TY - JOUR A1 - Putzer, Michael A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo A1 - Rasmussen, John A1 - Gebbeken, Norbert A1 - Dendorfer, Sebastian T1 - Sensitivity of lumbar spine loading to anatomical parameters JF - Journal of Biomechanics N2 - Musculoskeletal simulations of lumbar spine loading rely on a geometrical representation of the anatomy. However, this data has an inherent inaccuracy. This study evaluates the influence of defined geometrical parameters on lumbar spine loading utilising five parametrised musculoskeletal lumbar spine models for four different postures. The influence of the dimensions of vertebral body, disc, posterior parts of the vertebrae as well as the curvature of the lumbar spine was studied. Additionally, simulations with combinations of selected parameters were conducted. Changes in L4/L5 resultant joint force were used as outcome variable. Variations of the vertebral body height, disc height, transverse process width and the curvature of the lumbar spine were the most influential. These parameters can be easily acquired from X-rays and should be used to morph a musculoskeletal lumbar spine model for subject-specific approaches with respect to bone geometry. Furthermore, the model was very sensitive to uncommon configurations and therefore, it is advised that stiffness properties of discs and ligaments should be individualised. KW - Musculoskeletal simulation KW - Lumbar spine KW - Parameter study KW - Vertebra KW - Wirbelsäule KW - Belastung KW - Simulation Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.11.003 VL - 49 IS - 6 SP - 953 EP - 958 PB - Elsevier Science ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Romano, Marco A1 - Eisenried, Michael A1 - Jungbauer, Bastian A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo A1 - Gebbeken, Norbert T1 - Influence of parameters of the production process on the material quality of unidirectionally reinforced prepregs JF - Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (JAMME) N2 - Purpose: A prepreg production device in laboratory scale is used to develop the production process of unidirectionally reinforced prepregs. Design/methodology/approach: The aim of the prepreg production device is to impregnate different types of reinforcement fibers with an arbitrarily selectable thermoset matrix system that completely satisfies the requirements for autoclave processing. As the prepreg production device is designed and built up modularly every module corresponds one step in the process. Findings: To identify the parameters of the production process and investigate its sensitivity on the material quality of both the prepreg as an uncured semi-finished product and the composite as the cured material experimental investigations regarding the resin flow, fiber volume content, mass per unit area and void content are carried out. Overall four material combinations have been investigated, where in each case the selected impregnation temperature and the width of the impregnation gap has been reproducibly varied in selected steps. Research limitations/implications: The experimental characterization of the prepregs and of the composite material is carried out according to German standards. Y1 - 2015 UR - http://jamme.acmsse.h2.pl/vol68_1/6815.pdf VL - 68 IS - 1 SP - 32 EP - 44 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Baumer, A. A1 - Kastenmeier, Andreas A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo ED - Mottok, Jürgen ED - Reichenberger, Marcus ED - Scharfenberg, J. ED - Ziemann, Olaf T1 - A Numerical Study of Reinforced Bolted Composite Joints T2 - Applied Research Conference 2015: ARC 2015 - Nürnberg, 3rd July 2015 Y1 - 2015 SP - 278 EP - 282 PB - Book-on-demand-Verlag ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niebauer, M. A1 - Schmid, Vinzent A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo ED - Mottok, Jürgen ED - Reichenberger, Marcus ED - Scharfenberg, J. ED - Ziemann, Olaf T1 - Failure Criteria of Adhesively Bonded Joints BT - A Review T2 - Applied Research Conference 2015 - ARC 2015, Nürnberg, 3rd July 2015 - 16. Juli 2015 Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3863869458 SP - 347 EP - 351 PB - Pro Business Verlag CY - Berlin ER -