Low-profile prosthetic foot stiffness category and size, and shoes affect axial and torsional stiffness and hysteresis [PDF]
IntroductionPassive-elastic prosthetic feet are manufactured with numerical stiffness categories and prescribed based on the user's body mass and activity level, but mechanical properties, such as stiffness values and hysteresis are not typically ...
Joshua R. Tacca +4 more
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Research on the effects of curvature and shear keys on torsional stiffness and interfacial stress of segmented U-shaped curved bridge [PDF]
This paper investigates the segmental U-shaped curved bridge of Bogotá Metro Line 1 project in Colombia. The effects of curvature radius (R) of the bridge and shear keys (number, arrangement, and size) at inter-segment bonding joints on the bridge’s ...
Shuai Zhang +7 more
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Calculation of the dynamic stiffness of a cantilever under torsional oscillation [PDF]
Atomic force microscopy using Si cantilevers provides an effective means for investigating both conservative and dissipative interactions in the vertical and lateral directions between the tip and the sample.
Keita Nishida +2 more
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Tire stiffness is one of the important parameters of tire dynamics model. The influence law of tire stiffness on the shimmy of large civil aircraft nose landing gear can provide reference for the anti-shimmy design of large civil aircraft nose landing ...
FENG Guang +5 more
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The precision rotary vector reducer with involute variable tooth thickness (PRVT) is a high-performance precision transmission device, which is very suitable for aerospace, medical machinery, industrial robots, automation equipment, and other fields, and
Le Chang +5 more
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Torsional stiffnesses of chords contribute considerably to the sectional torsional stiffness of steel tubular Vierendeel truss arches and hence determine their out-of-plane buckling.
Qunfeng Liu +4 more
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A passively adaptive screwdriver: a novel concept for controlling off-diagonal stiffness [PDF]
A concept for an automated screw driving mechanism is presented. The proposed mechanism has a self-adjusting axial stiffness that depends on the torsional resistance against screwing.
Aitchison, D. R. +2 more
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Experimental investigation into amplitude-dependent modal properties of an eleven-span motorway bridge [PDF]
The authors would like to thank their supporters. New Zealand Earthquake Commission (EQC) Research Foundation provided financial support for experimental work (Grant No. UNI/578). New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) provided access to the bridge.
Beskhyroun, Sherif +2 more
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Vibration and buckling of thin-walled composite I-beams with arbitrary lay-ups under axial loads and end moments [PDF]
A finite element model with seven degrees of freedom per node is developed to study vibration and buckling of thin-walled composite I-beams with arbitrary lay-ups under constant axial loads and equal end moments.
Banerjee J. R. +33 more
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Influence of torsional stiffness on load sharing coefficient of a power split drive system
A dynamic model of power split transmission system with face gear and cylindrical gear is established. The factors including time-varying mesh stiffness, torsional stiffness, supporting stiffness, and clearance are considered in the model.
Jin Guanghu, Ren Wei, Zhu Rupeng
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