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Analysis and Design of Shoes Using Non-Linear Finite Element Method  

Kim, B.S. (School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Inje University)
Moon, B.Y. (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Elastomers and Composites / v.38, no.3, 2003 , pp. 195-205 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents an analytic method and a design technique for golf shoes with air-cycled pump in the midsole. The golf shoes are modeled using the finite element method for better design by considering the configuration of the midsole and the outsole, which compose the golf shoes. Also the optimum size and shape of air-cycled pump in the midsole is examined. The values or standard human pressure for boundary conditions are adopted for the FEA(Finite Element Analysis). The unknown constants of the strain energy function of Ogden type are observed in accordance with the axial tension test. By the commercial FEM software for nonlinear analysis, MARC V7.3, the strains and the values of volume change for the midsole and the outsole are obtained, respectively. It can be concluded that results obtained by FEM in the midsole and the outsole are different depending on the characteristic of elastomer The results reported herein provide better understanding of analyzing the golf shoes. Moreover, it is believed that those properties of the results can be utilized in the shoes industry to develop the effective design method.
Keywords
FEM(Finite Element Method); Outsole and Midsole; Strain Density Function; Golf Shoes; Air Pocket;
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