title: [Chest modelling and automotive accidents].
abstract: Automobile development is increasingly based on mathematical modeling. Accurate models of the human body are now available and serve to develop new means of protection. These models used to consist of rigid, articulated bodies but are now made of several million finite elements. They are now capable of predicting some risks of injury. To develop these models, sophisticated tests were conducted on human cadavers. For example, chest modeling started with material characterization and led to complete validation in the automobile environment. Model personalization, based on medical imaging, will permit studies of the behavior and tolerances of the entire population.
authors: Laboratoire d'accidentologie et de biomécanique PSA Peugeot-Citroen Renault, 132, rue des Suisses-92000 Nanterre. xavier.trosseille@lab-france.com
authors: Xavier
authors: X
authors: Trosseille
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004738:Engineering; D006801:Humans; D008348:Manikins; D008954:Models, Biological; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control