Development of a finite element model of the human body

Oshita, Fuminori; Omori, Kiyoshi; Nakahira, Yuko; Miki, Kazuo

Affiliations

¹The Japan Research Institute Ltd., Ushijima-cho 2-5, Nishi-ku, Nagoya 451-0046 Japan

²Toyota Central R&D Labs, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192 Japan

Abstract

A finite element human model, THUMS (Total HUman Model for Safety), was developed in order to study human body responses to impact loads. This paper briefly describes the structure of the human model, as well as some of the results of the simulations conducted to validate the model.

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