Prediction and Analysis of Human Thoracic Impact Responses and Injuries in Cadaver Impacts Using a Full Human Body Finite Element Model

Modeling costal cartilage using local material properties with consideration for gross heterogeneities

“…This error is small compared to the effect of the perichondrium (which increases the stiffness of the total structure by an average of 100%; Forman et al, 2010). This error is also small when compared to the spread of costal cartilage modulus values in current whole-body finite models, which range from 9 (Ruan et al, 2003) to 49 MPa (Kimpara et al, 2006).…”

Development of a Full Body CAD Dataset for Computational Modeling: A Multi-modality Approach

“…10 In recent full body FEA models, the approach employed to model musculature varies. Ruan et al do not explicitly include skeletal muscle, 55 whereas Shigeta models the active portion of muscles with the 1D components described above. 60 The volumes of the muscles included in the model are provided in Table 5.…”

“…Nonetheless, the VHM dataset is valuable and has been used in the development of a number of well-known FEA models. 55,56 Recent FBMs demonstrate that imaging techniques are not the only method for development. The HU-MOS I model was generated from a male cadaver frozen and sectioned in the driving position.…”

Stress profile of infant rib in the setting of child abuse: A finite element parametric study

“…While there are numerous reports of the biomechanical response of adult ribs under stress using the FE modeling (Charpail et al, 2005;Ito et al, 2009;Kemper et al, 2005;Li et al, 2010aLi et al, , 2010bNiu et al, 2007;Ruan et al, 2003;Yoganandan and Pintar, 1998), similar information on infant ribs is lacking, mostly because there is very little material property data on infant ribs. To our knowledge, there is only one study that reported the material properties of pediatric ribs (Pfefferle et al, 2007).…”