Determination of stress distribution in various ankle-foot orthoses: EXperimental stress analysis

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-16

  Chu, Tai Ming ^a   Feng, Hong ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Average Peak Stress (APS); Finite Element Analysis (FEA); Strain Gage; Stress Analysis; Wheatstone Bridge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032343494     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008526-199801010-00004     Document Type: Article

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