Improving comfort of shoe sole through experiments based on CAD-FEM modeling

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-46

  Franciosa, Pasquale ^a   Gerbino, Salvatore ^a   Lanzotti, Antonio ^b   Silvestri, Luca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAD FEM modeling; Comfort assessment; Fractional factorial design; Numerical physical correlation; Pressure map; Shoe sole

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COMFORT ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEM MODELING; FRACTIONAL FACTORIAL DESIGNS; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL RESPONSE; PLANTAR PRESSURES; SHOE SOLES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CAD FEM MODEL; COMFORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT SHAPE; FOOT SIZE; FOOT SOLE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLANTAR PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THICKNESS;

EID: 84871517471     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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