Active child models for traffic safety research
Period
1 January 2012–31 March 2015
Project manager
Karin Brolin
The overall aim of the proposed project is to increase safety of child car occupants and thereby reduce the number of traffic induced injuries to children ages 3 through 12. Specifically, this will be done by creating computer models of children that include active musculature and that can complement ongoing research with volunteer data. The aim with the active child Human Body Model (HBM) is to simulate pre-crash events with biofidelic response at load levels and in maneuvers that cannot be performed with volunteer children. The child HBM can also be used to understand the protective principles of forward facing children, how they interact with current and future car restraints.
Short facts
Research area
Human body protection
Financier(s)
Folksam Research Fund/Stockholm Technical Institute
Partners
Chalmers
Project type
SAFER connected project