A Lightweight Approach for Human Factor Assessment in Virtual Assembly Designs: An Evaluation Model for Postural Risk and Metabolic Workload

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 26-31

  Alkan, Bugra ^a   Vera, Daniel ^a   Ahmad, Mussawar ^a   Ahmad, Bilal ^a   Harrison, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly ergonomics; Physical fatigue; Postural stress; Virtual human model

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISEASES; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING;

ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLIES; EARLY DESIGN STAGES; EVALUATION MODELING; PHYSICAL FATIGUES; POSTURAL STRESS; VIRTUAL HUMAN MODEL; VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84994176341     PISSN: 22128271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2016.02.115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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