The Application of a Radial Basis Function Morphing Technique to a Validated Full Human Body Finite Element Model

Motor vehicle crashes kill over 1 million people worldwide each year making them one of the most common causes of death. With finite element models being used as tools to study blunt injuries, it is critical to validate them in a range of loading scenarios to ensure accurate model outputs. While human body models have typically been validated qualitatively, quantitative methods available to researchers can provide objective comparisons to the experimental data or between models. Validated human body models can help reveal the role that body habitus plays in injury outcomes for motor vehicle occupants. The objective of this dissertation was to validate a mid-sized male full human body finite element model and use that model as a basis for the development of a large male model.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2015

Author dc:creator

• Vavalle, Nicholas Aaron

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/57110

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/57110