ANALYSIS OF SCYE BEARING MOTION AS APPLICABLE TO THE DESIGN OF A MORPHING SPACESUIT

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dc.contributor.advisorAkin, David Len_US
dc.contributor.authorBradshaw, Heatheren_US
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-06T06:03:12Z
dc.date.available2011-07-06T06:03:12Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis describes research supporting the development of the Morphing Upper Torso spacesuit design, which uses robotic augmentation of a rear-entry pressure suit to adjust torso dimensions. This concept has the potential to provide increased mobility, easier ingress/egress of the suit, and reduced astronaut workload during extravehicular operations. A range of motion study has been conducted in which subjects wore simulated shoulder scye bearings while performing selected tasks, with the intent to measure human motion in relation to scye bearing motion. Results of the study include an investigation of the neutral pose of the scye bearings in Earth gravity, an analysis of the angular range of motion observed for the right scye bearing, and the development of a heuristic model to predict scye bearing position and orientation as a function of known arm pose.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11585
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAstronaut Workloaden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledExtravehicular Activityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledParallel Manipulatorsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRange of Motionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledScye Bearingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSpace Suiten_US
dc.titleANALYSIS OF SCYE BEARING MOTION AS APPLICABLE TO THE DESIGN OF A MORPHING SPACESUITen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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