title: Impulse response due to jumping on shoes of various stiffness and damping.
abstract: The human body is a dynamic system with dynamic behaviour. Linear and nonlinear models of a standing human are investigated. The models simulated the body by 15-lumped masses connected by springs and dampers. A square wave impulse input is applied at the shoes and the lumbar spine response is presented as an example. The results show that the mechanical response is affected by the kind of representation (linear or nonlinear model) and the shoes stiffness and damping coefficients.
authors.affiliation: Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qassem
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009038:Motion; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D010812:Physical Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D012775:Shoes; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014732:Vibration; D014783:Viscosity