Injury Analysis Validation of a Deformable Vehicle Front End Model

Abstract:

In the event of an impact with an automobile, pedestrians suffer multiple impacts with the bumper, hood and the windscreen. The characteristics of a vehicles front end and structural stiffness have a significant influence on the kinematics and injury risk of the pedestrians body regions, in a vehicle-to-pedestrian collision. In this present study, the injury risk of the pedestrian is investigated in an impact with a deformable vehicle front end model for the purpose of validating the developed model. A simplified vehicle front end model consisting of a multi body windscreen and a finite element cowl, hood and bumper is developed. The MADYMO human pedestrian multi body dummy model is impacted by the vehicle front end model at the speed of 40 km/h. The injuryto the various body segments namely the head, neck, sternum, lumbar, femur and tibia is obtained. The simulation values are compared to the experimental values for verification of the vehicle front end model.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 465-466)
• Pages: 1334-1338
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.465-466.1334
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Kausalyah Venkatason, Kassim Abdullah, Shasthri Sivaguru, Moumen M. Idres, Qasim H. Shah, Wong Shaw Voon
• Keywords: Deformable Vehicle Front End Model, Human Dummy Model, Injury Analysis, Pedestrian Impact, Validation

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