Development and verification of a physiologically motivated internal controller for the open-source extended Hill-type muscle model in LS-DYNA
Nowadays, active human body models are becoming essential tools for the development of
integrated occupant safety systems. However, their broad application in industry and …
integrated occupant safety systems. However, their broad application in industry and …
Investigating sources for variability in volunteer kinematics in a braking maneuver, a sensitivity analysis with an active human body model
Occupant kinematics during evasive maneuvers, such as crash avoidance braking or
steering, varies within the population. Studies have tried to correlate the response to …
steering, varies within the population. Studies have tried to correlate the response to …
[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of muscle strain injury severity in active human body models
LV Nölle, A Mishra, OV Martynenko… - Journal of the mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Even though significant efforts in the field of injury detection with finite element active human
body models (FE AHBMs) have been made, injuries of the muscle-tendon unit (MTU) have …
body models (FE AHBMs) have been made, injuries of the muscle-tendon unit (MTU) have …
Analysis of control strategies for VIVA OpenHBM with active reflexive neck muscles
Modeling muscle activity in the neck muscles of a finite element (FE) human body model can
be based on two biological reflex systems. One approach is to approximate the …
be based on two biological reflex systems. One approach is to approximate the …
Predicting occupant head displacements in evasive maneuvers; tuning and comparison of a rotational based and a translational based neck muscle controller
Objective: Real-life car crashes are often preceded by an evasive maneuver, which can alter
the occupant posture and muscle state. To simulate the occupant response in such …
the occupant posture and muscle state. To simulate the occupant response in such …
[PDF][PDF] Active human body model simulations of whole-sequence braking and far-side side-impact configurations
Vehicle crashes may be preceded by evasive manoeuvres, executed by the driver or
automatically. This study demonstrates Page 1 Abstract Vehicle crashes may be preceded by …
automatically. This study demonstrates Page 1 Abstract Vehicle crashes may be preceded by …
The Influence of Occupant Characteristics, Seat Positioning, and Pre-Crash Maneuvers on Front Passenger Safety Performance
A Dahiya, C Untaroiu - Journal of Biomechanical …, 2025 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Crash avoidance vehicle maneuvers are known to influence occupant posture and
kinematics which consequently may influence injury risks in the event of a crash. In this …
kinematics which consequently may influence injury risks in the event of a crash. In this …
'Falling heads': investigating reflexive responses to head–neck perturbations
Background Reflexive responses to head–neck perturbations affect the injury risk in many
different situations ranging from sports-related impact to car accident scenarios. Although …
different situations ranging from sports-related impact to car accident scenarios. Although …
Generating Human Arm Kinematics Using Reinforcement Learning to Train Active Muscle Behavior in Automotive Research
Computational human body models (HBMs) are important tools for predicting human
biomechanical responses under automotive crash environments. In many scenarios, the …
biomechanical responses under automotive crash environments. In many scenarios, the …