Development of a FEM pelvis model for analysis of pressure distributions

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Verver, M M ^a   Van Hoof, J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comfort; Human modelling; Pelvis modelling; Pressure distributions

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

BONY STRUCTURES; CAR MANUFACTURERS; COMFORT; COMPUTER MODELS; HUMAN MODELLING; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 85072428468     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2003-01-2214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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