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000145450 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1177/14644207241288391
000145450 0248_ $$2sideral$$a140360
000145450 037__ $$aART-2024-140360
000145450 041__ $$aeng
000145450 100__ $$aAndré, António Diogo
000145450 245__ $$aIn-silico user study case: wearable feedback haptic device for rehabilitation
000145450 260__ $$c2024
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000145450 5203_ $$aSoft smart materials have useful properties for addressing everyday problems affecting human health and well-being, having a positive societal impact. For instance, these materials can serve as sensors for breath monitoring or as soft actuators to stimulate muscles impaired by injury or illness. A notable example of their versatility lies in piezoelectric materials, which can function both as passive elements (utilising the direct piezoelectric effect) and as active elements (employing the converse piezoelectric effect). This dual functionality showcases the broad potential of smart materials in various applications. The present study is an in silico simulation of a wearable piezoelectric material (polyvinylidene fluoride - PVDF), using finite element analysis (FEA) to evaluate the effectiveness of the touch sensation provided by the haptic device on human skin, using different actuators geometries and voltage input intensities. Moreover, the main active element, a PVDF-based soft actuator, was fully characterised in terms of the piezoelectric matrix, using an inverse finite element approach. In conclusion, the findings point to promising results when using this haptic technology for re-educational therapies.
000145450 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/
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000145450 700__ $$aParente, Marco
000145450 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9732-4498$$aMartins, Pedro$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000145450 7102_ $$15004$$2605$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ingeniería Mecánica$$cÁrea Mec.Med.Cont. y Teor.Est.
000145450 773__ $$pProc. Inst. Mech. Eng., Part L, J. Mat.$$tPROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART L-JOURNAL OF MATERIALS-DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS$$x1464-4207
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000145450 951__ $$a2024-10-30-08:48:45
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