TY - GEN
T1 - Design a stretchable elbow brace by the use of 3D printed mesostructure
AU - Li, Yun Jing
AU - Chen, Chien Hsu
AU - Hoe, Zheng Yu
AU - Yin, Zong Xian
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - In addition to the functionality, wearing ease is also an important element for joint protective garment design. Besides, clothing fit is one of the important factors controlling the wearing ease. However, previous research in this area has been neither sufficient nor systematic. As elbow joint is one of the most strained joint of the body, the skin surface around it also has significant length change. Therefore, in this research an attempt has been made to analyze and quantify the length variations of skin surface around the elbow joint, and arrange a stretchable mesostucture on the base of these variations. 3D printing with its advantages of rapid manufacturing and design complexity than traditional textile industry, it is the method used for making the prototype in this study. Finally, an application for elbow brace design of the research results is suggested.
AB - In addition to the functionality, wearing ease is also an important element for joint protective garment design. Besides, clothing fit is one of the important factors controlling the wearing ease. However, previous research in this area has been neither sufficient nor systematic. As elbow joint is one of the most strained joint of the body, the skin surface around it also has significant length change. Therefore, in this research an attempt has been made to analyze and quantify the length variations of skin surface around the elbow joint, and arrange a stretchable mesostucture on the base of these variations. 3D printing with its advantages of rapid manufacturing and design complexity than traditional textile industry, it is the method used for making the prototype in this study. Finally, an application for elbow brace design of the research results is suggested.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-41694-6_71
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-41694-6_71
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84992745751
SN - 9783319416939
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 739
EP - 750
BT - Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors
A2 - Goonetilleke, Ravindra
A2 - Karwowski, Waldemar
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - International Conference on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, AHFE 2016
Y2 - 27 July 2016 through 31 July 2016
ER -