The role of muscle tensing on the force-deflection response of the thorax and a reassessment of frontal impact thoracic biofidelity corridors

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 853-868

  Kent, R W ^a,c   Bass, C R ^a   Woods, W A ^a   Salzar, R S ^a   Lee, Sang Hyun ^a   Melvin, J ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b TanDelta

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofidelity; Dummy validation; Muscle tensing; Restraint systems; Thorax

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; STIFFNESS;

BIOFIDELITY; DUMMY VALIDATION; MUSCLE TENSING; RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; THORAX;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 33947586577     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO108     Document Type: Article

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