Modeling the body/chair interaction - An integrative experimental- numerical approach

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-219

  Brosh, T ^a   Arcan, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body chair interaction; Contact moduli; Contact stress; Sitting down mechanics; Soft tissue mechanics

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEATS; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BODY/CHAIR INTERACTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BACK; CHAIR; LEISURE; LOADING TEST; MODEL; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK;

BUTTOCKS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PELVIS; POSTURE; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033964892     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(99)00073-X     Document Type: Article

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