Fluid-power harvesting by pneumatic bellow during human gait

2008 Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference, FEDSM 2008

Volumn 1, Issue PART A, 2009, Pages 599-606

  Chin, Robin ^a   Hsiao Wecksler, Elizabeth T ^a   Loth, Eric ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; BODY WEIGHT; COMPRESSION TESTING MACHINES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID POWER; GAIT CYCLES; HUMAN GAIT; HUMAN WALKING; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; NORMAL WALKING; OUTSIDE DIAMETER; PEAK POWER; POWER APPLICATIONS; POWER HARVESTING; POWER SOURCES; PRESSURE DYNAMICS; PRESSURE PROFILES; SINGLE CYCLE; STROKE LENGTH; SWING PHASE;

COMPRESSION TESTING; FLOORS; FLUIDS; HARVESTING; PNEUMATICS;

BELLOWS;

EID: 70249144376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FEDSM2008-55211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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