A neuro-mechanical model of a single leg joint highlighting the basic physiological role of fast and slow muscle fibres of an insect muscle system.

In legged animals, the muscle system has a dual function: to produce forces and torques necessary to move the limbs in a systematic way, and to maintain the body in a static position.These two functions are performed by the contribution of specialized motor units, i.e.motoneurons driving sets of specialized muscle fibres.With reference to their ove

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Experimental and numerical study on coupled motion responses of a floating crane vessel and a lifted subsea manifold in deep water

The floating crane vessel in waves gives rise to the motion of the lifted object which is connected to the hoisting wire.The dynamic tension induced by the lifted object also affects the motion responses of the floating crane vessel in return.In this study, coupled motion responses of a floating crane vessel and a lifted subsea manifold during deep

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