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Joint stiffness

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Variable Stiffness Folding Joints for Haptic Feedback

Origami robots composed of rigid parts with flexible joints have inherent compliance that enables deployment and reconfiguration for various shape adaptations. The major drawback of such mechanical compliance is its intrinsic softness and lack of controlla ...

IEEE2021

Design and characterization of variable stiffness structural joints

Gennaro Senatore

This paper presents design and characterization of a new type of structural joint which can vary its stiffness through actuation. Stiffness variation is employed to control the dynamic response of frame structures equipped with such joints. The joint is ma ...

2019

An under-actuated origami gripper with adjustable stiffness joints for multiple grasp modes

Jamie Paik, Amir Firouzeh

Under-actuated robots offer multiple degrees of freedom without much added complexity to the actuation and control. Utilizing adjustable stiffness joints in these robots allows us to control their stable configurations and their mode of interaction with th ...

2017

A Numerical Study on Wave Transmission Across Multiple Intersecting Joint Sets in Rock Masses with UDEC

Jian Zhao, Jianbo Zhu

This paper presents a numerical study on wave transmission across jointed rock masses with UDEC, where multiple intersecting joint sets exist. The capability of UDEC of studying wave transmission across rock joints is validated through comparison with anal ...

Springer Verlag2013

Model-Based Estimation of Knee Stiffness

Serge Pfeifer

During natural locomotion, the stiffness of the human knee is modulated continuously and subconsciously according to the demands of activity and terrain. Given modern actuator technology, powered transfemoral prostheses could theoretically provide a simila ...

2012

Simulation of total ankle replacement using numerical modeling

Sara Molins Cabaní

The ankle is a complex joint of the human body which is most often affected by trauma. Osteoarthritis is a joint disease that can require surgical intervention and when it affects the ankle there are two options to achieve pain relief. For years ankle fusi ...

2012

Finite element analysis of knee squat with an osteochondral defect

Ernst Remij

In this work a 3D musculoskeletal model of the knee joint, that can simulate a squat movement, has been developed. Such a model would be useful to understand the biomechanics of the knee. The model consisted of all the the bones with their articular surfac ...

2011

Ductile double-lap joints from brittle GFRP laminates and ductile adhesives. Part II: Numerical investigation and joint strength prediction

Thomas Keller, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest

Joint analysis using a non-linear finite element model has been performed to analyze the effects of adhesive ductility on the stiffness and strength of full-scale adhesively-bonded double-lap joints composed of brittle pultruded GFRP laminates. Experimenta ...

2008

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