Optomechanical Design for Precision Lens Positioning and Mounting (open access)

Optomechanical Design for Precision Lens Positioning and Mounting

This article presents a lens positioning and mounting in a few microns accuracy using a kinematic mount module.
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: Wang, Shuping; Zhang, Chi; Alt, Mark; Davis, Colleen; Gardner, Michael L. & Ji, Zheng
System: The UNT Digital Library
Xurography as a Rapid Fabrication Alternative for Point-of-Care Devices: Assessment of Passive Micromixers (open access)

Xurography as a Rapid Fabrication Alternative for Point-of-Care Devices: Assessment of Passive Micromixers

This article evaluates the viability of xurography as a rapid fabrication tool for the development of ultra-low cost microfluidic technology for extreme Point-of-Care (POC) micromixing devices.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Martínez-López, J. Israel; Mojica, Mauricio; Rodríguez, Ciro A. & Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seismic Response and Engineering of Cold-formed Steel Framed Buildings (open access)

Seismic Response and Engineering of Cold-formed Steel Framed Buildings

This article discusses a North American effort which formed as part of the NSF Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), known as Enabling Performance-Based Seismic Design of Multi-Story Cold-Formed Steel Structures (CFS-NEES), as it addresses seismic performance-based design for cold-formed steel framed buildings.
Date: May 26, 2016
Creator: Schafer, B. W.; Ayhan, D.; Leng, J.; Liu, P.; Padilla-Llano, D.; Peterman, K. D. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of PEEK Coating on Hip Implant Stress Shielding: A Finite Element Analysis (open access)

Influence of PEEK Coating on Hip Implant Stress Shielding: A Finite Element Analysis

This article proposes a design concept for hip implants, using a combination of metallic stem with a polymer coating.
Date: February 7, 2016
Creator: Anguiano-Sanchez, Jesica; Martínez-Romero, Oscar; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Díaz-Elizondo, José A.; Flores-Villalba, Eduardo & Rodríguez, Ciro A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optical method for distance and displacement measurements of the probe-sample separation in a scanning near-field optical microscope (open access)

Optical method for distance and displacement measurements of the probe-sample separation in a scanning near-field optical microscope

This article presents an alternative optical method to determine the probe-sample separation distance in a scanning near-field optical microscope.
Date: May 18, 2016
Creator: Santamaria, L.; Garcia-Ortiz, C. E.; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Cortes, R. & Coello, V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental study and finite element analysis of energy dissipating outriggers (open access)

Experimental study and finite element analysis of energy dissipating outriggers

This article uses experiments and finite element analyses to study the structural responses and energy dissipation capacities of three different outriggers of an actual tall building project.
Date: November 11, 2016
Creator: Yang, Qingshun; Lu, Xinzheng; Yu, Cheng & Gu, Donglian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design Concepts of Polycarbonate-Based Intervertebral Lumbar Cages: Finite Element Analysis and Compression Testing (open access)

Design Concepts of Polycarbonate-Based Intervertebral Lumbar Cages: Finite Element Analysis and Compression Testing

This article explores the viability of 3D printed intervertebral lumbar cages based on biocompatible polycarbonate (PC-ISO® material).
Date: April 18, 2016
Creator: Figueroa-Cavazos, J. Obedt
System: The UNT Digital Library