Evaluation of a bio-mechanism by graphed static equilibrium forces

• Main Authors: Bani Hashim, A.Y., Abu Osman, Noor Azuan, Wan Abas, Wan Abu Bakar, Abdul Latif, L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9505/1/Evaluation_of_a_bio-mechanism_by_graphed_static_equilibrium_forces.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9505/; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871141276&partnerID=40&md5=5c809cd646072386e28c3640f1e330ba http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.308.749&rep=rep1&type=pdf

The unique structural configuration found in human foot allows easy walking. Similar movement is hard to imitate even for an ape. It is obvious that human ambulation relates to the foot structure itself. Suppose the bones are represented as vertices and the joints as edges. This leads to the develop...