Transactions on Transport Sciences 2009, 2(3):114-121 | DOI: 10.5507/tots.2009.016

Six-Year-Old Child Model in Frontal Sled Test

H. Čechová*, L. Hynčík
Research Centre New Technologies, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic

This paper deals with a demonstration of a six-year-old child model. The model, called Bobby, belongs to a family of human rigid body models, Robby, and was created within the computational environment of the PAM system. First of all, Bobby is updated, the geometry and material properties of the original model are improved, and, in particular, joints, including their characteristics, are redefined. The updated model is tested in a sled test environment. Due to lack of experimental data with child cadavers, the test is compared to an experiment with the six-year-old Anthropomorphic Test Device, published in available literature sources.

Keywords: biomechanics, virtual human model, six year old child, sled test, injury criteria.

Published: September 1, 2009  Show citation

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Čechová, H., & Hynčík, L. (2009). Six-Year-Old Child Model in Frontal Sled Test. Transactions on Transport Sciences, 2(3), 114-121. doi: 10.5507/tots.2009.016
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