%0 Journal Article %A Oleksandr Poliakov and Olena Chepenyuk and Yevgen Pashkov and Mykhaylo Kalinin and Vadym Kramar %D 2012 %J International Journal of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 65, 2012 %T Multicriteria Synthesis of a Polycentric Knee Prosthesis For Transfemoral Amputees %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1799 %V 65 %X In one of the prosthesis designs for lower limb transfemoral amputations artificial knee joints with polycentric mechanisms are used. Such prostheses are characterized by high stability during the stance phase of the movement. The existing variety of polycentric mechanisms indicates the possibility of finding the optimal prosthesis design satisfying several quality criteria.In this paper we present a multicriteria method for the synthesis of the artifical polycentric knee mechanism based on the uniform systematic study of the design parameters space and on the analysis of Pareto optimal solutions. %P 407 - 412