Numerical and Experimental Study of the Fatigue Behavior for a Medical Rehabilitation Exoskeleton Device Using the Resonance Method

Materials (Basel). 2023 Feb 3;16(3):1316. doi: 10.3390/ma16031316.

Abstract

In this paper, the dynamic behavior of a hip level joint device of an active exoskeleton used in the medical field is analyzed. The finite element method is used in order to determine the first frequencies and the eigenmodes, necessary for the fatigue testing in the resonance regime.

Keywords: computational mechanics; degradation mechanisms; dynamic modeling; experimental techniques; fatigue; finite element method; modal analysis; random loads; resonance method; vibration fatigue.

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This research received no external funding.