7 - 4SEENGRIP
4-seasons accessibility and safety through engineered wearable and mobility devices
Objectives
To increase the all year-round accessible sweet mobility of all users by developing an engineering-based labelling solution for wearable and mobility devices. Aiming to increase the levels of green mobility (i.e. reduce congestion and pollution), safety and active aging in winter urban scenarios of multimodality, with a specific focus on elderly and disabled people.
- Task 7.1: to study and analyse the type (shape, sole pattern, materials) and use of wearable (shoes) and walking aids (walkers, wheelchairs, etc.) adopted for urban mobility in winter conditions (ice, snow): focus on outdoor slip and fall accidents.
- Task 7.2: to correlate perception and preferences on wearable and devices in snow/ice conditions with the relevant variables acting at the shoe-pavement interface; Friction basic and advanced theories in dry, wet and icy conditions. Engineering approach to interface grip.
- Task 7.3: to identify and apply grip testing methods to simulate winter conditions and to develop a testing protocol leading to a recognized and accepted labelling solution based on standardised procedures, for safer wearable and walking aids.
- Task 7.4: to develop an optimized high-grip material composition and sole pattern for winter shoes by means of innovative sole design and prototyping at HG. Testing to be done at the NTNU Winter Lab and at the HG main R&D Lab. Connection with DC8 research.
Expected Results
- Correlation between perceived safety of wearable and walking devices with the actual grip variables at the surface interface.
- A European labelling system to help users in selecting shoes and walking aids based on standardised tests arranged in a new testing protocol.
- Prototype of a high-grip shoe sole for winter shoes to be classified with the new labelling solution.
Host Institution
Research Institutes of Sweden RISE
Supervisors
Viveca Wallquist, Christina Makoundou – RISE, Sweden
Alex Klein-Paste, Eirin Ryeng – NTNU, Norway
Richard Parent – HG, Sweden
Address
Research Institutes of Sweden RISE
Brinellgatan 4, Boras 501 15, Sweden
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