Dynamic human body models in vehicle safety: An overview

N Fahse, M Millard, F Kempter, S Maier… - GAMM …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Significant trends in the vehicle industry are autonomous driving, micromobility,
electrification and the increased use of shared mobility solutions. These new vehicle …

Influence of pre-collision occupant parameters on injury outcome in a frontal collision

D Bose, JR Crandall, CD Untaroiu… - Accident Analysis & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Optimal performance of adaptive restraint systems in the vehicle requires an accurate
assessment of occupant characteristics including physical properties and pre-collision …

A human body model with active muscles for simulation of pretensioned restraints in autonomous braking interventions

J Östh, K Brolin, D Bråse - Traffic injury prevention, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The aim of this work is to study driver and passenger kinematics in autonomous
braking scenarios, with and without pretensioned seat belts, using a whole-body finite …

Occupant kinematics in low-speed frontal sled tests: Human volunteers, Hybrid III ATD, and PMHS

SM Beeman, AR Kemper, ML Madigan… - Accident Analysis & …, 2012 - Elsevier
A total of 34 dynamic matched frontal sled tests were performed, 17 low (2.5 g, Δv= 4.8 kph)
and 17 medium (5.0 g, Δv= 9.7 kph), with five male human volunteers of approximately 50th …

Driver kinematic and muscle responses in braking events with standard and reversible pre-tensioned restraints: validation data for human models

The objectives of this study are to generate validation data for human models intended for
simulation of occupant kinematics in a pre-crash phase, and to evaluate the effect of an …

[PDF][PDF] Passenger kinematics and muscle responses in autonomous braking events with standard and reversible pre‐tensioned restraints

JM Olafsdottir, J Östh, J Davidsson… - Ircobi conference …, 2013 - publications.lib.chalmers.se
Biofidelic human body models (HBMs) with active muscles are valuable tools for assessing
the safety potential of systems that are active immediately before and during a crash. For …

The occupant response to autonomous braking: a modeling approach that accounts for active musculature

J Östh, K Brolin, S Carlsson, J Wismans… - Traffic injury …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The aim of this study is to model occupant kinematics in an autonomous braking
event by using a finite element (FE) human body model (HBM) with active muscles as a step …

Effects of bracing on human kinematics in low-speed frontal sled tests

SM Beeman, AR Kemper, ML Madigan… - Annals of biomedical …, 2011 - Springer
Continued development of computational models and biofidelic anthropomorphic test
devices (ATDs) necessitates further analysis of the effects of bracing on an occupant's …

[HTML][HTML] The lack of sex, age, and anthropometric diversity in neck biomechanical data

GR Booth, PA Cripton, GP Siegmund - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Female, elderly, and obese individuals are at greater risk than male, young, and non-obese
individuals for neck injury in otherwise equivalent automotive collisions. Developing safety …

Active muscle response contributes to increased injury risk of lower extremity in occupant–knee airbag interaction

B Nie, D Sathyanarayan, X Ye, JR Crandall… - Traffic injury …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Recent field data analysis has demonstrated that knee airbags (KABs) can reduce
occupant femur and pelvis injuries but may be insufficient to decrease leg injuries in motor …