Mass and Inertia on Balance
Team Members: Yousef Awwad, Jeff Beyer, Ravi Kappiyoor
Graduate Student Assistant: Kerry Costello
Advisor: Dr. Michael Madigan
The goal of this project is to design a system
to manipulate the effects of gravity during an
ankle strategy lean test for the purpose of
independently analyzing the effects of mass and
inertia on balance.
Key Features
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Project Scope: By developing a way to measure the
effects of mass and inertia independently on balance,
we hope to better understand the mechanics of falls
for application towards fall prevention in the obese.
Project Deliverables:
• Schematic diagrams of all design considerations
• Matlab Model of inverse pendulum system
• Functional testing apparatus
• Testing procedure and results