AS/NZS ISO 16840.12:2024

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Wheelchair seating, Part 12: Envelopment and immersion characterization of seat cushions using a dual semispherical indenter

AS/NZS ISO 16840.12:2024 identically adopts ISO 16840 12:2021, which specifies apparatus, test methods, and disclosure requirements for characterization of wheelchair seat cushion immersion and envelopment properties using indenters instrumented with pressure sensors

Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Indenter construction
4.1 Materials
4.2 Tolerances and finishes
4.3 Indenter elements
4.3.1 Trochanter bar
4.3.2 Trochanter blocks
4.3.3 Semispherical indenter half
4.4 Indenter assembly
4.5 Sensor locations
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Elevation a
4.5.3 Elevation b
4.5.4 Elevation c
4.5.5 Elevation d
5 Instrumentation hardware
5.1 Sensors
5.2 Timer
5.3 Loading equipment
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.4 Rigid board
6 Preparation of test cushion
6.1 Cushion set up
6.2 Preconditioning the cushion to the test environment
7 Envelopment test method
7.1 Rationale
7.2 Method
7.2.1 Setting the datum height for the indenter
7.2.2 Pre-conditioning the cushion
7.2.3 Seat cushion thickness measurement
7.2.4 Load application and data collection
7.2.4.1
7.2.4.2
7.2.4.3
7.3 Calculations
7.3.1 Envelopment
7.3.2 Immersion
8 Test report
Annex A
A.1
A.1.1
A.1.2
A.1.3
A.2
A.3
A.4
Bibliography

Cited references in this standard
Content history
DR AS/NZS ISO 16840.12:2023

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Published

09/02/2024

Pages

15

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AS/NZS ISO 16840.12:2024
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