Design and analysis of a one-piece variable stiffness device

• Main Author: Yong, Patrick Weng Hong.
• Other Authors: Yeo Song Huat
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54169
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Stiffness is a property that is inherent in all materials and structures, and it is able to allow a structure to resist permanent deformation up to a certain point before succumbing to the force acting upon the structure. However, stiffness is found to have a linear relationship with the amount of f...