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Investigating sources for variability in volunteer kinematics in a braking maneuver, a sensitivity analysis with an active human body model
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- Larsson, Emma, 1991 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Iraeus, Johan, 1973 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Davidsson, Johan, 1967 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2023
- 2023
- English.
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In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. - 2296-4185. ; 11
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Abstract
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- Occupant kinematics during evasive maneuvers, such as crash avoidance braking or steering, varies within the population. Studies have tried to correlate the response to occupant characteristics such as sex, stature, age, and BMI, but these characteristics explain no or very little of the variation. Therefore, hypothesis have been made that the difference in occupant response stems from voluntary behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect from other sources of variability: in neural delay, in passive stiffness of fat, muscle tissues and skin, in muscle size and in spinal alignment, as a first step towards explaining the variability seen among occupants in evasive maneuvers. A sensitivity analysis with simulations of the SAFER Human Body Model in braking was performed, and the displacements from the simulations were compared to those of volunteers. The results suggest that the head and torso kinematics were most sensitive to spinal alignment, followed by muscle size. For head and torso vertical displacements, the range in model kinematics was comparable to the range in volunteer kinematics. However, for forward displacements, the included parameters only explain some of the variability seen in the volunteer experiment. To conclude, the results indicate that the variation in volunteer vertical kinematics could be partly attributed to the variability in human characteristics analyzed in this study, while these cannot alone explain the variability in forward kinematics. The results can be used in future tuning of HBMs, and in future volunteer studies, when further investigating the potential causes of the large variability seen in occupant kinematics in evasive maneuvers.
Subject headings
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Maskinteknik -- Farkostteknik (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Mechanical Engineering -- Vehicle Engineering (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- variability
- sensitivity study
- active human body model
- kinematics
- pre-crash
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- art (subject category)
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