Sentence examples for modifying the stiffness from inspiring English sources

For the prestressed modal analysis, the stress field is taken into account by modifying the stiffness matrix [K].

The peak driving torque is minimized by modifying the stiffness of the flexural hinges and the unstrained positions of the flexural hinges.

The elastic shoes were designed by modifying the stiffness of flexible shoes with elastic bands added to the forefoot part of the shoe sole.

Increased refinement of the grids and modifying the stiffness properties of the equivalent beams do result in improved predictions but the overall effort in identifying a suitable grid and stiffness modifiers was deemed too cumbersome to merit further investigation.

Its function is twofold [23]: on the one hand, it affects the tension and the elongation of the vocal cords (i.e. vocal ligaments); on the other hand, it helps in modifying the stiffness of the vocal folds.

When the collapse criterion is satisfied for the first time, the hinge element is switched to 'softening' hinge response and thereafter follows the local softening behaviour of a closed-section tube by modifying the stiffness of the three rotational components according to the constitutive relationships.

To cope with the periodic boundary condition, we modify the stiffness matrix of the IFE method.

Semi-active stiffness control devices are utilized to modify the stiffness and thus the natural vibration characteristics of the structure to which they are attached.

The presence of defects not only modifies the stiffness and strength of materials, but also changes their morphologies.

Here, we report a sequential approach employing carbodiimide crosslinking and benzophenone photoimmobilization chemistries to orthogonally modify the stiffness and immobilized growth factor content of a model collagen-GAG (CG) biomaterial.

Different levels of soil stiffness were induced in the sand by using a soil-sandwich approach, which allowed for modifying the soil stiffness profile by means of applying a surcharge on the soil surface.