material model adapts stiffness using sound waves - 2 (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

material model adapts stiffness using sound waves - 2

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Nicolas Herard, Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC San Diego and study co-author, uses a shaker to send vibrations through a life-sized experimental model of a material containing a kink, or soft region, located at the bottom end.

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UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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