Sentences with phrase «mechanical advantage of»

Studies show that lifters using a staggered grip (one side overhand, the other underhand), which provides the mechanical advantage of reverse torsion, completed an average of two more reps within their six - rep max than when using a standard overhand grip.

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Bruce Drinkwater, Professor of Ultrasonics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and co-author, said: «Our reconfigurable acoustic assembly method is an important step as it has clear advantages over other possible approaches, for example optical trapping and self - assembly.

These technologies take advantage of chemical and mechanical energy.

By taking clever advantage of the interplay between light, electrons on the surface of metals, and heat, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have for the first time created a plasmomechanical oscillator (PMO), so named because it tightly couples plasmons — the collective oscillations of electrons at the surface of a metal nanoparticle — to the mechanical vibrations of the much larger device it's embedded in.

They also had in order to make the contest as fair as possible, contestants and Jeopardy! have to click a little button in order to buzz in, because they didn't want to give Watson an unfair advantage of just being able to electronically signal, they actually built a mechanical button clicker that Watson will then have to trigger and then that mechanical device would have to come down on the button to give us the same amount of delay as the real contestants have.

Hadi Ghasemi, a postdoc in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering, says the spongelike structure can be made from relatively inexpensive materials — a particular advantage for a variety of compact, steam - powered applications.

Even for patients who manage their insulin with automated mechanical pumps (SN Online: 5/8/10), synthetic cells offer the advantage of more precise, real time blood sugar regulation, says Michael Strano, a bioengineer at MIT.

Moreover, the model can be generalized to add another path toward the solution of complex classical computational problems by taking advantage of quantum mechanical parallelism — the fact that, according to quantum mechanics, a system can be in many classical states at the same time.

For years, scientists and engineers have synthesized materials at the nanoscale level to take advantage of their mechanical, optical, and energy properties, but efforts to scale these materials to larger sizes have resulted in diminished performance and structural integrity.

By taking advantage of the quantum - mechanical properties of matter, however, engineers have come up with gadgets that could prove 1,000 times more accurate.

Therefore, Siqueira and his colleagues developed a second, polymer - based recipe that had a decisive advantage: after printing and hardening using UV radiation, the CNC «cross-linked» with polymer building blocks, which gave the composite material a significantly higher degree of mechanical rigidity.

The biggest problem was that most of these attempts relied on deforming the wing through the use of mechanical control structures within the wing, but these structures tended to be so heavy that they canceled out any efficiency advantages produced by the smoother aerodynamic surfaces.

The method has the advantage of combining the benefits of natural tissue with the mechanical properties of an artificial matrix, says Alex Seifalian, a regenerative medicine specialist at University College London, who wasn't involved in the study.

On the other hand, Cleland adds, the potential advantage of a mechanical system over an electronic system is that its qubits might intrinsically lose energy more slowly and thus remain in superposition longer, enabling them to perform more useful, complex calculations.

Diamond has a variety of advantages quite apart from its considerable mechanical and chemical stability.

A team of Columbia Engineering researchers, led by Mechanical Engineering Professor James Hone and Electrical Engineering Professor Kenneth Shepard, has taken advantage of graphene's special properties — its mechanical strength and electrical conduction — and created a nano - mechanical system that can create FM signals, in effect the world's smallest FM radio trMechanical Engineering Professor James Hone and Electrical Engineering Professor Kenneth Shepard, has taken advantage of graphene's special properties — its mechanical strength and electrical conduction — and created a nano - mechanical system that can create FM signals, in effect the world's smallest FM radio trmechanical strength and electrical conduction — and created a nano - mechanical system that can create FM signals, in effect the world's smallest FM radio trmechanical system that can create FM signals, in effect the world's smallest FM radio transmitter.

In this new study, the team took advantage of graphene's mechanical «stretchability» to tune the output frequency of their custom oscillator, creating a nanomechanical version of an electronic component known as a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO).

To better understand why the seahorse tail deviates from the norm, and what mechanical advantages its curious shape might confer, researchers led by Michael Porter, an assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering at Clemson University, created a 3D - printed model of the tail that was roughly the size of a soda can, as well as a hypothetical cylindrical version.

The advantages of these techniques mainly rest on the possibility of exerting mechanical control over the trapped polymer, thus enabling the study of interaction dynamics versus forces or torques.

The wide - grip pull - up offers a higher degree of difficulty with a greater mechanical advantage, but on the other hand it puts more stress on the shoulder joints.

By overloading the eccentric portion of basic, compounds movements such as squats, weighted pulls, and presses, it is possible to take advantage of those physiological and mechanical aspects of the stretch - shortening cycle Dr. Paavo Komi described as the blueprint of power development in sport.

The advantage of magnetic resistance over mechanical resistance is that it allows for predefined workout sessions.

We don't need to get too technical for the purposes of this discussion, but what it boils down to is mechanical advantage.

To allow for greatest mechanical advantage at the wrist, the wrists should be kept straight so that the bar is right in line with structure of the forearm.

Then, as you fatigue (i.e., lose strength), you perform mechanical partials reps in the less difficult ranges of motion where you have a greater mechanical advantage, allowing you to continue to crank out more reps (without cheating).

This is a form of accommodating resistance (i.e., gaining a mechanical advantage to accommodate for your fatigue) that allows you to extend the set farther than if you were doing traditional reps or only doing 1.5 reps.

Additionally, it appears that the short head of the biceps is the primary elbow supinator as its insertion provides greater mechanical advantage (Jarrett et al. 2012).

Physics teacher Scott Swaley of High Tech High developed a project using automatons - mechanical toys — to teach principles such as torque, mechanical advantage and angular velocity to his 12th grade students

Students in Gregory Thompson's Principles of Engineering class took to models to study mechanical advantage.

I thought magnetic - fluid dampers were pretty much the bee's knees of current suspension tech, but the wholly mechanical DSSV offers a couple of advantages.

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Compared to purely mechanical locks, the front differential lock integrated in the Golf GTI Performance offers advantages such as a variable degree of locking and comprehensive interfaces to the ESC, EDS and XDS + functions.

This means that the output shaft of a gearbox rotates at a slower rate than the input shaft, and this reduction in speed produces a mechanical advantage, increasing torque.

Taylor's advantage disintegrated when the Safety Car made its third appearance of the race but the threat from behind faded along with the light when the # 97 entry succumbed to terminal mechanical issues.

Its electro - mechanical steering system provides the multi-mode advantages of electronic steering, while preserving the mechanical feel enthusiasts appreciate.

These new sensors are conformable, thin and lightweight with low current consumption, offering unique advantages over traditional image sensors in terms of sensing area, cost per area ratio and mechanical integration.

All this raises the question: if I'm reasonably assured of good long term returns with Graham's mechanical quant approach (based on extensive backtesting by multiple authors including Ben Graham, Tobias Carlisle, Joel Greenblatt, James Montier, etc.), then why would I jeopardize these reasonably assured good returns — and risk incurring unrecoverable opportunity costs over my limited lifespan — by following a concentrated approach that depends on subjective, accurate assessments of sustainable competitive advantage?

Tibial Tuberosity Advancement (TTA)-- TTA is another way to accomplish the same mechanical advantage obtained with TPLO but uses a linear cut along the front of the shin bone.

Based on the family of figure eights and simple mechanical advantage systems, this class offers participants a chance to examine in detail commonly used rescue knots and haul systems used in both technical small and large animal rescue.

This class is designed to wrap the students into the basics of rope rescue knots and mechanical advantage used by both ASAR responders, Humane or Animal Control Officer and fire department personnel.

Advantages • Best long - term prevention for dental disease • Mechanical removal of plaque • Cleans the entire mouth • Get to know your pet's mouth

Where Alienware's keyboard has an advantage is that you can pick one up off of Amazon for about # 80 at the time of writing, a fairly reasonable price for a full - sized mechanical keyboard with a brand name, although that does put in direct competition with the likes of Corsair's Strafe boards which have a heap of great reviews.

Add to that the surprisingly attractive visuals and the myriad of immersive mechanical surroundings, and you'll quickly find that CubeWorks is a game that takes genuinely takes advantage of the hardware.

Players can gain additional advantages by using stealth; changing direction, gaining control of mechanical systems; get familiar with surroundings and situations instead of having to go «all out» and destroy everything all the time.

Passive solar is designing the building to take advantage of solar energy without any mechanical means.

We staff cases effectively, taking advantage of the professional backgrounds of many of our attorneys as chemical, electrical, materials, management, mechanical, and optical engineers and in pharmacology, biochemistry, chemistry, molecular biology, computer science, software and database design, and avionics.

The maintenance manager will have a mechanical services background, including strong knowledge of BMS Systems, maintaining boilers, HVAC and refrigeration; good general knowledge of electrical services and data systems would also be an advantage.

Skills required for the Electrically Biased Maintenance Engineer: * The Electrically Biased Maintenance Engineer needs to be multi-skilled possessing both electrical and mechanical skills; including; hydraulics, pneumatics, belts, bearings, fault finding, sensors, relays * Holding an Electrical Qualification is paramount * Ideally you would have worked within a fast - paced manufacturing environment * If you have experience of working on PLC's this would be an advantage The Electrically Biased Maintenance Engineer will benefit from: * The Electrical Maintenance Engineer will be offered to a fantastic training and development programme * The successful candidate will be entitled to a private Health Care scheme * With continuous investments being made, the successful candidate will be joining a rapidly growing company * The Maintenance Engineer will also be entitled to a competitive pension.

I am exploring opportunities that will take full advantage of my extensive mechanical engineering experience, as well as my maintenance and manufacturing background, in the pharmaceutical and food industries.

* Experienced in both Reactive and Preventative Maintenance, with the ability to follow PPM Schedules * Knowledge of PLC systems and inverter drives would be beneficial * A good understanding and experience in covering Mechanical maintenance would be an advantage.