Driving comfort is one of the most important indexes for automobile comfort. Driving posture comfort is closely related to the drivers' joint angles and joint torques. In present research, a new method is proposed to identify the most comfortable driving posture based on studying the relation between drivers' joint angles and joint torques. In order to truly reflect a driving situation, the accurate human driving model of 50 percent of the size of Chinese male is established according to the human body database of RAMSIS firstly. Biomechanical model based on accurate human driving model is also developed to analyze and obtain dynamic equations of human driving model by employing Kane method. The joint torque-angle curves of drivers' upper and lower limbs during holding wheel or pedal operation can be obtained through dynamic simulation in the MATLAB. Through curve-fitting analysis, the minimum joint torque of a driver' limb and the optimal joint angel can be found. As an important reference, these parameters can be used to optimize driving seat structure and offer an important support for the optimization of cab package.


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    Title :

    Research on Driving Posture Comfort Based on Relation between Drivers' Joint Angles and Joint Torques


    Additional title:

    Sae Int. J. Commer. Veh


    Contributors:
    Su, Chuqi (author) / Chu, Zhengzhong (author)

    Conference:

    SAE 2014 World Congress & Exhibition ; 2014



    Publication date :

    2014-04-01


    Size :

    5 pages




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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