@article{ref1,
title="Development of an occupant model for far-side vehicle crashes",
journal="International journal of vehicle safety",
year="2009",
author="Douglas, Clay and Fildes, Brian N. and Gibson, Tom",
volume="4",
number="3",
pages="173-184",
abstract="The biofidelity and performance requirements for a far-side occupant model are described. Previous work is analysed that highlights the potential use of a modified version of the TNO Human Facet Model for simulating far-side impacts. The model's biofidelity and performance are compared with PMHS results from pelvic offset sled tests, pendulum tests and a full-scale far-side crash test. Results indicate that the model exhibits good biofidelity compared with PMHS results, specifically its ability to simulate: belt interaction with the shoulder; loading to the pelvis, thorax and abdomen and whole body kinematics in a full-vehicle far-side crash. The model's main limitations are that its thorax is less capable of matching the magnitude of deflection observed in the PMHS pendulum tests.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1479-3105",
doi="10.1504/IJVS.2009.029156",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVS.2009.029156"
}