TY - JOUR
T1 - SPACAR
T2 - A software subroutine package for simulation of the behavior of biomechanical systems
AU - van Soest, Arthur J.
AU - Schwab, Arend L.
AU - Bobbert, Maarten F.
AU - van Ingen Schenau, Gerrit Jan
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Direct dynamics computer simulation is gaining importance as a research tool in the biomechanical study of complex human movements. Therefore, the need for general-purpose software packages with which the equations of motion can be derived automatically and solved numerically is growing. In this paper such a method is described: SPACAR. The method is compared to well-known commercially available software packages. On the basis of the results obtained on a test problem simulated with both SPACAR and DADS, it is concluded that both methods are accurate; DADS is much faster. The user-friendliness of SPACAR is less than that of DADS. However, SPACAR has two major advantages. First is the basic deformability of all elements, which allows handling of all kinds of problems within a unified framework; second is the full availability of the source code, which allows the experienced user to broaden the scope of possibilities to any extent.
AB - Direct dynamics computer simulation is gaining importance as a research tool in the biomechanical study of complex human movements. Therefore, the need for general-purpose software packages with which the equations of motion can be derived automatically and solved numerically is growing. In this paper such a method is described: SPACAR. The method is compared to well-known commercially available software packages. On the basis of the results obtained on a test problem simulated with both SPACAR and DADS, it is concluded that both methods are accurate; DADS is much faster. The user-friendliness of SPACAR is less than that of DADS. However, SPACAR has two major advantages. First is the basic deformability of all elements, which allows handling of all kinds of problems within a unified framework; second is the full availability of the source code, which allows the experienced user to broaden the scope of possibilities to any extent.
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U2 - 10.1016/0021-9290(92)90078-F
DO - 10.1016/0021-9290(92)90078-F
M3 - Article
C2 - 1400522
AN - SCOPUS:0026941572
SN - 0021-9290
VL - 25
SP - 1219
EP - 1226
JO - Journal of Biomechanics
JF - Journal of Biomechanics
IS - 10
ER -