The purpose of this study is to solve an attendant’s daily propelling wheelchair behavior, which is based on propelling force and walking speed against loads, for design of wheelchairs and other carts to handle materials. To obtain the propelling behavior, we proposed the model of the attendant propelling the wheelchair, such as the attendant is a motor, and the wheelchair is a load. Along with the model, we carried out experiments to solve the propelling behavior. The experiments were carried out on the ground and on a new type of a treadmill, which can generate various resistant forces. As the result, the propelling force increased and the walking speed decreased gradually with increasing the resistant force. This change is mostly along on a line. We also define a mechanical power of the propelling behavior and calculated the power. It was about 50W on daily use. The power of the propelling wheelchair is very small, therefore the comfortable design of attendant’s wheelchair must be done with the ability of attendant’s propelling.
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ASME 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
November 13–19, 2004
Anaheim, California, USA
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- Bioengineering Division
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0-7918-4703-9
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Investigating the Propelling Wheelchair Behavior Against Various Loads
Tatsuto Suzuki,
Tatsuto Suzuki
Maizuru National College of Technology
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Kenneth T. V. Grattan
Kenneth T. V. Grattan
City University of London
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Tatsuto Suzuki
Maizuru National College of Technology
Hironobu Uchiyama
Kansai University
Junichi Kurata
Kansai University
Kenneth T. V. Grattan
City University of London
Paper No:
IMECE2004-61439, pp. 153-158; 6 pages
Published Online:
March 24, 2008
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Suzuki, T, Uchiyama, H, Kurata, J, & Grattan, KTV. "Investigating the Propelling Wheelchair Behavior Against Various Loads." Proceedings of the ASME 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Advances in Bioengineering. Anaheim, California, USA. November 13–19, 2004. pp. 153-158. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2004-61439
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