Mechanical Properties Testing of Running Shoes

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2010-03-20

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Virginia Tech Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Abstract

Mechanical properties testing of running shoes was performed. Stress relaxation tests and energy absorbing tests were performed on excised samples and on unmodified shoes. The stress relaxation moduli for running shoe midsole materials ranged from 19 psi to 114 psi.

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Materials Science, Running Shoes

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Boedicker, S., Hunter, S., Klesmith, P., Nearn, T. and Spreen, P., 2010. Mechanical Properties Testing of Running Shoes. Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research, 4. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/jumr.v4i0.1563