Finite Element Human Body models have emerged as a cost-effective alternative to Anthropometric Test Devices (ATDs) [1] for crash testing and play a pivotal role in design for crash safety, by providing accurate predictions of human response to impacts. The ability to generate HBMs of varying anthropometry from an existing HBM shall enable vehicle safety studies for a wider range of body types.. This paper presents an approach for personalisation of Human Body Models (HBMs) using contours, a technique that was previously used to create Posture-Specific Human Body models in Chhabra et al. [39]. The mesh creation is verified by comparing the elemental Jacobian ratio, aspect ratio, and the interior angles of the generated model with that of the nominal HBM to establish confidence in use of the model when running explicit FE simulations.
Keywords:
Human Body Models; HBM Personalisation; Contour Generation; Delaunay Tetrahedralisation; Anthropometric Parameter Estimation