Design and Calibration of an Instrumented Seat Post to Measure Sitting Loads While Cycling
| Autor: | Mark R. J. Versteyhe, D'hondt Jordi, Keivan Shariatmadar, Dieltiens Sien, Marc Juwet |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Computer science
0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Sitting lcsh:Chemical technology Biochemistry Article Analytical Chemistry 021105 building & construction Calibration lcsh:TP1-1185 Electrical and Electronic Engineering instrumented seat post Instrumentation Strain gauge Measure (data warehouse) strain gauge based business.industry cycling loads six-component sensor Structural engineering 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics 0210 nano-technology Cycling business |
| Zdroj: | Sensors, Vol 20, Iss 5, p 1384 (2020) Sensors Volume 20 Issue 5 Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) |
| ISSN: | 1424-8220 |
| Popis: | Traditional instrumented seat posts determine context-induced seat loads to analyze damping properties. This paper presents an enhanced instrumented seat post able to measure all six load components to resolve user-induced seat loads. User-induced bicycle loads consist of all loads the user applies to the bicycle during cycling and is measured at the steer stem, seat post and pedals. Seat loads are essentially uncharted territory, as most studies only address pedal loading to study cycling technique. In this paper a conventional seat post is redesigned by equipping it with a u-shaped component and strain gauges. The instrumented seat post is low-cost thanks to (i) the simple design, (ii) the gravitational calibration method and (iii) the permitted clearence on the strain gauge alignment. Analyzing mean seat loading in function of the pedal cycle is a significant extension to the universally adopted method of utilizing singularly pedal loads to analyze cycling technique. ispartof: Sensors vol:20 issue:5 pages:1-11 ispartof: location:Switzerland status: Published online |
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