Finite element analysis to assess the biomechanical behavior of a finger model gripping handles with different diameters

Abstract

Study aim: Interactions between the fingers and a handle can be analyzed using a finite element finger model. Hence, the biomechanical response of a hybrid human finger model during contact with varying diameter cylindrical handles was investigated numerically in the present study using ABAQUS/CAE.

Keywords

• finger segments
• 3d finger model
• finger deformations
• contact pressure
• maximal compressive stress