Samenvatting
For the evaluation of whiplash injury occurring in rear-end collisions, a detailed head-neck model was developed and incorporated into THUMS model.Then the head and neck kinematics was validated against that of living human subjects sitting on a rigid seat without muscular tension. The tests were carried out at delta V of 8 km/h The calculated cervical spine kinematics showed a good correlation with the volunteer's test data. Although further improvement will be necessary for more accuracy, the model was capable of estimating facet joint kinematics. It is recognized that the human FE model could be an efficient tool to better understand injury mechanisms. For the covering abstract see ITRD E141807.