OPTIMIZING UPPER LIMB PROSTHESIS WEIGHT USING BIOMIMETIC APPROACH

Alexandru IANOŞI-ANDREEVA-DIMITROVA

Abstract


      This paper takes a biomimetic approach on weight reduction; it studies the bird bone inner structure and mimics its truss-like appearance in a prosthetic finger. Similar research in bone reconstruction is presented. It is shown two 3D CAD models: one with a truss and one with a honeycomb inner structure; FEA analysis on these models was performed and the results compared and discussed.


Key words: biomimetic, FEA analysis, bone, truss structure, honeycomb structure


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