Finite Element Analysis for Investigating the Effects of Muscle Activation on Head-neck Injury Risks of Drivers Rear-ended by a Car after an Autonomous Emergency Braking
Avoidance of frontal collisions by autonomous emergency braking (AEB) in sudden traffic jams has the potential to cause rear-end collisions by the following cars. In this study, finite element analyses using a human body model were performed to investigate how the muscle activations of drivers rear-...
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Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc.
2018-07-01
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| author | Masami Iwamoto Yuko Nakahira Daichi Kato |
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| description | Avoidance of frontal collisions by autonomous emergency braking (AEB) in sudden traffic jams has the potential to cause rear-end collisions by the following cars. In this study, finite element analyses using a human body model were performed to investigate how the muscle activations of drivers rear-ended by the following car could affect head-neck injury risks. Three muscle conditions of sleeping, relaxed, and braced drivers were assumed using a developed muscle controller. The simulation results suggest that vehicle systems that let drivers brace themselves at the onset of the AEB might be effective in reducing head-neck injury risks in this type of collisions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23a21ac3e08f4f73ac4007f578a534e12024-01-12T02:14:29ZengSociety of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc.International Journal of Automotive Engineering2185-09922018-07-019312412910.20485/jsaeijae.9.3_124Finite Element Analysis for Investigating the Effects of Muscle Activation on Head-neck Injury Risks of Drivers Rear-ended by a Car after an Autonomous Emergency BrakingMasami Iwamoto0Yuko Nakahira1Daichi Kato2Toyota Central R&D Labs.Toyota Central R&D Labs.Toyota Central R&D Labs.Avoidance of frontal collisions by autonomous emergency braking (AEB) in sudden traffic jams has the potential to cause rear-end collisions by the following cars. In this study, finite element analyses using a human body model were performed to investigate how the muscle activations of drivers rear-ended by the following car could affect head-neck injury risks. Three muscle conditions of sleeping, relaxed, and braced drivers were assumed using a developed muscle controller. The simulation results suggest that vehicle systems that let drivers brace themselves at the onset of the AEB might be effective in reducing head-neck injury risks in this type of collisions.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsaeijae/9/3/9_20184098/_article/-char/ja |
| spellingShingle | Masami Iwamoto Yuko Nakahira Daichi Kato Finite Element Analysis for Investigating the Effects of Muscle Activation on Head-neck Injury Risks of Drivers Rear-ended by a Car after an Autonomous Emergency Braking International Journal of Automotive Engineering |
| title | Finite Element Analysis for Investigating the Effects of Muscle Activation on Head-neck Injury Risks of Drivers Rear-ended by a Car after an Autonomous Emergency Braking |
| title_full | Finite Element Analysis for Investigating the Effects of Muscle Activation on Head-neck Injury Risks of Drivers Rear-ended by a Car after an Autonomous Emergency Braking |
| title_fullStr | Finite Element Analysis for Investigating the Effects of Muscle Activation on Head-neck Injury Risks of Drivers Rear-ended by a Car after an Autonomous Emergency Braking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Finite Element Analysis for Investigating the Effects of Muscle Activation on Head-neck Injury Risks of Drivers Rear-ended by a Car after an Autonomous Emergency Braking |
| title_short | Finite Element Analysis for Investigating the Effects of Muscle Activation on Head-neck Injury Risks of Drivers Rear-ended by a Car after an Autonomous Emergency Braking |
| title_sort | finite element analysis for investigating the effects of muscle activation on head neck injury risks of drivers rear ended by a car after an autonomous emergency braking |
| url | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsaeijae/9/3/9_20184098/_article/-char/ja |
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