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Subject-specific finite element modelling of the human hand complex : muscle-driven simulations and experimental validation
This paper aims to develop and validate a subject-specific framework for modelling the human hand. This was achieved by combining medical image-based finite element modelling, individualized muscle force and kinematic measurements. Firstly, a subject-specific human hand finite element (FE) model was developed. The geometries of the phalanges, carpal bones, wrist bones, ligaments, tendons, subcutaneous tissue and skin were all included. The material properties were derived from in-vivo and in-vitro experiment results available in the literature. The boundary and loading conditions were defined based on the kinematic data and muscle forces of a specific subject captured from the in-vivo grasping tests. The predicted contact pressure and contact area were in good agreement with the in-vivo test results of the same subject, with the relative errors for the contact pressures all being below 20%. Finally, sensitivity analysis was performed to investigate the effects of important modelling parameters on the predictions. The results showed that contact pressure and area were sensitive to the material properties and muscle forces. This FE human hand model can be used to make a detailed and quantitative evaluation into biomechanical and neurophysiological aspects of human hand contact during daily perception and manipulation. The findings can be applied to the design of the bionic hands or neuro-prosthetics in the future
The perfect spin injection in silicene FS/NS junction
We theoretically investigate the spin injection from a ferromagnetic silicene
to a normal silicene (FS/NS), where the magnetization in the FS is assumed from
the magnetic proximity effect. Based on a silicene lattice model, we
demonstrated that the pure spin injection could be obtained by tuning the Fermi
energy of two spin species, where one is in the spin orbit coupling gap and the
other one is outside the gap. Moreover, the valley polarity of the spin species
can be controlled by a perpendicular electric field in the FS region. Our
findings may shed light on making silicene-based spin and valley devices in the
spintronics and valleytronics field.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Integer quantum Hall effect and topological phase transitions in silicene
We numerically investigate the effects of disorder on the quantum Hall effect
(QHE) and the quantum phase transitions in silicene based on a lattice model.
It is shown that for a clean sample, silicene exhibits an unconventional QHE
near the band center, with plateaus developing at and
a conventional QHE near the band edges. In the presence of disorder, the Hall
plateaus can be destroyed through the float-up of extended levels toward the
band center, in which higher plateaus disappear first. However, the center
Hall plateau is more sensitive to disorder and disappears at a
relatively weak disorder strength. Moreover, the combination of an electric
field and the intrinsic spin-orbit interaction (SOI) can lead to quantum phase
transitions from a topological insulator to a band insulator at the charge
neutrality point (CNP), accompanied by additional quantum Hall conductivity
plateaus.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Entropy Driven Dimerization in a One-Dimensional Spin-Orbital Model
We study a new version of the one-dimensional spin-orbital model with spins
S=1 relevant to cubic vanadates. At small Hund's coupling J_H we discover
dimerization in a pure electronic system solely due to a dynamical spin-orbital
coupling. Above a critical value J_H, a uniform ferromagnetic state is
stabilized at zero temperature. More surprisingly, we observe a temperature
driven dimerization of the ferrochain, which occurs due to a large entropy
released by dimer states. This dynamical dimerization seems to be the mechanism
driving the peculiar intermediate phase of YVO_3.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Possibility of Unconventional Pairing Due to Coulomb Interaction in Fe-Based Pnictide Superconductors: Perturbative Analysis of Multi-Band Hubbard Models
Possibility of unconventional pairing due to Coulomb interaction in
iron-pnictide superconductors is studied by applying a perturbative approach to
realistic 2- and 5-band Hubbard models. The linearized Eliashberg equation is
solved by expanding the effective pairing interaction perturbatively up to
third order in the on-site Coulomb integrals. The numerical results for the
5-band model suggest that the eigenvalues of the Eliashberg equation are
sufficiently large to explain the actual high Tc for realistic values of
Coulomb interaction and the most probable pairing state is spin-singlet s-wave
without any nodes just on the Fermi surfaces, although the superconducting
order parameter changes its sign between the small Fermi pockets. On the other
hand the 2-band model is quite insufficient to explain the actual high Tc.Comment: 2 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of the Intl. Symposium on
Fe-Oxypnictide Superconductors (Tokyo, 28-29th June 2008
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Investigating an Adequate Level of Modelling for Energy Analysis of Domestic Buildings
This paper investigates what level of modelling is required to appropriately support energy analysis of domestic buildings. The paper analyses the effect of simplications made in thermal zoning and internal loads scheduling through a case study of a UK domestic building. The case study provides quantified effects of common simplications made in practice on the accuracy of energy predictions by making simplications in the model incrementally and estimating the effect of individual simplications on electricity and heating demand predictions
Thermodynamic properties of Ba1-xMxFe2As2 (M = La and K)
The specific heat of BaFeAs single crystal, electron-doped
BaLaFeAs and hole-doped BaKFeAs
polycrystals were measured. For undoped BaFeAs single crystal, a very
sharp specific heat peak was observed at 136 K. This is attributed to the
structural and antiferromagnetic transitions occurring at the same temperature.
of the electron-doped non-superconducting
BaLaFeAs also shows a small peak at 120 K, indicating a
similar but weaker structural/antiferromagnetic transition. For the hole-doped
superconducting BaKFeAs, a clear peak of was
observed at = 36 K, which is the highest peak seen at superconducting
transition for iron-based high- superconductors so far. The electronic
specific heat coefficient and Debye temperature of these
compounds were obtained from the low temperature data
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