TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Development of an occupant model for far-side vehicle crashes
JO  - International journal of vehicle safety
A1  - Douglas, Clay
A1  - Fildes, Brian N.
A1  - Gibson, Tom
SP  - 173
EP  - 184
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 1479-3105
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVS.2009.029156
ID  - ref1
ER  -