A nonlinear model of the hand-Arm system and parameters identification using vibration transmissibility

Abstract

In the present paper a lumped single degree-of-freedom nonlinear model is used to study biodynamic responses of the hand arm system (HAS) under harmonic vibrations. Then, the harmonic balance method is implemented to derive the vibration transmissibility. Furthermore,Padé approximations are used in the identification process of biodynamic characteristics of the HAS model. This process is based on minimizing the distance between the theoretical and the experimentally measured transmissibilities. The proposed identification workflow is applied to vibrations at the wrist in two cases: 1) the transmissibility versus the grip force for fixed excitation frequencies, and 2) the transmissibility versus the excitation frequency for fixed grip force.