Knowledge Based Engineering for Human Body Modeling and Simulation

Abstract

This thesis has been written to demonstrate the development of a Knowledge- Based Engineering (KBE) application of the musculoskeletal system of the human body. One of the main goals has been to establish what advantages musculoskeletal modeling could have in a KBE modeling framework.

The model has been created in Adaptive Modeling Language (AML) developed by Technosoft to show how a multibody model of the human anatomy can be modeled in a nite element representation. Furthermore, the possibilities of using the AML models to perform simulations in the multibody software Fedem are investigated.

In summary, the goal of this thesis is to develop a conceptual AML model of the human skeleton for future development along with a potential framework for simulations. The challenge is to model the cross eld of bio-mechanics and mechanical engineering, to discover possible alternative applications of AM that could benet musculoskeletal modeling.