Volume 47, No.4 December 2004

Series C: Mechanical Systems,Machine Elements and Manufacturing

 

Contents

Special Issue on Bioengineering

955    Foreword

Hiroshi WADA

956    Microstamp-Based Micromachining for Modulation of Growth of Cultured Neuronal Cells

Yuki TAKII, Hirokazu KAJI, Tomokazu MATSUE and Matsuhiko NISHIZAWA

962    Tension-Dependent Formation of Stress Fibers in Fibroblasts: A Study Using Semi-Intact Cells

Hiroaki HIRATA, Hitoshi TATSUMI and Masahiro SOKABE

970    Relationship between Fluorescence Intensity of GFP and the Expression Level of Prestin in a Prestin-Expressing Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Line

Koji IIDA, Tomoyuki NAGAOKA, Kouhei TSUMOTO, Katsuhisa IKEDA, Izumi KUMAGAI, Toshimitsu KOBAYASHI and Hiroshi WADA

977    Relationship between Microtubule Network Structure and Intracellular Transport in Cultured Endothelial Cells Affected by Shear Stress

Susumu KUDO, Kenji IKEZAWA, Mariko IKEDA and Kazuo TANISHITA

985    Mechanical Anisotropy of Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells Decreases with Their Contraction
        (Possible Effect of Actin Filament Orientation)

Kazuaki NAGAYAMA and Takeo MATSUMOTO

992    Effect of Shear Stress on Permeability of Vascular Endothelial Monolayer Cocultured with Smooth Muscle Cells

Naoya SAKAMOTO, Toshiro OHASHI and Masaaki SATO

1000    Flow Patterns in the Dog Descending Aorta under a Steady Flow Condition Simulating Mid-Systole

Shunsuke ENDO, Harry Leonardo GOLDSMITH and Takeshi KARINO

1010    Collapse in High-Grade Stenosis during Pulsatile Flow Experiments

Shunichi KOBAYASHI, Dalin TANG and David N. KU

1019    Finite Element Analysis of Ventricular Wall Motion and Intra-Ventricular Blood Flow in Heart with Myocardial Infarction

Hiroshi WATANABE, Takeshi SUGANO, Seiryo SUGIURA and Toshiaki HISADA

1027    Predictions of Thrombus Formation Using Lattice Boltzmann Method
        (Modeling of Adhesion Force for Particles to Wall)

Masaaki TAMAGAWA and Sumiaki MATSUO

1035    Growth of Intracranial Aneurysms Arised from Curved Vessels under the Influence of Elevated Wall Shear Stress --- A Computer Simulation Study

Yixiang FENG, Shigeo WADA, Ken-ichi TSUBOTA and Takami YAMAGUCHI

1043    A Study on the Mechanism for Cavitation in the Mechanical Heart Valves with an Electrohydraulic Total Artificial Heart

Hwansung LEE, Tomonori TSUKIYA, Akihiko HOMMA, Tadayuki KAMIMURA, Eisuke TATSUMI, Yoshiyuki TAENAKA and Soichiro KITAMURA

1049    Influence of Proteoglycan on Time-Dependent Mechanical Behaviors of Articular Cartilage under Constant Total Compressive Deformation

Teruo MURAKAMI, Nobuo SAKAI, Yoshinori SAWAE, Koji TANAKA and Maki IHARA

1056    Effects of Cyclic Tensile Forces on the Strength of Fibrous Tissue Examined in an in Vivo Model

Kazuo TAKAKUDA, Yoshihisa KOYAMA, Hiroko N. MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi KATAKURA and Takeshi MUNETA

1062    Numerical Analysis on Quantitative Role of Trunk Muscles in Spinal Stabilization

Yoon Hyuk KIM and Kyungsoo KIM

1070    Influence of Lateral Muscle Loading in the Proximal Femur after Fracture Stabilization with a Trochanteric Gamma Nail (TGN)

Kriskrai SITTHISERIPRATIP, Banchong MAHAISAVARIYA, Jintamai SUWANPRATEEB, Erik BOHEZ and Jos VANDER SLOTEN

1075    Relationship between Mechanical Property of Cancellous Bone and Hardness of Trabeculae

Masahiro TODOH, Masumi IHARA, Takeshi MATSUMOTO and Masao TANAKA

1079    Uncemented Total Hip Replacement Stem Loosening after Long Term Compressive Stress Application: A Simulated FEA Study of Cortical Bone Remodeling

Duk-Young JUNG, Sadami TSUTSUMI, Ryusuke NAKAI, Ken IKEUCHI and Ron SEKEL

1086    Design of Fracture Fixation Plate for Necessary and Sufficient Bone Stress Shielding

Kotlanka RAMAKRISHNA, Idapalapati SRIDHAR, Sathiamoorthy SIVASHANKER, Kok Sun KHONG and Dhanjoo N. GHISTA

1095    Ski Control Model for Parallel Turn Using Multibody System

Shigehiro KAWAI, Keishi YAMAGUCHI and Toshiyuki SAKATA

1101    Spider-Robot 8-Leg Cooperative Walking Velocity Control Strategy Based on Environmental Information

Takeo OHNISHI and Toshiyuki ASAKURA

1108    Geometric Optimization for Non-Thrombogenicity of a Centrifugal Blood Pump through Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis

Masahiro NISHIDA and Takashi YAMANA

1117    Digital Image-Based Elasto-Tomography: Proof of Concept Studies for Surface Based Mechanical Property Reconstruction

Ashton PETERS, Arnaud MILSANT, Jérôme ROUZÉ , Lawrence RAY, James Geoffrey CHASE and Elijah Evenstar Wallace Van HOUTEN

1124    Monitoring of Diaphragm Position in Pulsatile Pnumatic Ventricular Assisted Device by Ultrasound Sensor
        (A New Method for Flow Measurement in VAD)

Tadayuki KAMIMURA, Akihiko HOMMA, Tomonori TSUKIYA, Yukihide KAKUTA, Hwansung LEE, Eisuke TATSUMI, Yoshiyuki TAENAKA and Soichiro KITAMURA

1128    Round-Hole-Fiber Distribution in Insect Cuticle and Biomimetic Research

Bin CHEN, Xianghe PENG and Jinghong FAN

1133    Minimization of Acoustic Potential Energy in Enclosure Using Both Active Noise Control and Active Vibration Control

Kozue KOBAYASHI and Nobuo TANAKA

1140    Method of Preventing Cutting Edge Failure of Hob Due to Chip Crush

Masaharu KOMORI, Masaoki SUMI and Aizoh KUBO

1149    Development of Hydraulic Friction Brake for Railway Rolling Stock
        (Part I: Static Behavior of Poppet-Type Brake Pressure Control Valve)

Thum CHENVISUWAT, Sung-Hwan PARK and Ato KITAGAWA

1156    A Self-Organizing Fuzzy Controller for an Active Vibration Suppression

Shiuh-Jer HUANG and Kuo-See HUANG

1161    Robust Hybrid Position/Force Control with Adaptive Scheme

In-Chul HA and Myoung-Chul HAN

1166    Development of Hydraulic Friction Brake for Railway Rolling Stock
        (Part II : Dynamic Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Hydraulic Brake System Using Poppet-Type Brake Pressure Control Valve)

Thum CHENVISUWAT, Sung-Hwan PARK and Ato KITAGAWA

1175    Real-Time Estimation of Ball-Screw Thermal Elongation Based upon Temperature Distribution of Ball-Screw

Takehiko KODERA, Kazuhiro YOKOYAMA, Kazuo MIYAGUCHI, Yutaka NAGAI, Takamasa SUZUKI, Masami MASUDA and Takanori YAZAWA

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