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Current potential research project
Development of ANYBODY full body static driver model
- Supervisors: Dr Paul Gunther
- Area: Ergonomics, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Abstract: A full body model was developed in the musculo-skeletal human model development system ANYBODY to represent a driver. The model is essentially collated from existing sub-models of the leg and shoulder-arm sub-systems and connected via a dorsal muscle model. The lower arm, hand and foot are not or insufficiently represented in the full body model. Also, the sub-models are derived from different sources of morphologic data. Additionally, the muscle models have not been verified for the quasi-static driving task, which may require a modified physiologic muscle model to model static muscular strain and fatigue correctly. The PhD project is to investigate deficiencies of the existing ANYBODY driver model and develop appropriate model extensions to represent a driver of 50. Percentile stature. The completed model must be validated for quasi-static driving conditions, using a real-type driving environment and EMG measurements. Using tracked ingress-egress motion data from a previous study as motion drivers (inverse dynamics), the new model is to show its ability to accurately simulate ingress-egress motion for the dynamic case (inverse-direct dynamics).
- Related references: Not provided
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