Validation of a human FE lower limb model for a child pedestrian against accident data.

Author(s)
Ito, O. Okamoto, M. Takahashi, Y. Mori, F. Meissner, M. Untaroiu, C. & Crandall, J.
Year
Abstract

Due to the lack of sufficient data for children, validation of the impactresponse of a child dummy or a child finite element (FE) model is a big challenge. This study used multi-body simulations along with optimization techniques for estimating impact conditions of a particular child pedestrian accident case selected from an in-depth pedestrian accident database. FEchild model simulations with failure criteria were run using the estimated impact conditions, and the predicted and observed injuries were compared. The results of the comparison showed that the model can predict the lower limb injuries described in the accident data within the estimated bone material property variation. For the covering abstract see ITRD E141762.

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C 45985 (In: C 45971 CD-ROM) /84 / ITRD E141789
Source

In: Proceedings of the 2007 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, Maastricht (The Netherlands), September 19-21, 2007, Pp

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