Volume 46, No.4 December 2003

Series C: Mechanical Systems,Machine Elements and Manufacturing

 

Contents

Special Issue on Bioengineering

1197    Foreword

Hirochi WADA

1198    Transit Characteristics of a Neutrophil Passing through Two Moderate Constrictions in a Cylindrical Capillary Vessel (Effect of Cell Deformation on Transit through the Second Constriction)

Atsushi SHIRAI, Ryo FUJITA and Toshiyuki HAYASE

1208    Change of the Topography of Ventral Cell Surface during Spreading of Fibroblasts as Revealed by Evanescent Wave-Excited Fluorescence Microscopy: Effect of Contractility and Microtubule Integrity

Hiroaki HIRATA, Kazuo OHKI and Hidetake MIYATA

1218    A Theoretical Study of Forming Mechanism of Membrane Patent Channels Across Endothelial Cell (Chained Vesicular Channel and Infundibular Channel)

Tadashi KOSAWADA and Hiroshi MATSUKAWA

1226    Effect of Long-Term Shear Stress Exposure on Calcium Response and Morphology of Cultured Endothelial Cells

Susumu KUDO, Ryuhei YAMAGUCHI, Kazutoshi MACHIDA, Mariko IKEDA, Kotaro OKA and Kazuo TANISHITA

1234    Numerical Analysis of Small Deformation of Flexible Helical Flagellum of Swimming Bacteria

Yasunari TAKANO and Tomonobu GOTO

1241    Analysis of Small Deformation of Helical Flagellum of Swimming Vibrio alginolyticus

Yasunari TAKANO, Kazuki YOSHIDA, Seishi KUDO, Megumi NISHITOBA and Yukio MAGARIYAMA

1248    Elongation and Random Orientation of Bovine Endothelial Cells in Response to Hydrostatic Pressure: Comparison with Response to Shear Stress

Yoshiaki SUGAYA, Naoya SAKAMOTO, Toshiro OHASHI and Masaaki SATO

1256    Dynamic Characteristics of the Force Generated by the Outer Hair Cell Motility in the Organ of Corti (Theoretical Consideration)

Masayoshi ANDOH and Hiroshi WADA

1266    Stable Expression of the Motor Protein Prestin in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells

Koji IIDA, Kazuaki KONNO, Takeshi OSHIMA, Kouhei TSUMOTO, Katsuhisa IKEDA, Izumi KUMAGAI, Toshimitsu KOBAYASHI and Hiroshi WADA

1275    Shear Stress Distribution on the Surface of Endothelial Cells during Flow-Induced Morphological Remodeling

Shuichiro FUKUSHIMA, Hideki FUJIOKA and Kazuo TANISHITA

1284    Cytotoxicity of Metal and Ceramic Particles in Different Sizes

Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Masafumi MORITA and Hiroshi MISHINA

1290    Rupture Properties of Blood Vessel Walls Measured by Pressure-Imposed Test

Toshiro OHASHI, Syukei SUGITA, Takeo MATSUMOTO, Kiichiro KUMAGAI, Hiroji AKIMOTO, Koichi TABAYASHI and Masaaki SATO

1297    WearPropertiesofUHMWPEOrientedunder Uniaxial Compression during the Molten State and at Lower Temperatures than the Melting Point

Makoto OHTA, Suong-Hyu HYON, Yu-Bong KANG, Masanori OKA, Sadami TSUTSUMI, Syozo MURAKAMI and Shinzo KOHJIYA

1304    Two-Dimensional Computational Flow Analysis and Frictional Characteristics Model for Red Blood Cell under Inclined Centrifuge Microscopy

Kenichi FUNAMOTO, Toshiyuki HAYASE and Atsushi SHIRAI

1312    Age-Related Changes in the Morphology and Mechanics of Arterial Wall in the Rat

Takanori SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi MIYAZAKI and Kozaburo HAYASHI

1321    Computational Modeling of Left Ventricle Dynamics and Flow Based on Ultrasonographic Data

Hidehito IWASE, Hao LIU, Shinichi FUJIMOTO and Ryutaro HIMENO

1330    Finite Element Analysis on the Relationship between Left Ventricular Pump Function and Fiber Structure within the Wall

Hiroshi WATANABE, Seiryo SUGIURA and Toshiaki HISADA

1340    Thrust Force Characteristics of Propulsion Mechanism in Fluid Using Variable- Bending-Stiffness Fin Modeled on Ciliary Movement

Shunichi KOBAYASHI, Tomoaki MASHIMA and Hirohisa MORIKAWA

1346    Numerical Analysis of Energy-Efficient Walking Gait with Flexed Knee for a Four-DOF Planar Biped Model

Chunye PENG and Kyosuke ONO

1356    Optimization of Motion of a Mechanical Pectoral Fin

Naomi KATO and Hao LIU

1363    Diving Simulation concerning Ade´lie Penguin

Shinichiro ITO and Masanori HARADA

1368    Kinematic Measurement of Knee Prosthesis from Single-Plane Projection Images

Shunji HIROKAWA, Shogo ARIYOSHI, Kenji TAKAHASHI and Koichi MARUYAMA

1377    Visualization of Transfer Characteristics of Eye Movements

Katsutoshi YOSHIDA and Keijin SATO

1382    Investigation of Buckling Phenomenon Induced by Growth of Vertebral Bodies Using a Mechanical Spine Model

Ryu SASAOKA, Hideyuki AZEGAMI, Shunji MURACHI, Junzoh KITOH, Yoshito ISHIDA, Noriaki KAWAKAMI, Mitsunori MAKINO and Yukihiro MATSUYAMA

1388    Parametric Study of Effects of Brain-Skull Boundary Conditions and Brain Material Properties on Responses of Simplified Finite Element Brain Model under Angular Acceleration Impulse in Sagittal Plane

Adam WITTEK and Kiyoshi OMORI

1400    Stress Analysis of Anterior-Disc-Displaced Temporomandibular Joint Using Individual Finite Element Model

Masao TANAKA, Eiji TANAKA, Masahiro TODOH, Daisuke ASAI and Yukiko KURODA

1409    Guided Bone Regeneration with Novel Bioabsorbable Membranes

Yoshihisa KOYAMA, Masanori KIKUCHI, Takeki YAMADA, Tomohiro KANAYA, Hiroko N. MATSUMOTO, Kazuo TAKAKUDA, Hiroo MIYAIRI and Junzo TANAKA

1417    An Experimental Study of the Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Swine Cruciate Ligaments

Shunji HIROKAWA and Tsutomu SAKOSHITA

1426    Vibration Isolation for Seismocardiogram Measurement in the OpenMRI-Guided Operating Theater

Kiyoshi NAEMURA and Hiroshi ISEKI

1434    High-Speed Video Observation of Tympanic Membrane Rupture in Guinea Pigs

Takuji KOIKE, Hiroshi WADA, Fumiaki ITO, Kazuyoshi TAKAYAMA and Toshimitsu KOBAYASHI

1441    An Integrated Simulation Tool for Modeling the Human Circulatory System

Ken'ichi ASAMI and Tadashi KITAMURA

1449    Use of PID and Iterative Learning Controls on Improving Intra-Oral Hydraulic Loading System of Dental Implants

Yi-Cheng HUANG, Manuel CHAN, Yi-Ping HSIN and Ching-Chang KO

1456    General Form of Steady Response and Periodic Solution for an Impact Oscillator Having No Sticking

Hitoshi IMAMURA and Kohei SUZUKI

1464    Development of an Integrity Evaluation System for Nuclear Power Plants

Young-Jin KIM, Jae-Boong CHOI, Joon-Seong LEE, Hyun-Kyu JUN and Youn-Won PARK

1473    Pole-Clustering Using Sliding-Mode Techniques for Motor Drives with Bounded Control

Yu-Sheng LU

1483    Robust Controller Design for Uncertain Time Delay Systems with Nonlinear Perturbations: An LMI Approach

Dong YUE, Sangchul WON and Ohmin KWON

1491    Research on Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robot System (Experiments on Reconfiguration and Locomotion with Several Modules)

Akiya KAMIMURA, Satoshi MURATA, Eiichi YOSHIDA, Haruhisa KUROKAWA, Kohji TOMITA and Shigeru KOKAJI

1498    A Study on the Dynamic Modeling of a Magnetic Levitation Vehicle

Hyung-Suk HAN

1503    Tip Dynamic Response of Elastic Joint Manipulators Subjected to a Stochastic Base Excitation

Mohsen BAHRAMI and Abbas RAHI

1510    Stress Analysis of a New Disk-Type Variable Torque Slipping Clutch with Skewed Rollers

Ming FENG, Kyosuke ONO and Kenji MIMURA

1524    A Min-Time Analysis of Three Trajectories with Curvature and Nonholonomic Constraints Using a Parallel Parking Criterion

Douglas LYON

1532    A New Multi-Probe Arrangement for Surface Profile Measurement of Cylinders

Katsuyuki ENDO, Wei GAO and Satoshi KIYONO

1539    A Fluid Control Valve Based on the Viscosity Increase Effects of Dielectric Fluids Caused by Electrodes Planted with Hair-Like Short Fibers (Proposition of a Fiber Planted ER Valve)

Shinichi YOKOTA, Yutaka KONDOH, Kokichi ISHIHARA, Yasufumi OTSUBO and Kazuya EDAMURA

1548    Modelling of Compact Folding/Wrapping of Flat Circular Membranes (Folding Patterns of Equiangular Spirals)

Taketoshi NOJIMA

1555    Response Surface Exploration for Elastic Modulus of Epoxy Concrete by Multi-Component Mixture Design

Krishnapada ROYSARKAR and Mihir Kumar BANERJEE

1564    Equivalent Misalignment of Gears Due to Deformation of Shafts, Bearings and Gears (Model Proposal and Development of Calculation Program)

Takao KOIDE, Satoshi ODA, Shogo MATSUURA and Aizoh KUBO

1573    Simultaneous Optimization of Tooth Flank Form of Involute Helical Gears in Terms of Both Vibration and Load Carrying Capacity

Masaharu KOMORI, Aizoh KUBO and Yoshitomo SUZUKI

1583    Procedure for Optimum Design of a Two-Stage Spur Gear System

Bader Ahmed ABUID and Yahya Muhammed AMEEN

1592    A Probabilistic Model for Crack Formation in Laser Cutting of Ceramics

Seoung Hwan LEE and Sun-Eung AHN

1599    Fabrication and Modeling of the Gray-Scale Mask Based Aspheric Refraction Microlens Array

Gou-Jen WANG, Shuh-Yi WANG and Chi-Hsian CHIN

1605    Internet Teleoperation of a Robot with Streaming Buffer System under Varying Time Delays

Jahng-Hyon PARK and Wanjae SHIN

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