Assessing the tensile and flexion behavior of the neck of the PIPER pediatric human body model

Abstract

As there are not contemporary test data assessing the actual neck loads of pediatric humans using CRS in high-speed impacts, computer models of pediatric occupants can be considered an alternative method to complement dummy measurements. Thus, the goal of this paper is to assess the mechanical response of the neck of the PIPER pediatric human body model (HBM) in tension and flexion at the light of existing experimental data