Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Year: 2020
Volume: 15
Issue: 14
Page No. 2827 - 2833

Design and Modeling the Prosthetic Foot from Suitable Composite Mateials

Authors : Hassan Saad Mohammed and Jasim Mohammed Salman

Abstract: This research concerns developing a composite material which can be used in manufacturing prosthetic feet with a reasonable cost and satisfying mechanical properties. The characteristics were investigated by mechanical tests of tensile properties and Charpy impact strength. The study of date palm wood and its effects on the mechanical properties of polyethylene have received little attention. It was found that Young’s modulus of 40% High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) filled with sixty percent of Date Palm Wood (DPW), significantly increased to 80% compared with pure HDPE. Moreover, the yield and ultimate stresses were improved which was approximately two times higher than that observed for pure HDPE; the elongation at break and impact energy were decreased significantly. The characteristics exhibited by prosthetics compared to those of a human foot were investigated further. The analytical section presents the results of the static analysis by numerical methods (Finite Element Method FEM), ANSYS Workbench 14 and experimental methods. Thus, the new foot was designed and the dorsiflexion was measured. Overall, the non-articulation of this type of foot is compared against the SACH foot by cost and weight, so that, the cost of the non-articulated foot is lower than that of the other by about 60%. We also found the new weight is lighter than that of by about two percent. The new model of prosthetic foot has better characteristics which includes foot life cycle (7.5° and 1,049, 135), respectively when compared with the other (6.4 and 896213), respectively.

How to cite this article:

Hassan Saad Mohammed and Jasim Mohammed Salman, 2020. Design and Modeling the Prosthetic Foot from Suitable Composite Mateials. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 2827-2833.

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