In pedestrian safety, human body models offer some promising advantages including the prediction of injury mechanisms, the interpretation of experimental results and a large potential of personalization. While model personalization via geometrical morphing allow accounting for anatomical differences, it is necessary to reassess each morphed model to ensure that morphing did not reduce the biofidelity of the model. In the present study, the AM50 THUMS pedestrian model (THUMS) was morphed to the anthropometric specifications of each of four cadavers (stature range: 1540–1820 mm; weight range: 46–114 kg) used in a series of vehicle–pedestrian impact tests. The baseline THUMS model and the four morphed THUMS models were evaluated using eleven component‐level loading cases that were relevant for biomechanics of pedestrian impact, including some cases not evaluated previously with THUMS. The model responses were within the experimental corridors after scaling using mass and stature for the majority of the cases and subjects. The scaling approach was less effective for a model with extreme anthropometries (height: 1800 mm, weight: 55 kg) especially for cases involving local component tests.
Keywords:
kriging, scaling, model evaluation, mesh quality