Development of a Human FE Model with 3-D Geometry of Muscles and Lateral Impact Analysis for the Arm with Muscle Activity

2009-01-2266

06/09/2009

Event
Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference and Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
To investigate the effect of muscle activity in pre-impact on injury outcome, we developed a human arm finite element model with muscles which consisted of solid elements and truss elements that could be used for simulating muscle stiffness change for the inputted activity and 3-D geometry of each muscle. Two series of experimental tests on muscle stiffness change and arm flexion were conducted for validation of the model. Comparisons between the simulation results and test data indicated the model validity. Lateral impact simulations for a left arm demonstrated that the muscle activity in pre-impact had significant effects on the motion and stress distribution of the arm bones.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2266
Pages
10
Citation
Iwamoto, M., Nakahira, Y., Kimpara, H., and Sugiyama, T., "Development of a Human FE Model with 3-D Geometry of Muscles and Lateral Impact Analysis for the Arm with Muscle Activity," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-2266, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2266.
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Published
Jun 9, 2009
Product Code
2009-01-2266
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English