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AS/NZS ISO 7176.2:2020
[Current]The objective of this Standard is to specify test methods for determining the dynamic stability of electrically powered wheelchairs.
Published: 24/01/2020
Pages: 23
Table of contents
Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Apparatus
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
6 Initial set-up of test wheelchair
6.1 General
6.2 Anti-tip devices
6.3 Batteries
6.4 Test load
6.4.1 General
6.4.2 Test dummy
6.4.3 Human test occupant
7 Test procedure
8 Tests for rearward dynamic stability
8.1 General
8.2 Wheelchair preparation
8.3 Starting forward
8.4 Braking when travelling forward on horizontal or uphill
8.5 Braking when travelling backward
8.6 Travelling forward up a step transition from a standing start
8.7 Travelling forward up a step transition at maximum speed
8.8 Travelling backward down a step transition from a standing start
9 Tests for forward dynamic stability
9.1 General
9.2 Wheelchair preparation
9.3 Braking when travelling forward on horizontal or downhill
9.4 Travelling forward down a slope onto a horizontal surface
9.5 Travelling forward up a step transition at maximum speed
9.6 Travelling forward down a step transition from a standing start
10 Tests for dynamic stability in lateral directions
10.1 General
10.2 Wheelchair preparation
10.3 Turning from a stationary start
10.4 Turning in a circle at maximum speed
10.5 Turning suddenly at maximum speed
10.6 Travelling forward at an oblique angle to a downward step
11 Test report
12 Disclosure of results
Annex A
A.1 Principle
A.2 Apparatus
A.2.1 General
A.2.2 Joystick control
A.2.3 Tiller control
Annex B
B.1 Principle
B.2 Apparatus for using a human test occupant
B.3 Criteria when a human test occupant is used
Annex C
Annex D
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Wheelchairs - Part 13: Determination of coefficient of friction of test surfaces
[Current]
Wheelchairs - Part 15: Requirements for information disclosure, documentation and labelling