简介:Inthispaperwedevelopanelasto-dynamicmodelofthehumanarmthatincludeseffectsofneuro-muscularcontroluponelasticdeformationinthelimb.Theelasto-dynamicmodelofthearmisbasedonhybridparametermultiplebodysystemvariationalprojectionprinciplespresentedinthecompanionpaper.Thoughthetechniqueissuitablefordetailedboneandjointmodeling,wepresentsimulationsforsimplifiedgeometryofthebones,discretizedasRayleighbeamswithelongation,whileallowingforlargedeflections.MotionoftheupperextremityissimulatedbyincorporatingmuscleforcesderivedfromaHill-typemodelofmusculotendondynamics.Theeffectsofmuscleforcearemodeledintwoways.Inoneapproach,aneffectivejointtorqueiscalculatedbymultiplyingthemuscleforcebyajointmomentann.Asecondapproachmodelsthemuscleasactingalongastraightlinebetweentheoriginandinsertionsitesofthetendon.Simplearmmotionissimulatedbyutilizingneuralfeedbackandfeedforwardcontrol.Simulationsillustratethecombinedeffectsofneuralcontrolstrategies,modelsofmuscleforceinclusion,andelasticassumptionsonjointtrajectoriesandstressandstraindevelopmentintheboneandtendon.