Racehorses are subjected to continuous stress on their limbs, leading to catastrophic injuries. Wraps and boots are the current methods for preventing horse injuries, but have been unsuccessful. The goal of this project was to design an inner layer of an equine boot to increase heat conductivity from the leg, reducing the amount of moisture retention. A high performance material, an X-Static blend, was selected due to its light weight, flexibility, heat conductivity, and wicking properties.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Granfone, Marcella Cristina
• Pena, Meggan Rose

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042610-155606

Advisor

• Rulfs, Jill
• Rolle, Marsha Whitney

Year

• 2010

Sponsor

• Wendy Drumm, AERI Founder

Date created

• 2010-04-26

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biomedical Engineering
• Biology & Biotechnology

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-02