Development of human neck numerical model for crashworthiness assessment

• Main Author: Azizan Fahmi, Mohamad
• Other Authors: Dr. Rakhmad Arief Siregar
• Format: Other
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2012
• Subjects: Child injury in vehicle; Newborn child neck; Human neck numerical model; Crash injuries
• Online Access: http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/21343

Despite the recent progresses in occupant safety, protection of children is not still optimal. To offer a better understanding of child injury mechanisms, the present study proposes a dummy finite element model of newborn child neck. The neck model consists of rigid, geometrically accurate verteb...