Abstract
This paper deals with dynamic responses of a finger protected by absorbers under impact forces. Restoring forces of a finger and absorbers are measured using Levitation Mass Method proposed by Fujii. In this paper, we carry out numerical analysis of dynamic responses for the finger protected by the absorbers under same conditions with the experiment using LMM. The absorbers and the finger are modeled using nonlinear concentrated springs with nonlinear hysteresis. This nonlinear spring is connected to the levitated block, which is modeled by three-dimensional finite elements. The experimental data are compared with the calculated ones using our proposed FEM.
