Morphometric study of the human pelvis

Besnault, Benoît; Lavaste, François; Guillemot, Hervé; Robin, Stéphane; Le Coz, Jean-Yves

Affiliations

²CEESAR, European Center of Safety and Risk Analysis

³Laboratory of Accidentology and Biomechanics, PSA Peugeot-Citroen Renault, France

Abstract

Finite element model analysis and numerical simulations are more and more used in the field of automobile safety. The models of anthropomorphic dummies are already developed. The following work, which is carried out both by the Laboratory of Biomechanics LBM (ENSAM) and the Laboratory of Accidentology and Biomechanics LAB (Nanterre), consists in a geometrical study of the human pelvis. This analysis, based on the Reynolds’ data, is performed to determine significant parameters for each class of pelvis. A statistical study has been performed with Student and Snedecor tests, to analyse the means and the variances of the characters. These parameters, exclusively computed distances, could be used to distort a mesh with an interpolation technique (kriging).

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Cited Works (1)

Year	Entry
1997	Guillemot H, Besnault B, Robin S, Got C, Le Coz JY, Lavaste F, Lassau J-P. Pelvic injuries in side impact collisions: a field accident analysis and dynamic tests on isolated pelvic bones. In: Proceedings of the 41st Stapp Car Crash Conference. November 13-14, 1997; Lake Buena Vista, FL. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers:91-100. SAE 973322.

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