The Design of a New Manual Wheelchair for Sport

Giuseppe Quaglia; Elvio Bonisoli; Paride Cavallone

doi:10.3390/machines7020031

Machines (May 2019)

The Design of a New Manual Wheelchair for Sport

Giuseppe Quaglia,
Elvio Bonisoli,
Paride Cavallone

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Giuseppe Quaglia: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Elvio Bonisoli: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Paride Cavallone: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/machines7020031
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 2
p. 31

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In this paper, an innovative system of propulsion inspired by a rowing gesture for manual wheelchairs is shown. The innovative system of propulsion, named Handwheelchair.q, can be applied to wheelchairs employed in everyday life and to sports wheelchairs for speed races, such as Handbike and Wheelchair racing. The general features of the innovative system of propulsion and the functional designs of the different solutions are described in detail. In addition, the design of the mechanism for the transmission of motion, employed in a second prototype, Handwheelchair.q02, is presented and analysed. Finally, the dynamic model of the Handwheelchair.q has been developed in order to obtain important results for the executive design of Handwheelchair.q.

Published in Machines

ISSN: 2075-1702 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/machines

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