Dynamic human body models in vehicle safety: An overview

N Fahse, M Millard, F Kempter, S Maier… - GAMM …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Significant trends in the vehicle industry are autonomous driving, micromobility,
electrification and the increased use of shared mobility solutions. These new vehicle …

Quantitative cervical spine injury responses in whiplash loading with a numerical method of natural neural reflex consideration

Z Liang, MO Fuhao, Z Zheng, Y Li, Y Tian… - Computer Methods and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and objective Neural reflex is hypothesized as a regulating step in spine
stabilizing system. However, neural reflex control is still in its infancy to consider in the …

Vestibulocollic and cervicocollic muscle reflexes in a finite element neck model during multidirectional impacts

MA Correia, SD McLachlin, DS Cronin - Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Active neck musculature plays an important role in the response of the head and neck
during impact and can affect the risk of injury. Finite element Human Body Models (HBM) …

Development and verification of a physiologically motivated internal controller for the open-source extended Hill-type muscle model in LS-DYNA

OV Martynenko, F Kempter, C Kleinbach… - … and Modeling in …, 2023 - Springer
Nowadays, active human body models are becoming essential tools for the development of
integrated occupant safety systems. However, their broad application in industry and …

Quantifying the Importance of Active Muscle Repositioning a Finite Element Neck Model in Flexion Using Kinematic, Kinetic, and Tissue-Level Responses

P Hadagali, SL Fischer, JP Callaghan… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Non-neutral neck positions are important initial conditions in impact scenarios,
associated with a higher incidence of injury. Repositioning in finite element (FE) neck …

Neck stabilization through sensory integration of vestibular and visual motion cues

R Happee, V Kotian, KN De Winkel - Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background To counteract gravity, trunk motion, and other perturbations, the human head–
neck system requires continuous muscular stabilization. In this study, we combine a …

Effect of muscle pre‐tension and pre‐impact neck posture on the kinematic response of the cervical spine in simulated low‐speed rear impacts

MA Correia, MA Corrales… - … Journal for Numerical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Computational human body models (HBMs) can identify potential injury pathways not easily
accessible through experimental studies, such as whiplash induced injuries. However …

Finite element human body models with active reflexive muscles suitable for sex based whiplash injury prediction

IPA Putra, J Iraeus, F Sato, MY Svensson… - … in bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Previous research has not produced a satisfactory resource to study reflexive muscle activity
for investigating potentially injurious whiplash motions. Various experimental and …

Analysis of control strategies for VIVA OpenHBM with active reflexive neck muscles

IPA Putra, R Thomson - Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Predicting occupant head displacements in evasive maneuvers; tuning and comparison of a rotational based and a translational based neck muscle controller

E Larsson, J Iraeus, B Pipkorn, J Östh… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
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 …