Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference (한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집)

The Korean Society for Composite Materials (한국복합재료학회)
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Development of Ultralight Composite Wheelchair Frame

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  • 강지호 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과 항공우주공학전공 대학원) ;
  • 김수현 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과 항공우주공학전공 대학) ;
  • 김천곤 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과 항공우주공학전공)
  • Published : 2002.05.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we applied composite material of high specific stiffness and strength to the fabrication of a folding wheelchair frame for the replacement of conventional metal wheelchair frames. A one-body composite frame was designed and the finite element analysis was performed on this design. Some specimens of joint parts were manufactured and strength test was done. With the results of analysis and test, some modification was done and a prototype was produced.

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