Consistency in Figure Posturing Results within and between Simulation Engineers

2006-01-2352

07/04/2006

Event
2006 Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper presents the results of an effort to compare figure posturing results within and between simulation engineers. The simulation engineers simulated four manual tasks. Alternately they used a posture prediction tool, and alternately they were only allowed to apply manual adjustments of the body angles. The simulation engineers repeated each task six times and always with at least six days between each occasion, to minimize the subject's rememberance of how she/he carried out the cases. Results show that the use of a posture prediction tool, in such complex tasks as the study includes, neither reduces needed time to fulfill a simulation, nor differences within or between simulation engineers. Differences in simulation results often originate from the different assumptions the simulation engineers have of the task when positioning the manikins. The differences could be minimized by a more careful orderer description and by such activities as simulation engineering days at assembly plants and by bringing the people working with human simulation tools together in the organization.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-2352
Pages
11
Citation
Lämkull, D., Hanson, L., and Örtengren, R., "Consistency in Figure Posturing Results within and between Simulation Engineers," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-2352, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-2352.
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Published
Jul 4, 2006
Product Code
2006-01-2352
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English