著者

伊藤 史斗 長谷 和徳 内田 和男

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.19-00191, (Released:2019-09-11)

参考文献数

15

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The frame stiffness in a racing bicycle might influence not only toughness as the frame structure but also performance of an athlete. The purpose of this study is to clarify biodynamic relations between the frame stiffness in a racing bicycle and the physical loads of an athlete by using a forward dynamics simulation model. The human body structure was represented by the 13-rigid-links and 23-degrees-of-freedom model. Based on the theory of multibody dynamics, the frame structure was expressed by combination of 12 rigid pipes, and the frame stiffness was modeled by rotational springs at the connecting joint between the rigid pipes. Spring coefficients were changed according to the thickness of the frame pipes. The pedaling load from the crank was computed by the angular velocity and angular acceleration of the crank. Moreover, the driving force in the bicycle was additionally defined to consider the influence of the frame weight on the human joint load. The human body model was driven by the joint toques to minimize the cost function consisting of the joint loads in the human body and the driving force in the bicycle, and also to keep desired angular velocity of the crank. Validity of the simulation was evaluated by comparing the joint angles and torques with the measured ones. As for the result, the larger stiffness of the frame resulted in smaller the joint loads in the human body, and optimal stiffness would be determined by the balance between the joint loads in the human body and the driving force in the bicycle.

著者

伊藤 史斗 内田 和男 長谷 和徳

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

シンポジウム: スポーツ・アンド・ヒューマン・ダイナミクス講演論文集 2017 (ISSN:24329509)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.A-9, 2017 (Released:2018-05-25)

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There are many studies for bicycles and pedaling; however, most of the pedaling studies are conducted based on experiments, such as inverse dynamics method. The purpose of this study is to develop a forward dynamics model of pedaling to generate pedaling motion on computer without experimental data. The proposed model was used proportional-derivative (PD) control for joint driving torque and the referred joint angles were optimized by genetic algorithms. Cost function of optimization was defined as minimum of the muscle load and differences between the objective crank angular velocity and that of the simulation. Joint torques and pedal forces was obtained from the simulation and was compared with the actual experimental data. Simulation results were tended to vibrate compared with the actual experimental data. In addition, magnitude of the cost function was investigated when changing saddle height as 0.700, 0.725, 0.750, 0.775 and 0.800 [m]. As a result, the cost function decreased as the saddle height became higher, and the cos function was minimum when the saddle height was 0.775[m].

著者

伊藤 史斗 長谷 和徳 内田 和男

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.85, no.878, pp.19-00191, 2019 (Released:2019-10-25)

参考文献数

15

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The frame stiffness in a racing bicycle might influence not only toughness as the frame structure but also performance of an athlete. The purpose of this study is to clarify biodynamic relations between the frame stiffness in a racing bicycle and the physical loads of an athlete by using a forward dynamics simulation model. The human body structure was represented by the 13-rigid-links and 23-degrees-of-freedom model. Based on the theory of multibody dynamics, the frame structure was expressed by combination of 12 rigid pipes, and the frame stiffness was modeled by rotational springs at the connecting joint between the rigid pipes. Spring coefficients were changed according to the thickness of the frame pipes. The pedaling load from the crank was computed by the angular velocity and angular acceleration of the crank. Moreover, the driving force in the bicycle was additionally defined to consider the influence of the frame weight on the human joint load. The human body model was driven by the joint toques to minimize the cost function consisting of the joint loads in the human body and the driving force in the bicycle, and also to keep desired angular velocity of the crank. Validity of the simulation was evaluated by comparing the joint angles and torques with the measured ones. As for the result, the larger stiffness of the frame resulted in smaller the joint loads in the human body, and optimal stiffness would be determined by the balance between the joint loads in the human body and the driving force in the bicycle.