Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/imm.2012.5.1.075

Coupled foot-shoe-ground interaction model to assess landing impact transfer characteristics to ground condition  

Kim, S.H. (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Cho, J.R. (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Choi, J.H. (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Ryu, S.H. (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Jeong, W.B. (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Publication Information
Interaction and multiscale mechanics / v.5, no.1, 2012 , pp. 75-90 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper investigates the effects of sports ground materials on the transfer characteristics of the landing impact force using a coupled foot-shoe-ground interaction model. The impact force resulting from the collision between the sports shoe and the ground is partially dissipated, but the remaining portion transfers to the human body via the lower extremity. However, since the landing impact force is strongly influenced by the sports ground material we consider four different sports grounds, asphalt, urethane, clay and wood. We use a fully coupled 3-D foot-shoe-ground interaction model and we construct the multi-layered composite ground models. Through the numerical simulation, the landing impact characteristics such as the ground reaction force (GRF), the acceleration transfer and the frequency response characteristics are investigated for four different sports grounds. It was found that the risk of injury, associated with the landing impact, was reduced as the ground material changes from asphalt to wood, from the fact that both the peak vertical acceleration and the central frequency monotonically decrease from asphalt to wood. As well, it was found that most of the impact acceleration and frequency was dissipated at the heel, then not much changed from the ankle to the knee.
Keywords
coupled foot-shoe-ground interaction model; landing impact force; ground condition; ground reaction force; acceleration transfer; frequency response;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 Ansys Inc. (2005), ANSYS User's Manual, Ver. 5.3.
2 Asai, T. and Murakami, H. (2001), "Development and evaluation of a finite element foot model", Proc. of the 5th Symposium on Footwear Biomechanics (Eds. E.M. Hennig, A. Stacoff), Zuerich, 10-11.
3 Bandak, F.A., Tannous, R.E. and Toridis, T. (2001), "On the development of an osseo-ligamentous finite element model of the human ankle joint", Int. J. Solids Struct., 38(10-13), 1681-1697.   DOI
4 Blatz, P.J. and Ko, W.L. (1962), "Application of finite element theory to the deformation of rubbery materials", Trans. Soc. Rheol., 6, 223-251.   DOI
5 Cavanagh, P.R. (1990), Biomechanics of distance running, Human Kinetics Books, Champaign, IL.
6 Cheng, H.Y.K., Lin, C.L., Wang, H.W. and Chou, S.W. (2008), "Finite element analysis of plantar fascia under stretch-the relative contribution of windlass mechanism and Achilles tendon force", J. Biomech., 41(9), 1937-1944.   DOI
7 Cheung, J.T.M. and Nigg, B.M. (2007), "Clinical applications of computational simulation of foot and ankle", Sportorthopdie Sporttraumatologie, 23(4), 264-271.
8 Cheung, J.T.M. and Zhang, M. (2008), "Parametric design of pressure-relieving foot orthosis using statisticsbased finite element method", Med. Eng. Phys., 30(3), 269-277.   DOI
9 Cheung, J.T., Zhang, M. and An, K.N. (2004), "Effects of plantar fascia stiffness on the biomechanical response of the ankle-foot complex", Clin. Biomech., 19(8), 839-846.   DOI
10 Cho, J.R., Kim, K.W., Yoo, W.S. and Hong, S.I. (2004), "Mesh generation considering detailed tread blocks for reliable 3D tire analysis", Adv. Eng. Softw., 35(2), 105-113.   DOI
11 Cho, J.R. and Oden, J.T. (2000), "Functionally graded material: a parametric study on thermal-stress characteristics using the Crank-Nicolson-Galerkin scheme", Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Engrg., 188(1-3), 17-38.   DOI
12 Cho, J.R. and Park, S.B. (2009a), "Finite element landing impact simulation using a 3-D coupled foot shoe model", Foot. Sci., 1(1), 97-98.   DOI
13 Cho, J.R., Park, S.B., Ryu, S.H., Kim, S.H. and Lee, S.B. (2009b), "Landing impact analysis of sports shoes using 3-D coupled foot-shoe finite element model", J. Mech. Sci. Technol., 23(10), 2583-2591.   DOI
14 Cho, J.R., Shin, S.W. and Yoo, W.S. (2005), "Crown shape optimization for enhancing tire wear performance by ANN", Comput. Struct., 83(12-13), 920-933.   DOI
15 Chou, W.I. and Bobet, A. (2002), "Predictions of ground deformations in shallow tunnels in clay", Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 17(1), 3-19.   DOI
16 Dai, X.Q., Zhang, M. and Cheung, J.T.M. (2006), "Effect of sock on biomechanical responses of foot during walking", Clin. Biomech., 21(3), 314-321.   DOI
17 Denoth, J. (1986), "Load on the locomotor system and modeling", Biomech. Running Shoes (Eds. B. Nigg), Human Kinetics Publisher, Champaign, 63-116.
18 Garcia-Gonzalez, A., Bayod, J., Prados-Frutos, J.C., Losa-Iglesias, M., Jules, K.T., Bengoa-Vallejo, R.B. and Doblare, M. (2009), "Finite-element simulation of flexor digitorum longus of flexor digitorum brevis tendon transfer for the treatment of claw toe deformity", J. Biomech., 42(11), 1697-1704.   DOI
19 Gefen, A. (2002), "Stress analysis of the standing foot following surgical plantar fascia release", J. Biomech., 35(5), 629-637.   DOI
20 Gefen, A. (2003), "Plantar soft tissue loading under the medical metatarsals in the standing diabetic foot", Med. Eng. Phys., 25(6), 491-499.   DOI
21 Henning, E.M. and Lafortune, M.A. (1991), "Relationships between ground reaction force and tibial bone acceleration parameters", J. Sport Biomech., 7(3), 303-309.   DOI
22 Kim, S.H. (2005), "Evaluation of landing impact characteristics of court sports shoes by finite element method", Master's Thesis, Pusan National University, Korea.
23 Mann, R.A. and Hagy, J. (1980), "Biomechanics of walking, running and sprinting", Am. J. Sport. Med., 8(5), 345-350.   DOI
24 Medvedev, V.P. and Orgel, A.M. (1990), "Some features of the interaction of the human locomotor apparatus with an elasticoplastic base", Mech. Compos. Mater., 26(1), 117-123.   DOI
25 Tabiei, A. and Wu, J. (2000), "Three-dimensional nonlinear orthotropic finite element model for wood", Compos. Struct., 50(2), 143-149.   DOI
26 Nigg, B.M. (1986), Biomechanics of running shoes, Human Kinetics Publisher, Champaign, IL.
27 Nigg, B.M. and Liu, W. (1999), "The effect of muscle stiffness and damping on simulated impact force peaks during running", J. Biomech., 32(8), 849-856.   DOI
28 Shorten, M.R. and Himmelsbach, J.A. (2002), "Shock attenuation of sports surfaces", Sport. Eng., 4, 152-158.
29 Tillman, M.D., Fiolkwski, P., Bauer, J.A. and Reisinger, K.D. (2002), "In-shoe plantar measurements during running on different surfaces-changes in temporal and kinetic parameters", Sport. Eng., 5(3), 121-128.   DOI
30 Timm, D.H. and Priest, A.L. (2006), "Material properties of the 2003 NCAT test track structural study", NCAT Report 06-01, Auburn University, Alabama.
31 Wu, L. (2007), "Nonlinear finite element analysis for musculoskeletal biomechanics of medial and lateral plantar longitudinal arch of virtual Chinese human after plantar ligamentous structure failures", Clin. Biomech., 22(2), 221-229.   DOI
32 Yamada, H. (1970), Strength of biological materials, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, USA.