The human thorax is commonly injured in motor vehicle crashes, and despite advancements
in occupant safety rib fractures are highly prevalent. The objective of this study was to …

Thorax injuries mainly due to rib fractures have been associated with high rates of morbidity
and mortality in motor vehicle crashes. Thoracic biomechanics has been studied …

Despite safety advances, thoracic injuries in motor vehicle crashes remain a significant
source of morbidity and mortality, and rib fractures are the most prevalent of thoracic injuries …

Objective: The goal of the present study was to identify rib-level differences in fracture
characteristics for individual ribs subjected to anterior–posterior loading. Methods: Twenty …

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the sensitivity of the structural responses and
bone fractures of the ribs to mesh density, cortical thickness, and material properties so as to …

Thoracic injuries from motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are common in children and the elderly
and are associated with a high rate of mortality for both groups. Rib fractures, in particular …

Thoracic injuries continue to be a major health concern in motor vehicle crashes. Previous
thoracic research has focused on 50th percentile males and utilized scaling techniques to …

Rib fractures remain the most frequent thoracic injury in motor vehicle crashes.
Computational human body models (HBMs) can be used to simulate these injuries and …

To enable analysis of the risk of occupants sustaining rib fractures in a crash, generic finite
element models of human ribs, one through twelve, were developed. The generic ribs …

By incorporating material and geometrical properties into a model of the human thorax one
can develop an injury criterion that is a function of stress and strain of the material and not a …