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Design and Development of a Novel Wheelchair with Lifting and Flattening Capabilities

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Conference

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Columbus, Ohio

Publication Date

June 24, 2017

Start Date

June 24, 2017

End Date

June 28, 2017

Conference Session

Design & Development Projects and Practices

Tagged Division

Manufacturing

Page Count

12

DOI

10.18260/1-2--28109

Permanent URL

https://peer.asee.org/28109

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3138

Paper Authors

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Jahangir Ansari Virginia State University

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Jahangir Ansari is Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Virginia State University. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1979 and Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering in 1983 both from Seoul National University. He joined the faculty at VSU in 2002. His research interests include Structural Vibration, FEM, CAD/CAM/CAE, and Virtual Manufacturing.

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Abstract

Autonomy in the area of mobility has always been highly valued, but is sometimes impaired by a disability. In many cases, this results in reliance on some form of external supporting mechanism. Wheelchair users may encounter a variety of obstacles in their daily activities based on their limitations. An optimum quality of life can be achieved through more freedom in mobility. The purpose of this project is to design and build a manual wheelchair equipped with assistive flattening and lifting mechanisms to elevate the user to a target level. The mechanism is based on a scissor lift connected to the respective footrest, seat, and backrest of the wheelchair. The unique functionality provided includes reclining and lifting the user to the desired bed level and giving the rolling capability for the user to move to and from the bed with ease. The components of the scissor lift are designed and a detail kinematic analysis of the mechanism is performed and simulated using Siemens-NX software package. The work is conducted by a team of three senior students of the manufacturing engineering (MANE) program at [……University] as their senior project. We are expecting the prototype of the designed mechanism to function without any problem.

Ansari, J. (2017, June), Design and Development of a Novel Wheelchair with Lifting and Flattening Capabilities Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--28109

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