22 February 2013

Virtual Vehicle Vibrations

User Interface (UI) researcher designed a program to predict role posture may play in reducing head, neck injuries. Studies have shown that awkward head-neck postures inside whole-body vibration environments can increase discomfort and the risk of injury. The goal of this research is to introduce a computerized human model that can be used to predict human motion in response to whole-body vibration when the human takes different head-neck postures.


The predicted motion data of the current model can be used to drive more sophisticated computer human models—with muscles and internal tissues—that can predict muscle forces and internal strain and stress between tissues and vertebrae. Significantly, the computer program may reduce the need for actual human subjects to drive test vehicles. One major benefit is the possibility of using it instead of humans in the design/modification loop of equipment in whole-body vibration.

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