Global Sci-Tech
Year : 2014, Volume : 6, Issue : 4
First page : ( 241) Last page : ( 245)
Print ISSN : 0975-9638.

Evaluation of tool handle coating materials based on finite element analysis

Rehman Ziaur*, Muzammil Mohd.

Ergonomics Research Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

*E-mail: ziaur1989@outlook.com

Online published on 18 March, 2016.

Abstract

In the present paper, different types of handle coating materials have been compared on the basis of contact pressure. A finite-element method has been utilized for simulating the interaction between human fingertip and tool-handle surface. A 2-D model of fingertip and tool handle has been made in Abaqus-CAE software. The interaction between fingertip and different tool-handle coating surfaces was simulated under similar loading conditions. Numerical tests have shown that contact pressure in plastics was greater than different types of rubbers. Contact pressure in different types of plastics is of same magnitude. Hyplon rubber showed significantly lower contact pressure than other types of rubbers. Contact pressures were found to be 39.25 kPa, 46.06 kPa, 43.86 kPa and 42.86 kPa for Hyplon, ABR, Polyacrylate and Isoprene respectively. In case of plastics, contact pressure of magnitude 55.37 kPa has been observed in each type of plastic.

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Keywords

Tool handle coating material, Contact Pressure.

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