Shape memory sole embedded with shear thickening materials

• Main Author: Phyo, Aung Khant
• Other Authors: Huang Weimin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77485
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this report, the energy recovery of the sole is emphasized as it is important for the runner or the jumper to save the energy in making every step. To achieve it, the shear thickening material was implemented inside the shape memory sole, made of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) material. In doing so...