Design of non-linear beam-type spring for designated loading and displacement for use in lower-limb orthosis

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-242

  Shaw, Dein ^a   Huang, Chih Ren ^a   Huang, Li Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Castigliano's second theorem; Non linear beam; Spring design; Spring structures

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; BEAM SEGMENTS; BEAM-TYPE SPRING; CAN DESIGN; CANTILEVER SPRINGS; CASTIGLIANO; CUBIC SPLINE; CURVE SEGMENTS; IN-PLANE; LOWER LIMB; NODAL POINTS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR BEAMS; ORTHOSES; ORTHOSIS; SPRING DESIGNS; STIFFNESS EQUATIONS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SPLINES;

DESIGN;

EID: 77449136743     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: 15462226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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