TY - GEN
T1 - Hybrid shape-memory-alloy-textile actuator integrated compression garment
AU - Kennedy, Jamie L.
AU - Castaneda, Nestor
AU - Kontsos, Antonios
AU - Fontecchio, Adam K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In a world of two extremes for blood-clot prevention, a medium ground of hospital-level care in a transportable system with higher comfort can be achieved through smart-fabric technology. This paper demonstrates the ability of a textile-based robotic compression garment capable of the employment of blood-clot prevention. Shape memory alloys, SMAs, are utilized as a smart material inside of a woven-textile actuator and integrated into current static compression garments. Proof-of-concept experimentation and prototype testing were completed for this design. To determine the potential limitations to the design, tensile testing was completed on current static compression garments, ranging from 5 mmHg to 35 mmHg, to test the effect the actuator would have on the knitted material. This paper displays how the gauge length and displacement rate have a relationship to the required force to achieve a particular displacement in the knitted fabric. The outcomes of this work are the design and execution of a textile-based robotic compression garment. Experimental evidence is delivered based on lone actuator testing, integration of actuator testing, and compression fabric tensile testing.
AB - In a world of two extremes for blood-clot prevention, a medium ground of hospital-level care in a transportable system with higher comfort can be achieved through smart-fabric technology. This paper demonstrates the ability of a textile-based robotic compression garment capable of the employment of blood-clot prevention. Shape memory alloys, SMAs, are utilized as a smart material inside of a woven-textile actuator and integrated into current static compression garments. Proof-of-concept experimentation and prototype testing were completed for this design. To determine the potential limitations to the design, tensile testing was completed on current static compression garments, ranging from 5 mmHg to 35 mmHg, to test the effect the actuator would have on the knitted material. This paper displays how the gauge length and displacement rate have a relationship to the required force to achieve a particular displacement in the knitted fabric. The outcomes of this work are the design and execution of a textile-based robotic compression garment. Experimental evidence is delivered based on lone actuator testing, integration of actuator testing, and compression fabric tensile testing.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85045445179
T3 - 8th Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2017 and 6th International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, SMN 2017
SP - 1511
EP - 1523
BT - 8th Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2017 and 6th International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, SMN 2017
A2 - Guemes, Alfredo
PB - International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
T2 - 8th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2017 and 6th International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, SMN 2017
Y2 - 5 June 2017 through 8 June 2017
ER -