Design and Manufacturing of a New Prosthetic Foot
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All prosthetic foot designs, adapted in common use, don't imitate the specific qualities of a typical human foot. The premise of this task is to explore current prosthetics so as to plan and assemble a more human like prosthesis. In attempted such a structure, the new prosthesis will show a more extensive scope of qualities than those showed in current prosthetic feet. In doing as such, the new prosthesis will give a closer portrayal of the capacities inalienable to an ordinary human foot. The qualities associated with ordinary strolling incorporate dorsiflexion foot test. The qualities showed in the produced new foot tried are contrasted with those of" SACH foot". The qualities showed by prostheses which compared well with those of a human foot were researched further. Another prosthetic foot is structured and made from composite random E-glass-polyester. The premise of the new prosthetic plan consolidates current prosthetic structure components, such as, prosthetic materials and segments. The scientific part presents the aftereffects of the static investigation by techniques, such as, mathematical strategies (Finite Element method FEM) and experimental methods. Thus the new foot was designed and dorsiflexion were measured. The new prosthetic foot has a good characteristics when compared with the SACH foot, such as good dorsiflexion (7°-6.4°) respectively.Prosthetic foot
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- Published: 2021-12-08
- Issue: Vol. 4 No. 2 (2021): TRANSACTION ON ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
- Section: Articles


