Developing a simplified finite element model of a car seat with occupant for predicting vibration transmissibility in the vertical direction
Developing a simplified finite element model of a car seat with occupant for predicting vibration transmissibility in the vertical direction
The transmissibility of seat depends on the dynamics of both the seat and the human body, and shows how the amplification and attenuation of vibration varies with the frequency of vibration. A systematic methodology was developed for finite element (FE) modelling of the dynamic interaction between a seat and the human body and predicting the transmissibility of a seat. A seat model was developed to improve computational efficiency before models of the seat pan and backrest were calibrated separately using load–deflection and dynamic stiffness measurements, joined to form the complete seat model, and integrated with the model of a manikin for further calibration. The calibrated seat model was combined with a human body model to predict the transmissibility of the seat. By combining a calibrated seat model with a calibrated human body model, and defining appropriate contacts between the two models, the vibration transmissibility with a seat–occupant system can be predicted.
apparent mass, dynamic stiffness, finite element model, seat transmissibility
1220-1231
Zhang, Xiaolu
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Qiu, Yi
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Griffin, Michael J.
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3 July 2015
Zhang, Xiaolu
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Qiu, Yi
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Griffin, Michael J.
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Zhang, Xiaolu, Qiu, Yi and Griffin, Michael J.
(2015)
Developing a simplified finite element model of a car seat with occupant for predicting vibration transmissibility in the vertical direction.
Ergonomics, 58 (7), .
(doi:10.1080/00140139.2015.1005165).
Abstract
The transmissibility of seat depends on the dynamics of both the seat and the human body, and shows how the amplification and attenuation of vibration varies with the frequency of vibration. A systematic methodology was developed for finite element (FE) modelling of the dynamic interaction between a seat and the human body and predicting the transmissibility of a seat. A seat model was developed to improve computational efficiency before models of the seat pan and backrest were calibrated separately using load–deflection and dynamic stiffness measurements, joined to form the complete seat model, and integrated with the model of a manikin for further calibration. The calibrated seat model was combined with a human body model to predict the transmissibility of the seat. By combining a calibrated seat model with a calibrated human body model, and defining appropriate contacts between the two models, the vibration transmissibility with a seat–occupant system can be predicted.
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Accepted/In Press date: 4 December 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 17 February 2015
Published date: 3 July 2015
Keywords:
apparent mass, dynamic stiffness, finite element model, seat transmissibility
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University of Southampton
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Local EPrints ID: 406275
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/406275
ISSN: 0014-0139
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