Numerical evaluation of the effectiveness of the air chamber of shoes pad for diabetes with FE-SPH method

Xin Ye, Linan Zhang, Zaobing Xu, Zengtao Hou, Xueling Bai, Peng Shang

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Abstract

The object of this study is to utilize FE-SPH method to simulate the dynamic behavior of the air chamber of shoes pad for diabetes during footing process. The shoes pad' numerical models are discrete as FE mesh, and the air inside is modeled as SPH particles. The fluid structure interaction analysis between air and the shoes pad is carried out with contact algorithms. This explicit dynamic analysis is run on ANSYS software. Results show that: when the shoes pad is loaded, the velocity field concentrated on the central region of air chamber, and the particles in the fringe maintain a zero speed, which means the air flow out in the central region instead of the fringe. Thus, the shoes pad is effective in supplying air for the foot of diabetes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHealth Information Science - Third International Conference, HIS 2014, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages20-28
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319062686
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Health Information Science, HIS 2014 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 22 Apr 201423 Apr 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8423 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Health Information Science, HIS 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period22/04/1423/04/14

Keywords

  • Finite element (FE) analysis
  • Fluid structure interaction (FSI) analysis
  • Shoes pad for diabetes
  • Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH)

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