ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
The CPGC – Cork-Polyurethane Gel Composite is a material that is mechanicallycharacterized by non-linear elastic behaviour at large deformations. The non-linear behaviour can bemodelled by hyperelastic constitutive models based on strain energy functions enabling a structuredphenomenological framework for CPGC material modelling. The CPGC is a promising material forhuman comfort enhancement and dynamic damping/control applications. This paper presents theexperimental methodology used for the CPGC evaluation of material parameters used in thehyperelastic models and the finite element model build-up. A 3D foot FEA model is presented inorder to evaluate the performance of the hyperelastic model in a real case situation and themechanical performance of shoe insoles, namely, trough the monitoring of the contact pressurevalues at the insole/foot interface
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/19/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.587-588.700.pdf
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