An experimental method for measuring the moment of inertia of an electric power wheelchair

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4798-4801

  Wang, Hongwu ^b   Grindle, Garrett G ^c   Connor, Samuel ^b   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWERED WHEELCHAIR (EPW); TORSIONAL PENDULUM METHODS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PENDULUMS;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHEELCHAIR;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 57649238807     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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