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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping and P. Iványi
Paper 5.1

A Study on the Stiffness Variation of Hybrid Composite Material Reinforcing Pneumatic Tubes

J.Y. Won1, Y.J. Lee1 and H.S. Lim2

1Department of Medical Device Industry, Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2Institute for Commercialization of Biomedical Convergence Technology, Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
J.Y. Won, Y.J. Lee, H.S. Lim, "A Study on the Stiffness Variation of Hybrid Composite Material Reinforcing Pneumatic Tubes", in B.H.V. Topping, P. Iványi, (Editors), "Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 2, Paper 5.1, 2022, doi:10.4203/ccc.2.5.1
Keywords: pneumatic tube, hybrid composite, stiffness control.

Abstract
Pneumatic tube type structures have been studied extensively in the field of soft robotics. These pneumatic tube structures have advantages in terms of ease of use as well as being able to control structure stiffness through pneumatic control so that it is widely used in everyday life. However, few studies have investigated the material properties of pneumatic tube type structures such as the variation of stiffness by pneumatic control. The purpose of this study is to analysis the mechanical properties variation of the composite materials reinforced with pneumatic tubes which pneumatic pressure are varied. By using the finite element code, the performance changes of the hybrid composite materials according to parameters in relation to the performance of the existing composite material such as pneumatic tube diameter and arrangement interval of tube are analyzed. The effects of parameter variations on the material stiffness of the composite materials reinforced with pneumatic tubes are investigated through numerical study.

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