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  Influence of Print Orientation on Surface Roughness in Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) Processes 

  Buj Corral, Irene; Domínguez Fernandez, Alejandro; Durán Llucià, Ramón (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2019-11-21)
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  In the present paper, we address the influence of print orientation angle on surface roughnessobtained in lateral walls in fused deposition modelling (FDM) processes. A geometrical model isdefined that considers the shape ...
• Reliability and diagnostic accuracy of a new vaginal dynamometer to measure pelvic floor muscle strength 

  Romero Cullerés, Georgia; Peña Pitarch, Esteve; Jané Feixas, Cecília; Vilaseca Grané, Ana; Montesinos Muñoz, Jesús; Arnau, Anna (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2019-12-19)
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  Aims: Assess the intrarater and interrater reliabilities and diagnostic accuracy of a new vaginal dynamometer to measure pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength in incontinent and continent women. Methods: A test-retest ...
• Preface: a special selection on biomechanics in medical application - Part II 

  Peña Pitarch, Esteve; Drochon, Angès; Ng Yin Kwee, Eddie (2019-12-13)
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  Part II of this special issue sums up the selections focusing on the Applications of Biomechanics in Medicine.
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  Experimental analysis of manufacturing parameters’ effect on the flexural properties of wood-PLA composite parts built through FFF 

  Zandi, Mohammad Damous; Jerez Mesa, Ramón; Llumà Fuentes, Jordi; Roa Rovira, Joan Josep; Travieso Rodriguez, Jose Antonio (2020-01-02)
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  This paper aims to determine the flexural stiffness and strength of a composite made of a polylactic acid reinforced with wood particles, named commercially as Timberfill, manufactured through fused filament fabrication ...
• Cutting edge control by monitoring the tapping torque of new and resharpened tapping tools in Inconel 718 

  Sánchez Egea, Antonio José (2020-01-08)
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  In aerospace industry, tapping is the prime choice for hole threading in jet aero-engine turbine components. Taps are not usually resharpened, unlike other tools which indeed are resharpened once they have accomplished a ...
• Frition characterization when combining laser surface texturing and graphite based lubricants 

  Sánchez Egea, Antonio José (Elsevier, 2019-12-25)
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• Experimental and numerical assessment of local resonance phenomena in 3D-printed acoustic metamaterials 

  Roca Cazorla, David; Pàmies Gómez, Teresa; Cante Terán, Juan Carlos; Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Oliver Olivella, Xavier (2019-12)
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  The so called Locally Resonant Acoustic Metamaterials (LRAM) are a new kind of artificially engineered materials capable of attenuating acoustic waves. As the name suggests, this phenomenon occurs in the vicinity of internal ...
• Control of ground-borne underground railway-induced vibration from double-deck tunnel infrastructures by means of dynamic vibration absorbers 

  Noori, Beshshad; Arcos Villamarín, Robert; Clot Razquin, Arnau; Romeu Garbí, Jordi (2019-08-23)
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  The aim of this study is to investigate the efficiency of Dynamic Vibration Absorbers (DVAs) as a vibration abatement solution for railway-induced vibrations in the framework of a doubledeck circular railway tunnel ...
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  Elastic asymmetry of PLA material in FDM-printed parts: considerations concerning experimental characterisation for use in numerical simulations 

  Pastor Artigues, María Magdalena; Roure Fernández, Francisco; Ayneto Gubert, Javier; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Pérez Guindal, Elsa; Buj Corral, Irene (MDPI AG, 2019-12-18)
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  The objective of this research is to characterise the material poly lactic acid (PLA), printed by fused deposition modelling (FDM) technology, under three loading conditions—tension, compression and bending—in order to get ...
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  Mechanical properties of 3D-printing polylactic acid parts subjected to bending stress and fatigue testing 

  Travieso Rodriguez, Jose Antonio; Jerez Mesa, Ramón; Llumà Fuentes, Jordi; Traver Ramos, Oriol; Gómez Gras, Giovanni; Roa Rovira, Joan Josep (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2019-11-22)
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  This paper aims to analyse the mechanical properties response of polylactic acid (PLA) parts manufactured through fused filament fabrication. The influence of six manufacturing factors (layer height, filament width, fill ...
• Assessment of residual reduction procedures for high-speed tasks 

  Pallarès López, Roger; Costa Alvim, Felipe; Febrer Nafría, Miriam; Luporini Menegaldo, Luciano; Font Llagunes, Josep Maria (2019-09-01)
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  Background Experimental and modeling errors can lead to dynamically inconsistent results when performing inverse dynamic analyses of human movement. Adding low-value residual pelvis actuators could deal with such a problem. ...
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  Alimentació i energia (I): estat de la qüestió 

  Riba Romeva, Carles; Flotats Ripoll, Xavier (2019-12)
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  L’energia continguda en els aliments procedeix de l’energia solar capturada pels organismes fotosintètics. Amb unes necessitats alimentàries humanes mitjanes de 1.050 kWh/hab/any (2.500 kcal/hab/dia), la cadena alimentària ...

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