A SPINNING-HULL APPROACH PROVIDING RAPID BALANCE CALCULATIONS WHEN MODELLING HUMAN POSTURES
DS 70: Proceedings of DESIGN 2012, the 12th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2012
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Medland, A. J.
Section: Design support tools
Page(s): 533-542
Abstract
Modeling of the posture of humans may require a search for balance. This is obtained by ensuring that the CofG lies within the convex hull created about the feet. Balance and the shape of the convex hull will changed as body parts move. The posture needs
Keywords: convex hull, human posture, constraint processes, tetraplegics