Consistency in figure posturing results within and between simulation engineers
Paper in proceeding, 2006

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. Copyright © 2006 SAE International.

Author

Dan Lämkull

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Production Systems

Lars Hanson

Lund University

Roland Örtengren

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Production Systems

SAE Technical Papers

01487191 (eISSN)

Subject Categories

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Other Mechanical Engineering

Vehicle Engineering

DOI

10.4271/2006-01-2352

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3/10/2020