VIRTUAL

Period

1 June 2018–31 May 2022

Project manager

Astrid Linder

VIRTUAL: Open Access Virtual Testing Protocols for Enhanced Road User Safety
The overall objective is to improve the safety of urban road users by providing procedures and open access tools to assess the benefit of novel safety systems. The goal is to establish a European based global hub for Open Source Virtual Testing freely accessible on the internet and to demonstrate its success in traffic safety. Open Source Human Body Models (OS HBM) of both men and women will be developed in a format that is scalable to represent all different ages and sizes for both car occupants, vulnerable road users and users of public transport.

Short facts

Research area

Human body protection

Financier(s)

EU

Partners

VTI

Volvo Cars

Chalmers University of Technology

More information

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Project type

SAFER connected project

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Occupant Neck Muscle Modelling in Rear-End Crashes

The ultimate goal of the present research is to incorporate active and passive neck muscle effects in a female Finite Element (FE) Human Body Model (HBM). The application of interest is Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD), which can occur in a low-speed

Authors : I Putu Alit Putra

Year : 2022

Published in : Chalmers

Pre-Crash and In-Crash Car Occupant Safety Assessment

Tens of millions are annually injured in Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) worldwide, while the estimated number of RTA fatalities amounted to 1.35 million in 2016. In Europe, car occupants hold the largest share (48%) of fatalities among all road users. The

Authors : Alexandros Leledakis

Year : 2021

Published in : Chalmers University of Technology

Simulation of Occupant Kinematics using Active Human Body Models

Vehicle safety is a topic which is present in our daily lives. To reduce the number of casualties regulations and consumer ratings exist that enforce or encourage defined safety levels for vehicles on our roads. As vehicle safety was dominated by and still

Authors : Christian Kleinbach

Year : 2019

Published in : Schriften aus dem Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik der Universität Stuttgart