Evaluation of biofidelity of THUMS pedestrian model under a whole-body impact conditions with a generic sedan buck.

CONCLUSIONS: Based on the data considered, the THUMS PFEM was considered to be biofidelic for this pedestrian impact condition and vehicle. Given the capability of the model to reproduce biomechanical responses, it shows potential as a valuable tool for developing novel pedestrian safety systems.
PMID: 28548920 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - May 28, 2017 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Wu T, Kim T, Bollapragada V, Poulard D, Chen H, Panzer MB, Forman JL, Crandall JR, Pipkorn B Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research