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FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF A KNEE AND
HIP REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT
by
IOANA PETRE, TUDOR DEACONESCU, ANDREA DEACONESCU
and DAN PETRE
Abstract. In this paper it is presented the finite element
modeling of rehabilitation equipment for the knee and hip
affections using CATIA V5R19 Software. It is presented the
equipment to be analyzed, the material, type of analysis, the
constraints and the loads applied. After analyze is made, the soft
shows the results, which are interpreted. The results of the analysis,
Von Missed stresses and displacements show the resistance of the
equipment under loadings conditions.
Key words: rehabilitation equipment, Finite Element
Modeling, CATIA.
SOME CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PNEUMATIC
MUSCLE VOLUME
by
IOANA PETRE, TUDOR DEACONESCU, ANDREA DEACONESCU
and DAN PETRE
Abstract. A pneumatic artificial muscle is composed of an
inner tube of variable length, made of a flexible material, typically
neoprene. The tube is covered with a multilayer texture, made of
nylon with strengthening and protecting role from the environment
influences. Under the action of compressed air it increases its
diameter and decreases its lengths. A pneumatic muscle is used
successfully in different areas, especially in robotics. The paper
presents some calculus models for volume of the pneumatic
muscle, considered in relaxed and contracted state.
Key words: pneumatic muscle, volume, relaxed state,
contracted state.
MODERN TECHNIQUES FOR EXPERIMENTATION
OF ADJUSTABLE HYDROSTATIC PUMPS