Mechanical Engineering / Makina Mühendisliği
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Conference Object Development of a Force Sensor for Biomechanical Simulations of a Cycling Activity(IEEE, 2022) Karacaoğlu, Bilal; Şahin, Ahmet Mert; Çıklaçandır, Samet; Yılmaz, Mehmet; Mihçin, ŞenayKnowing the forces applied to the pedals during a cycling activity is of great importance in the field of biomechanics when calculating the loads acting on the joints. A load cell-based force sensor was designed for this purpose since the force plate fixed to the floor in gait laboratories cannot be used to measure the reaction forces on the bicycle pedal due to physical constraints. To investigate the accuracy and precision of the force plate, a two-stage experiment, static and dynamic force measurement tests were designed. First, the first static measurements were carried out with standard loads of 1000 g, 1200 g, 1500 g. To understand the behavior of the sensors under dynamic loading, dynamic measurements were conducted while the designed force sensor is attached to the bike pedal while using a commercially available power meter simultaneously to cross-validate the measured forces. Standard loads of 1000 g, 1200 g, and 1500 g were measured as 1020 ± 2 g, 1196 ± 2 g, and 1512 ± 1 g respectively. To assess the agreement between measurements Bland-Altman plot analysis was carried out. The Bland-Altman plots showed that the force platform is appropriate for both measuring static loads and dynamic loads. The collected data via this custom-made, affordable force sensor was successfully fed into the biomechanical modeling software to calculate the joint reaction forces.Conference Object A Fiber-Oriented Muscle Model for Predicting the Soft Tissue Deformation During Muscle Contraction(Mary Ann Liebert, 2022) Tang, Lei; Shan, Cunqing; Wang, Ling; Li, Dichen; Mihçin, ŞenayEffective designing of rehabilitation apparatus with high comfort and functionality depends upon the accurate characterization of the shape of the residual limb as well as its volume and shape fluctuations. The active behavior of skeletal muscles, which plays an important role in the interfacial biomechanics of human-machine interaction, is not considered in the current design processes of the rehabilitation apparatus. In this study, a three-dimensional finite element (FE) model of the human thigh was proposed to simulate the soft tissue deformation caused by muscle contraction.Article Transdiscal Screw Fixation in L5-S1 Spondylolysis: a Biomechanical Study Transdiscal Screw Fixation in L5-51 Spondylolysis(Bayrakol Medical Publishing, 2021) Aydın, Murat; Bulut, Tuğrul; Güden, Mustafa; Erel, NuriAim: This study aimed to investigate whether the L5-S1 transdiscal screw fixation is biomechanically sufficient against axial loads and the resulting shear forces. Material and Methods: Eighteen fresh calf spines under 1 year of age were used in this study. Two randomly selected spines were used as test materials. The inferior facet and ligamentum flavum were removed in 7 randomly selected spines. In these spines (transdiscal screw group), two transdiscal screws were placed bilaterally between 15 and S1. Tests were performed on the remaining 9 spines, while the spines were initially intact (intact group) and after creating a listhesis model (injury group). The extent of displacement occurring as a result of axial loading was noted in all groups in order to calculate the load-displacement curves. Results: The mean displacement as a result of successive axial loadings of 5000 N was as follows: 3 mm (range: 2.4 - 4 mm) in the intact group, 3.5 mm (range: 3 - 4.5 mm) in the transdiscal screw group and 4.5 mm (range: 3.9 - 5 mm) In the group with injury. The difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). None of the samples exhibited broken screws, screw deformation or dislocation, even in failure tests, in the transdiscal screw group. Discussion: These findings have shown that transdiscal screw fixation can be biomechanically sufficient against the shear forces occurring as a result of axial loading. We believe that this technique can be a good alternative as a fixation method for the L5-S1 spondylolisthesis.