the Shapes of the Aliasing Area in Color M-mode Doppler Echocardiograms ―A CFD Study with an Axisymmetric Model of the LV―

Masanori NAKAMURA, Shigeo WADA, Taisei MIKAMI, Akira KITABATAKE and Takeshi KARINO

●The Effect of Creating a Moderate Stenosis on the Localization of Intimal Thickening in the Common Carotid Artery of the Rabbit Fed on a Cholesterol-Rich Diet

Shigeo WADA, Makoto KOUJIYA and Takeshi KARINO

●Fundamental Investigation for Developing Drug Delivery Systems and Bioprocess with Shock Waves and Bubbles (Numerical Analysis of Deformation of Cell Model and Observation of Bubble Behavior near the Cell-Membrane Model)

Masaaki TAMAGAWA, Ichiro YAMANOI and Atsushi MATSUMOTO

●Secondary Flow Augmentation during Intermittent Oscillatory Flow in Model Human Central Airways

Gaku TANAKA, Kotaro OKA and Kazuo TANISHITA

●Mechanical Evaluation of Reconstructed Structures after Total Sacrectomy and Their Improvement

Jiro SAKAMOTO, Juhachi ODA, Yuji NAGASHIMA, Akira YOSHIDA, Hideki MURAKAMI, Norio KAWAHARA and Katsuro TOMITA

●Study on Treatment with Respect to Idiopathic Scoliosis (Sensitivity Analysis Based on Buckling Theory)

Kenzen TAKEUCHI, Hideyuki AZEGAMI, Shunji MURACHI, Junzoh KITOH, Yoshito ISHIDA, Noriaki KAWAKAMI and Mitsunori MAKINO

●Thermoelastic Femoral Stress Imaging for Experimental Evaluation of Hip Prosthesis Design

Koji HYODO, Masayoshi INOMOTO, Wenxiao MA, Syunpei MIYAKAWA and Tetsuya TATEISHI

●Development of a Finite Element Model of the Human Shoulder to Investigate the Mechanical Responses and Injuries in Side Impact

Masami IWAMOTO, Kazuo MIKI and King H. YANG

●Dynamic Evaluation of the Contact Characteristics and Three-Dimensional Motion for the Ankle Joint with Lateral Ligament Injuries

Kensaku KAWAKAMI, Go OMORI, Shojiro TERASHIMA, Makoto SAKAMOTO and Toshiaki HARA

●Effects of Knee and Ankle Movements on Foot Impact Forces in Human Walking

Yoshihiko TAGAWA, Naoto SHIBA, Kenichiro MIYAZAKI, Shigeaki MATSUO, Akio INOUE and Tadashi YAMASHITA

●Effect of Depth of Conical-Shaped Tympanic Membrane on Middle-Ear Sound Transmission

Takuji KOIKE, Hiroshi WADA and Toshimitsu KOBAYASHI

●The Wing Apparatus and Flapping Behavior of Hymenoptera

Seiichi SUDO, Koji TSUYUKI, Yoshiyasu ITO and Junji TANI

●Interlaminar Reinforcement Mechanism in a Beetle Fore-Wing

Qing-Qing NI, Jinxiang CHEN, Masaharu IWAMOTO, Ken KURASHIKI and Kenji SAITO

●Experimental Study on Oscillating Wing for Propulsor with Bending Mechanism Modeled on Caudal Muscle-Skeletal Structure of Tuna

Hirohisa MORIKAWA, Seitaroh NAKAO and Shun-ichi KOBAYASHI

●A Method for Gait Analysis in a Daily Living Environment by Body-Mounted Instruments

Yasuaki OHTAKI, Koichi SAGAWA and Hikaru INOOKA

●A Study of an EMG-Based Exoskeletal Robot for Human Shoulder Motion Support

Kazuo KIGUCHI, Koya IWAMI, Keigo WATANABE and Toshio FUKUDA

●Identification of Control Parameters for Brass Player's Embouchure by Measuring Contact Pressure on the Teeth Buccal Surface

Itaru KOURAKATA, Kozo MORIYAMA and Toshiaki HARA

●Investigation on a Temperature Control System Modeled after the Function of the Skin (On the Temperature Control System by the Operation of Flow Rate Allotment)

Masahide NAKAMURA, Shinya SHOJI, Ryoji SUZUKI and Etsuro YAMADA

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