Design and development of a prosthetic leg for an amputated peacock using additive manufacturing Online publication date: Mon, 22-Oct-2018
by Rajesh Ranganathan; S.K. Pradeep Mohan; Arivazhagan Pugalendhi; Sivasankar Arumugam
International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing (IJRAPIDM), Vol. 7, No. 4, 2018
Abstract: Prosthetics is widely seen as an option improving mobility, in this work an attempt was made in developing prosthetic product for static, dynamic and for flight mode. Following a deep understanding on the current load bearing and dynamic abilities, this work proposed to design and fabricate a prosthetic leg for an amputated peacock. The bird could not mobilise much due to wrecked leg, computational design and additive manufacturing are adopted to fabricate the prosthetic leg. The combinations of casting, 3D scanning, haptic device and fused deposition modelling (FDM) are employed to design, fabricate and install. The ultimate tensile stress of Prosthetic leg is 0.1811 MPa and the compressive stress of assembly is 10.806 MPa, and the final weight of the prosthetic leg is 85 gm. Upon, utilising the prosthetic leg, the peacock is able to undergo its static, dynamic and flight modes of mobility.
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