Modular incorporation of deformable spine and 3D neck musculature into a simplified human body finite element model.

ABSTRACT: Spinal injuries are a concern for automotive applications, requiring large parametric studies to understand spinal injury mechanisms under complex loading conditions. Finite element computational human body models (e.g. Global Human Body Models Consortium (GHBMC) models) can be used to identify spinal injury mechanisms. However, the existing GHBMC detailed models (with high computational time) or GHBMC simplified models (lacking vertebral fracture prediction capabilities) are not ideal for studying spinal injury mechanisms in large parametric studies. To overcome these limitations, a modular 50^th percentile male simplified occupant model combining advantages of both the simplified and detailed models, M50-OS + DeformSpine, was developed by incorporating the deformable spine and

SUBMITTER: Lalwala M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10354211 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature