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posted on 22.04.2009, 13:38 by Selcuk Himmetoglu, Memis Acar, Kaddour Bouazza-MaroufKaddour Bouazza-Marouf, Andrew TaylorThis paper presents the validation of a 50th-percentile male multi-body human
model specifically developed for rear-impact simulation. The aim is to develop a biofidelic
model with the simplest architecture that can simulate the interaction of the human body with
the seat during rear impact. The model was validated using the head-and-neck and torso
responses of seven volunteers from the Japanese Automobile Research Institute sled tests,
which were performed at an impact speed of 8 km/h with a rigid seat and without head
restraint and seat belt. The results indicate that the human-body model can effectively mimic
the rear-impact response of a 50th-percentile male with a good level of accuracy and has the
potential to predict whiplash injury.
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