TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification of design requirements for rugby wheelchairs using the QFD method
AU - Usma-Alvarez, Clara Cristina
AU - Subic, Aleksandar
AU - Burton, Michael
AU - Fuss, Franz Konstantin
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - Rugby wheelchairs are typically customized and designed based primarily on the athlete’s ‘body measurements’. To date, relationships between anthropometric data and performance characteristics for individual athletes have not been addressed in an optimal manner in wheelchair design. This paper addresses the application of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) method for rugby wheelchairs design. Discussion of the QFD analysis results will identify relevant performance parameters to be used as a reference in the customization of ‘low, mid and high pointer’ wheelchairs as well as the specific design features that are required to be parameterised in order to achieve the desired performance output for each category of athletes. The paper will present the findings of the QFD analysis and the design customisation strategies arising.
AB - Rugby wheelchairs are typically customized and designed based primarily on the athlete’s ‘body measurements’. To date, relationships between anthropometric data and performance characteristics for individual athletes have not been addressed in an optimal manner in wheelchair design. This paper addresses the application of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) method for rugby wheelchairs design. Discussion of the QFD analysis results will identify relevant performance parameters to be used as a reference in the customization of ‘low, mid and high pointer’ wheelchairs as well as the specific design features that are required to be parameterised in order to achieve the desired performance output for each category of athletes. The paper will present the findings of the QFD analysis and the design customisation strategies arising.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78149315665&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2010.04.061&partnerID=40&md5=23790217b81f84c1ff689a73ddc30a3a
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705810003152?via%3Dihub
U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.04.061
DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.04.061
M3 - Conference article
SN - 1877-7058
VL - 2
SP - 2749
EP - 2755
JO - Procedia Engineering
JF - Procedia Engineering
IS - 2
ER -