Use of Musculoskeletal Simulation Methods in the Analysis of Volunteer Test for Occupant Safety

摘要

Biomechanical experiments produce large quantities of inhomogeneous data that is difficult to beinterpreted or the output of the interpretation is very partial. In this paper the use of OpenSimsoftware as an integrative platform for all the different signals is presented. OpenSim is amusculoskeletal simulation software for the modeling of an experiment. It provides the possibilityto visualize, interpret, combine and in general a better insight of the meaning of all the differenttypes of measured signals. The analysis of an experiment concerning the volunteer’s head neckreaction during motorcycle’s braking is presented as an example of the method.