Flowing fluid makes an impact on material world

Article Abstract:

A researcher at Manchester University has developed an innovative method of absorbing shock that offers a new approach to impact absorption. Former further education physics lecturer Bill Courtney has adapted a basic idea of having a viscous liquid matrix inside a bladder in which are immersed numbers of small gas or air bubbles. Potential applications for the new material, called Manchester Material by its inventor, include protective wear for sportspeople, impact absorption in motor vehicles and fenders in boats.

Product development, Shock absorbers, Advanced materials

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Bending the knee combines fluid power

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Issues are presented concerning the design and construction of a sophisticated prosthesis which will enable amputees to have better control when using the stairs. The hydraulics and pneumatics of the artificial limb are discussed.

Care and treatment, Design and construction, Prostheses and implants, Prosthesis, Amputees, Artificial limbs

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Fluid force provides the muscle

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning developments in pneumatics and hydraulics are presented, with reference to some of the innovations that have appeared since 1980.

Hydraulics, Pneumatics

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