Design optimization with respect to ergonomic properties

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-97

  Rasmussen, J ^a   Damsgaard, M ^a   Christensen, S T ^a   Surma, E ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hand saw; Multibody biomechanics; Optimization inverse dynamics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; MUSCLE;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN BODY; INVERSE DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ANYBODY;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0036748840     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-002-0219-x     Document Type: Article

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