TY - GEN
T1 - Research Approach for Predicting Body Postures and Musculoskeletal Stress Due to Disruptive Design Changes on Power Tools
AU - Uhl, Michael
AU - Germann, René
AU - Sänger, Johannes
AU - Fleischer, Martin
AU - Harbauer, Christina
AU - Bengler, Klaus
AU - Matthiesen, Sven
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Biomechanical simulations can be used to evaluate the human stress during use of existing power tools. However, when the design is disruptively changed, it is challenging to predict the future nature of the user's use, posture, and load. Although simulation environments already exist for body posture prediction, they are not suitable for unbounded motion or postures. In this paper, a multi-level research approach is described. This approach allows the development of application-specific body posture models based on co-simulation in combination with a subject-based study as well as the evaluation of human stress. This enables manufacturers of power tools to make disruptive design changes and evaluate them concerning musculoskeletal stress at an early stage in product development.
AB - Biomechanical simulations can be used to evaluate the human stress during use of existing power tools. However, when the design is disruptively changed, it is challenging to predict the future nature of the user's use, posture, and load. Although simulation environments already exist for body posture prediction, they are not suitable for unbounded motion or postures. In this paper, a multi-level research approach is described. This approach allows the development of application-specific body posture models based on co-simulation in combination with a subject-based study as well as the evaluation of human stress. This enables manufacturers of power tools to make disruptive design changes and evaluate them concerning musculoskeletal stress at an early stage in product development.
KW - Biomechanical simulation
KW - Ergonomics
KW - Humans posture
KW - Posture prediction model
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85115636634
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-85540-6_59
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-85540-6_59
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85115636634
SN - 9783030855390
T3 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
SP - 462
EP - 467
BT - Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Systems V - Proceedings of the 5th International Virtual Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies, IHIET 2021 and the 6th IHIET
A2 - Ahram, Tareq
A2 - Taiar, Redha
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 5th International Virtual Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies, IHIET 2021 and 6th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Systems, IHIET-FS 2021
Y2 - 27 August 2021 through 29 August 2021
ER -