Digital human modeling for product lifecycle management

Abstract

This paper presents the current and probable future applications of Digital Human Modeling (DHM) in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) implementations. A Formula 1 race car and a marine vessel were developed by the integration of PLM and DHM software packages. Dassault Systemes' CATIA V5 PLM solution package was used for CAD/CAE design/analysis and UGS Tecnomatix JACK software was utilized for visual/mathematical ergonomics and human analysis. Literature review for future work, [1] and [2], was discussed to investigate the potentials of DHM in PLM for simulation of a blast motion in Navy vessels. The results and observations indicated that integration of DHM and PLM packages have potentials to improve the product development efforts and offer an enhanced approach for simulation of complex systems where there is human-machine integration. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.