Movement of the Human Body versus Dummy after the Collision

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Main author

Moser, A.

Co-Authors

Steffan, H.; Strzeletz, R.

Type of media

PDF

Publication type

Lecture

Publication year

2009

Publisher

18. EVU Conference, Hinckley

Citation

Moser, A.: Movement of the Human Body versus Dummy after the Collision. 18th EVU Conference, Hinckley (UK) 2009

English, 19 pages, 19 figures, 38 references

Because the movement of a pedestrian during and after a collision is very complex, a detailed model
has to be used to simulate it. The multibody simulation model for pedestrian accidents in PC-Crash
is discussed in this paper. The different factors which influence the movement of the pedestrian are
presented.
In the second part of the paper simulation results are compared with well-documented real accidents
and crash tests. A new series of crash tests, where the three different kinds of dummy mainly used in
accident reconstruction were compared, is used to point out the differences in the simulation results
using the default pedestrian model and the crash tests. In addition, modifications to the pedestrian
model are discussed to adapt the model to the different dummy models.