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Stiffness is the extent to which an object resists deformation in response to an applied force. [ 1 ] The complementary concept is flexibility or pliability: the more flexible an object is, the less stiff it is.
[6] [14] For example, when using a screwdriver, if limb stiffness is too low, the user will not have enough control over the screwdriver to drive a screw. Because of this, the central nervous system increases limb stiffness to allow the user to accurately maneuver the tool and perform a task.
A linear constant coefficient system is stiff if all of its eigenvalues have negative real part and the stiffness ratio is large. Stiffness occurs when stability requirements, rather than those of accuracy, constrain the step length. Stiffness occurs when some components of the solution decay much more rapidly than others. [3]
Stiffness depends upon material properties and geometry. The stiffness of a structural element of a given material is the product of the material's Young's modulus and the element's second moment of area. Stiffness is measured in force per unit length (newtons per millimetre or N/mm), and is equivalent to the 'force constant' in Hooke's Law.
Dynamic stretches are done to warm up before a workout and static stretches are done to cool down. Stretching reduces injury risk, relieves sore muscles and increases flexibility. ...
The stiffness does not only depend on the static stability term , it also contains a term which effectively determines the angle of attack due to the body rotation. The distance of the center of lift, including this term, ahead of the centre of gravity is called the maneuver margin .
The most general linear relation between two second-rank tensors , is = where are the components of a fourth-rank tensor . [1] [note 1] The elasticity tensor is defined as for the case where and are the stress and strain tensors, respectively.
Flexibility is the inverse of stiffness. For example, consider a spring that has Q and q as, respectively, its force and deformation: The spring stiffness relation is Q = k q where k is the spring stiffness. Its flexibility relation is q = f Q, where f is the spring flexibility. Hence, f = 1/k.