Engineering Mechanics

Proceedings Vol. 13 (2007)

ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2007

Copyright © 2007 Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Prague

 

Valášek M., Víšek M., Vampola T.
pages 299 - +11p., full text

The paper deals with the development of biomechanical model in order to simulate a man walking over the elastic bridge and the interaction of both objects. The current civil engineering technology enables to build bridges perfectly sustainable from mechanical point of view but with decreased eigenfrequencies that may lead bad human perception like anxiety or even seasickness. Therefore it is desirable to develop simulation models of the manbridge interaction to be considered in the bridge design. This paper deals with the development of interaction model. The model must include the biomechanical model of human being, its control of human gait, the elastic bridge and the interaction between the biomechanical model and the bridge. The developed model is a planar one and it enables to simulate both the stable and unstable human gait.

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