Modeling the human body/seat system in a vibration environment

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-231

  Rosen, Jacob ^a   Arcan, Mircea ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apparent Mass; Chair; Contact; Cushion; Human Body Vibration; Lumped Parameter Model; Seat; Sitting Posture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

HUMAN BODY DYNAMICS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; MODEL; MUSCLE TONE; SEAT; SIMULATION; VIBRATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; PELVIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037397669     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1559894     Document Type: Article

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