TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Mechanism Analysis of Pedestrian Knee-Bending Angle by Sedan-Type Vehicle Using Human FE Model
JO  - International journal of crashworthiness
A1  - Yasuki, Tsuyoshi
SP  - 329
EP  - 339
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
N2  - This article describes the reconstructions of pedestrian accidents of several sizes and human genders colliding with sedan-type vehicles. Finite element (FE) human models of American male 50 percentile, American female 5 percentile, and 6-year old child are used to evaluate the lower leg kinematics and injuries to them. FE models of the frontal structures made of urethane blocks that have equivalent stiffness to the frontal structure of the sedan FE model were established to conduct parametric studies of frontal structure stiffness. The parametric studies show optimum stiffness distributions of urethane blocks to help reduce the knee-bending angle and injuries.<p />
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SN  - 1358-8265
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13588260701432984
ID  - ref1
ER  -