Integrated design and analysis of smart actuators for hybrid assistive knee braces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7288, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Guo, H T ^a   Liao, W H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Brace; DC motor; Finite element analysis; Magnetorheological fluid; Smart actuator

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; BRACE; DESIGN FACTORS; DISABLED PEOPLE; DYNAMIC SEALING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; INTEGRATED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUID; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; MR FLUID; MULTIPLE FUNCTION; SMART ACTUATOR; SMART ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; DC GENERATOR MOTORS; DC MOTORS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FLUIDS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; MAGNETOS; MAGNETS; MOTORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; YIELD STRESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 69549138470     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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