This class serves as a serializable FiberForceLengthCurve, commonly used to model the parallel elastic element in muscle models. More...

Inheritance diagram for OpenSim::FiberForceLengthCurve:

Static Public Member Functions
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static FiberForceLengthCurve *	safeDownCast (OpenSim::Object *obj)
	For use in MATLAB and Python to access the concrete class. More...

Static Public Member Functions inherited from OpenSim::Function
static Function *	makeFunctionOfType (Function *aFunction, const std::string &aNewTypeName)

static Function *	safeDownCast (OpenSim::Object *obj)
	For use in MATLAB and Python to access the concrete class. More...

static const std::string &	getClassName ()
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static void	registerType (const Object &defaultObject)
	Register an instance of a class; if the class is already registered it will be replaced. More...

static void	renameType (const std::string &oldTypeName, const std::string &newTypeName)
	Support versioning by associating the current Object type with an old name. More...

static const Object *	getDefaultInstanceOfType (const std::string &concreteClassName)
	Return a pointer to the default instance of the registered (concrete) Object whose class name is given, or NULL if the type is not registered. More...

template<class T >
static bool	isObjectTypeDerivedFrom (const std::string &concreteClassName)
	Return true if the given concrete object type represents a subclass of the template object type T, and thus could be referenced with a T*. More...

static Object *	newInstanceOfType (const std::string &concreteClassName)
	Create a new instance of the concrete Object type whose class name is given as concreteClassName. More...

static void	getRegisteredTypenames (Array< std::string > &typeNames)
	Retrieve all the typenames registered so far. More...

template<class T >
static void	getRegisteredObjectsOfGivenType (ArrayPtrs< T > &rArray)
	Return an array of pointers to the default instances of all registered (concrete) Object types that derive from a given Object-derived type that does not have to be concrete. More...

static bool	PrintPropertyInfo (std::ostream &os, const std::string &classNameDotPropertyName, bool printFlagInfo=true)
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static bool	PrintPropertyInfo (std::ostream &os, const std::string &className, const std::string &propertyName, bool printFlagInfo=true)
	Same as the other signature but the class name and property name are provided as two separate strings. More...

static Object *	makeObjectFromFile (const std::string &fileName)
	Create an OpenSim object whose type is based on the tag at the root node of the XML file passed in. More...

static const std::string &	getClassName ()
	Return the name of this class as a string; i.e., "Object". More...

static void	setSerializeAllDefaults (bool shouldSerializeDefaults)
	Static function to control whether all registered objects and their properties are written to the defaults section of output files rather than only those values for which the default was explicitly overwritten when read in from an input file or set programmatically. More...

static bool	getSerializeAllDefaults ()
	Report the value of the "serialize all defaults" flag. More...

static bool	isKindOf (const char *type)
	Returns true if the passed-in string is "Object"; each Object-derived class defines a method of this name for its own class name. More...

static void	setDebugLevel (int newLevel)
	Set the amount of logging output. More...

static int	getDebugLevel ()
	Get the current setting of debug level. More...

static Object *	SafeCopy (const Object *aObject)
	Use the clone() method to duplicate the given object unless the pointer is null in which case null is returned. More...

static void	RegisterType (const Object &defaultObject)
	OBSOLETE alternate name for registerType(). More...

static void	RenameType (const std::string &oldName, const std::string &newName)
	OBSOLETE alternate name for renameType(). More...

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static const std::string &	getClassName ()
	This returns "FiberForceLengthCurve" More...

FiberForceLengthCurve *	clone () const override
	Create a new heap-allocated copy of the concrete object to which this Object refers. More...

const std::string &	getConcreteClassName () const override
	Returns the class name of the concrete Object-derived class of the actual object referenced by this Object, as a string. More...

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	Function ()

	Function (const Function &aFunction)

virtual	~Function ()

virtual void	init (Function *aFunction)

Function &	operator= (const Function &aFunction)

virtual double	calcValue (const SimTK::Vector &x) const
	Calculate the value of this function at a particular point. More...

virtual double	calcDerivative (const std::vector< int > &derivComponents, const SimTK::Vector &x) const
	Calculate a partial derivative of this function at a particular point. More...

virtual int	getArgumentSize () const
	Get the number of components expected in the input vector. More...

virtual int	getMaxDerivativeOrder () const
	Get the maximum derivative order this Function object can calculate. More...

virtual SimTK::Function *	createSimTKFunction () const =0
	Return a SimTK::Function that can be used natively by the underlying SimTK::System and its elements. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from OpenSim::Object
virtual	~Object ()
	Virtual destructor for cleanup. More...

bool	isEqualTo (const Object &aObject) const
	Equality operator wrapper for use from languages not supporting operator overloading. More...

Object &	operator= (const Object &aObject)
	Copy assignment copies he base class fields, including the properties. More...

virtual bool	operator== (const Object &aObject) const
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virtual bool	operator< (const Object &aObject) const
	Provide an ordering for objects so they can be put in sorted containers. More...

void	setName (const std::string &name)
	Set the name of the Object. More...

const std::string &	getName () const
	Get the name of this Object. More...

void	setDescription (const std::string &description)
	Set description, a one-liner summary. More...

const std::string &	getDescription () const
	Get description, a one-liner summary. More...

const std::string &	getAuthors () const
	Get Authors of this Object. More...

void	setAuthors (const std::string &authors)
	Set Authors of this object. More...

const std::string &	getReferences () const
	Get references or publications to cite if using this object. More...

void	setReferences (const std::string &references)
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int	getNumProperties () const
	Determine how many properties are stored with this Object. More...

const AbstractProperty &	getPropertyByIndex (int propertyIndex) const
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AbstractProperty &	updPropertyByIndex (int propertyIndex)
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bool	hasProperty (const std::string &name) const
	Return true if this Object has a property of any type with the given name, which must not be empty. More...

const AbstractProperty &	getPropertyByName (const std::string &name) const
	Get a const reference to a property by its name, returned as an AbstractProperty. More...

AbstractProperty &	updPropertyByName (const std::string &name)
	Get a writable reference to a property by its name, returned as an AbstractProperty. More...

template<class T >
bool	hasProperty () const
	Return true if this Object contains an unnamed, one-object property that contains objects of the given template type T. More...

template<class T >
const Property< T > &	getProperty (const PropertyIndex &index) const
	Get property of known type Property<T> as a const reference; the property must be present and have the right type. More...

template<class T >
Property< T > &	updProperty (const PropertyIndex &index)
	Get property of known type Property<T> as a writable reference; the property must be present and have the right type. More...

bool	isObjectUpToDateWithProperties () const
	Returns `true` if no property's value has changed since the last time setObjectIsUpToDateWithProperties() was called. More...

void	readObjectFromXMLNodeOrFile (SimTK::Xml::Element &objectElement, int versionNumber)
	We're given an XML element from which we are to populate this Object. More...

virtual void	updateFromXMLNode (SimTK::Xml::Element &objectElement, int versionNumber)
	Use this method to deserialize an object from a SimTK::Xml::Element. More...

void	updateXMLNode (SimTK::Xml::Element &parent, const AbstractProperty *prop=nullptr) const
	Serialize this object into the XML node that represents it. More...

bool	getInlined () const
	Inlined means an in-memory Object that is not associated with an XMLDocument. More...

void	setInlined (bool aInlined, const std::string &aFileName="")
	Mark this as inlined or not and optionally provide a file name to associate with the new XMLDocument for the non-inline case. More...

std::string	getDocumentFileName () const
	If there is a document associated with this object then return the file name maintained by the document. More...

int	getDocumentFileVersion () const
	If there is a document associated with this object then return its version number. More...

void	setAllPropertiesUseDefault (bool aUseDefault)

bool	print (const std::string &fileName) const
	Write this Object into an XML file of the given name; conventionally the suffix to use is ".osim". More...

std::string	dump () const
	dump the XML representation of this Object into an std::string and return it. More...

virtual bool	isA (const char *type) const
	The default implementation returns true only if the supplied string is "Object"; each Object-derived class overrides this to match its own class name. More...

const std::string &	toString () const
	Wrapper to be used on Java side to display objects in tree; this returns just the object's name. More...

PropertySet &	getPropertySet ()
	OBSOLETE: Get a reference to the PropertySet maintained by the Object. More...

const PropertySet &	getPropertySet () const

Detailed Description

This class serves as a serializable FiberForceLengthCurve, commonly used to model the parallel elastic element in muscle models.

The fiber-force-length curve is dimensionless: force is normalized to maximum isometric force and length is normalized to resting fiber length. The user can adjust the maximum strain at no load and the strain developed under 1 normalized unit of force using the fitted curve. Additionally, if desired, it is possible to directly set the low-force stiffness of the fiber, the stiffness of the fiber at 1 normalized unit of force, and the shape of the curve (its 'curviness'):

Properties

strainAtZeroForce
The fiber strain at which the fiber starts to develop force. strainAtZeroForce = 0.0 means that the fiber will begin developing tension when it is at its resting length.
strainAtOneNormForce
The fiber strain at which the fiber develops 1 unit of normalized force. strainAtOneNormForce = 0.6 means that the fiber will develop a tension of 1 normalized force when it is strained by 60% of its resting length or, equivalently, when it is stretched to 1.6 times its resting length.
stiffnessAtLowForce
The normalized stiffness (slope of the curve) when the fiber is just beginning to develop tensile force.
stiffnessAtOneNormForce
The normalized stiffness (slope of the curve) when the fiber develops a tension of 1 normalized unit of force.
curviness
A dimensionless parameter between 0 and 1 that describes the shape of the curve: a value of 0 indicates a curve that is very close to a straight line segment and a value of 1 indicates a curve that smoothly fills the corner formed by the linear extrapolation of 'stiffnessAtOneNormForce' and the x-axis, as shown in the figure.

Note that we use the Cauchy or engineering definition of strain throughout: strain = (l-l0)/l0, where l is the current fiber length and l0 is its resting length.

Required Properties

strainAtZeroForce
strainAtOneNormForce

Optional Properties

stiffnessAtLowForce
stiffnessAtOneNormForce
curviness

Conditions

strainAtZeroForce < strainAtOneNormForce
stiffnessAtOneNormForce > 1/(strainAtOneNormForce-strainAtZeroForce)
0 < stiffnessAtLowForce < stiffnessAtOneNormForce
0 <= curviness <= 1

The required parameters can be set using either the constructor or the setCurveStrains function; the optional parameters can be set using the setOptionalProperties function. Note that filling in one optional parameter but not the others will throw an exception when the curve is built. The optional parameters can be used to vary the shape of the curve from a close approximation of a line to a sharply-bent curve.

The advantage of this curve over the typical exponential curve used in the literature is that it is continuous to the second derivative; the usual linearly-extrapolated exponential curve is only C0-continuous. The improved smoothness of this curve makes the equations somewhat easier to simulate and, more importantly, permits the use of derivative-based numerical methods on the curve. In addition, the extra parameters in this curve formulation can be adjusted to match a wide variety of shapes, should it be desired to fit the curve to a different set of experimental data.

Default Parameter Values

If the optional parameters are not specified, the curve is fit to the experimentally measured fiber-force-length curves of Winters et al. (2010, Fig. 3a).

strainAtZeroForce .......... 0.0
strainAtOneNormForce ....... 0.7
stiffnessAtLowForce ........ 0.2
stiffnessAtOneNormForce .... 2.0 / (strainAtOneNormForce-strainAtZeroForce) = 2.86
curviness .................. 0.75

Example

// Make a fitted fiber-force-length curve.
FiberForceLengthCurve fpeCurve1;
fpeCurve1.setCurveStrains(0.0, 0.7);
double fpeVal1 = fpeCurve1.calcValue(0.1);
 
// Make a custom fiber-force-length curve by supplying all parameters.
FiberForceLengthCurve fpeCurve2(0.0, 0.7, 0.2, 2.86, 0.75);
double fpeVal2  = fpeCurve2.calcValue(0.02);
double dfpeVal2 = fpeCurve2.calcDerivative(0.02, 1);

Note that this object should be updated through the set methods provided. These set methods will take care of rebuilding the curve correctly. If you modify the properties directly, the curve will not be rebuilt, and upon calling a function like calcValue, calcDerivative, or printCurveToCSVFile, an exception will be thrown because the curve is out-of-date with its properties.

References

Thelen, D.G. (2003) Adjustment of muscle mechanics model parameters to simulate dynamic contractions in older adults. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 125:70–77.
Winters, T.M., Takahashi, M., Lieber, R.L., and Ward, S. (2010) Whole muscle length-tension relationships are accurately modeled as scaled sarcomeres in rabbit hindlimb muscles. Journal of Biomechanics 44:109–115.

Author: Matt Millard

Member Function Documentation

◆ clone()

FiberForceLengthCurve * OpenSim::FiberForceLengthCurve::clone ( ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

Create a new heap-allocated copy of the concrete object to which this Object refers.

It is up to the caller to delete the returned object when no longer needed. Every concrete object deriving from Object implements this pure virtual method automatically, via the declaration macro it invokes (e.g., OpenSim_DECLARE_CONCRETE_OBJECT()). Note that the concrete class overrides modify the return type to be a pointer to the concrete object; that still overrides the base class method because the return type is covariant with (that is, derives from) Object.

Implements OpenSim::Function.

◆ getClassName()

static const std::string & OpenSim::FiberForceLengthCurve::getClassName ( )

inlinestatic

This returns "FiberForceLengthCurve"

See getConcreteClassName() if you want the class name of the underlying concrete object instead.

◆ getConcreteClassName()

const std::string & OpenSim::FiberForceLengthCurve::getConcreteClassName ( ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

Returns the class name of the concrete Object-derived class of the actual object referenced by this Object, as a string.

This is the string that is used as the tag for this concrete object in an XML file. Every concrete class derived from Object automatically overrides this method via the declaration macro it uses. See getClassName() to get the class name of the referencing (possibly abstract) class rather than the concrete object.

See also: getClassName()

Implements OpenSim::Function.

◆ safeDownCast()

static FiberForceLengthCurve * OpenSim::FiberForceLengthCurve::safeDownCast ( OpenSim::Object * obj )