Several factors potentially contribute to the risk of whiplash injuries; one of them is the neck muscle activities. Muscle activities in the neck have been shown to influence the head-neck kinematics during whiplash-like rear impacts. Thus,
Although heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) were only involved in 4.4% out of more than 1 million crashes that occurred on European roads in 2017, their share in crashes with fatal outcome was almost three times larger
Composites with 3D-woven reinforcement have been slowly making their way into different industries. The interlacement of yarns, not only in-plane but also through-thickness, means that in many applications 3D-woven composites can outperform their laminated counterparts. In
Traffic injury is one of the main reasons for traumatic injuries. Obese occupants are among the vulnerable populations with a higher risk of death and severe injuries. Notably, obesity is associated with a thick layer of
ViVA OpenHBM is an open source human body model that represents the 50th percentile female population for assessing whiplash protection systems in car. ViVA OpenHBM was developed with intention to fill the gap of current available
Author(s)
Putra I P A, Iraeus J, Thomson R, Svensson M
Published in
The 15th Annual Injury Biomechanics Symposium, Ohio
Objective: ViVA OpenHBM is the first open source Human Body Model (HBM) for crash safety assessment. It represents an average size (50th percentile) female and was created to assess whiplash protection systems in a car. To
Author(s)
Putra I P A, Iraeus J, Thomson R, Svensson M Y, Linder A, and Sato F
Studies have shown that most of the whiplash injuries are caused by the rear crashes [1,2], and therefore, there is a need for evaluate restraint systems in this specific type of crash. Currently, BioRID is the
Author(s)
Putra I P A, Brolin K, Iraeus J, Svensson M, Linder A
Published in
8th World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, Ireland
A previously validated open-source head-neck model, VIVA Open HBM [1-3], was enhanced by the addition of muscle activation. The previous model contained 129 beam elements on both the left and right side of the neck. Each
Author(s)
Putra I P A, Iraeus J, Thomson R
Published in
Nordic LS-DYNA User's Conference 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden
The overall trend in Sweden is that the number of fatalities and severely injured in traffic is constantly decreasing. However, bicyclists are the group of road-users that often suffer the most severe injuries when involved in
