A Study on a Vibratory Model of a Human Body

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the modeling of the human body as a spring mass system. Based on certain assumptions, an analysis for evaluating the mass and stiffness values of the model is developed. As an illustration of the modeling procedure, a 15-degree-of-freedom model of a male body is considered. The computed natural frequencies of the model are found to be within the range of available experimental values.

Study of the dynamic behaviour of a human driver coupled with a vehicle

“…The model parameters such as the mass, the stiffness and the damping values of the body segments are determined by the method proposed by Nigam and Malik. 10 The following assumptions are considered in the development of the vibratory model of the human body.…”

“…Nigam and Malik 10 developed a 15-degree-of-freedom (15-DOF) linear undamped lumped-parameter model in the standing posture on the basis of the anthromorphoic model used by Bartz and Gianotti 12 in which the segments were identified as ellipsoids. Gupta 11 considered a 15-DOF linear damped lumped-parameter model in the standing posture; the background available to this work was the approach of Nigam and Malik, 10 which identified the ranges of the damping ratios of the human body segments.…”

“…In order to develop a generalized approach for vibratory modelling of the standing human body without resorting to an experimental programme, Nigam and Malik 10 and Gupta 11 proposed the use of anthropomorphic models. Nigam and Malik 10 developed a 15-degree-of-freedom (15-DOF) linear undamped lumped-parameter model in the standing posture on the basis of the anthromorphoic model used by Bartz and Gianotti 12 in which the segments were identified as ellipsoids.…”

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“…al. (1973 and, Nash (1974 and, Garg and Ross (1976), Payne (1978), Mertens (1978), Nigam and Malik (1987), Amirouche (1987), Fairley and Griffin (1989), Smith (1994), Knoblauch et. al.…”

“…al. (1960), Von Gierke (1964, Toth (1966), Muksian and Nash (1974), Garg and Ross (1976), Mertens (1978), Nigam and Malik (1987), Amirouche (1987), Smith (1994), Knoblauch et. al.…”