Determining the structure and parameters of the human model subjected to vibration

V. P. Tregubov ; N. K. Egorova

Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo universiteta. Prikladnaâ matematika, informatika, processy upravleniâ, Tome 18 (2022) no. 1, pp. 163-170

Résumé

This article presents results from an experimental study of the frequency properties of a sitting person. This analysis shows that in order to define the structure and parameters of a human body model, it is necessary to find the only solution to the problem of determining the model parameters. Otherwise, this model cannot be used to build vibration protection systems, which is its main purpose. This problem was solved for a two-mass human model. To do this, the total model mass and although the amplitude-frequency response and input frequency impedance for both solids in the model structure are needed to be known. In addition to this, the influence of multi-articular muscles on the frequency characteristics of a human body is found using mechanical models with an arbitrary number of degrees of freedom. In particular, the possibility of the existence additional antiresonance frequencies on the upper mass is shown.

Détail

Keywords: vibration, human body, mechanical model, frequency response, multiarticular muscle.

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