Mechanical Characteristics of Basic Actions in Simulated Space Operation Conditions

DOI

10.2991/emeit.2012.49How to use a DOI?

Keywords

mechanical characteristics, astronauts operation experiment, extravehicular suit, suspended condition, Hybridized K-means algorithm

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to elucidate how the ergonomic experiment is designed to simulate the space operation conditions and evaluate the influence of these conditions on mechanical characteristics of basic actions. The ergonomic methodologies and data analysis technologies are translated into a potential for better understanding of astronauts' potential incapacitation during space flight. Firstly, the ergonomic simulation experiment is implemented to get the operation force data of basic actions. Secondly, the force data are classified and identified from different operation conditions by the Hybridized K-means method. Finally, the analysis results are utilized to evaluate the condition effect on mechanical characteristics. It shows that the data of suspended conditions affect upper limb strength more significantly than the result of the constrained condition. The Hybridized K-means algorithm is a good attempt of the evaluation methods for the assessment of the astronaut operation capabilities.

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© 2012, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fan Li
AU  - Chunhui Wang
AU  - Haoting Liu
AU  - Zheng Wang
AU  - Ming Lv
PY  - 2012/09
DA  - 2012/09
TI  - Mechanical Characteristics of Basic Actions in Simulated Space Operation Conditions
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electronic & Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology (EMEIT 2012)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 248
EP  - 252
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/emeit.2012.49
DO  - 10.2991/emeit.2012.49
ID  - Li2012/09
ER  -