A decision support methodology for material selection in the development of wheelchair projects

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https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.2021.17071

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Decision-making, AHP, Material selection, Wheelchair.

Abstract

One of the main stages of a wheelchair project is the definition of the structure that must be resistant to allow its use in various environments, light to avoid fatigue and possible health problems in the user's upper limbs and have an adequate cost. The objective of this article is to propose a methodology for the material selection of wheelchair structure to assist in the development and improvement of wheelchair projects. For that, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) multicriteria decision-making method was used, which considers predetermined quantitative and qualitative criteria to classify the analyzed alternatives. The method was applied to material selection of a wheelchair structure considering ten alternatives (steels, aluminum alloys and titanium). In this analysis it was identified that the aluminum alloy A7003-T5, is the best material for the wheelchair structure.

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Marcia Danieli Szeremeta Spak, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR - Campus Pato Branco

Graduada em Administração pela Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, mestre e doutora em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Professora do Departamento Acadêmico de Administração da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - Campus Pato Branco, atuando na áreas de produção e logística.

Aldo Braghini Junior, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR - Campus Ponta Grossa

Graduado em Engenharia Mecânica pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Bauru, mestre e doutor em Engenharia Mecânica pela Universidade de São Paulo - São Carlos e pós-doutor pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Professor do Departamento acadêmico de engenharia de produção e do Programa de pós-graduação em engenharia de produção da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - Campus: Ponta Grossa. Tem experiência na área de Engenharia Mecânica, com ênfase em Processos de Fabricação

João Carlos Colmenero, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR - Campus Ponta Grossa

Graduado em Engenharia Industrial Metalúrgica pela Universidade Federal Fluminense, mestre e doutor em Ciência e Engenharia dos Materiais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Professor do Departamento acadêmico de engenharia de produção e do Programa de pós-graduação em engenharia de produção da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - Campus: Ponta Grossa. Desenvolve pesquisas na área de otimização e tomada de decisão em sistemas produtivos e logística. 

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2022-01-21

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Spak, M. D. S., Braghini Junior, A., & Colmenero, J. C. (2022). A decision support methodology for material selection in the development of wheelchair projects. Exacta, 20(1), 159–175. https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.2021.17071

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