Virtual Human Body Models
The virtual human body model is a Finite Element (FE) computational model of the human body designed to replicate its biomechanics and kinematics in a variety of scenarios. Elemance offers a variety of models including occupant, pedestrian, detailed and simplified versions.
Model Types
Elemance provides virtual human body models in varying detail options.
Detailed Models
Detailed injury prediction
Designed for crash-induced injury metrics and criteria
Robust models
Highly complex bones and internal organs
Variety of uses
Optimal for crash, sports, and military related studies
Simplified Models
Fewer elements for faster run time
Up to 50x faster run time versus detailed models
Designed for kinematics and kinetics
Optimized for robustness, ease of positioning, and modularity
Easier to configure
Fewer elements and contacts, kinematic joints, and simple materials
Detailed Model Layers
Male and female models of varying size
Both occupant and pedestrian postures
Designed from a robust medical imaging dataset
Comprehensive validation from tissue level up to full body
More than 100 publications in the literature
Detailed musculoskeletal system for enhanced kinematics
Options for passive and active musculature
Explicitly represented organs for localized tissue injury risk prediction
Capabilities to extract both deterministic and probabilistic injury risk
Continuous development to enhance injury prediction capabilities
All major biomechanical components of human skeletal system are modeled
Detailed modeling for hard tissue injury prediction
Simplified Model Layers
Same body shape and size as corresponding detailed models
Developed for enhanced computational efficiency
Ideal for parametric studies
Designed to accurately capture kinetics and kinematic
Validated at full body level
Implemented simplified material models
Reduced element density
Decreased number of contacts
Thoracic and abdominal organs modeled as homogenized volumes
Volume shapes designed to allow direct implementation of detailed organs on a regional level
Approach allows user to maintain computational efficiency and still predict specific injury in their area of interest
Same skeletal geometrics as detailed models
Computational savings through rigidized bones
Mechanical joints implemented to allow GUI-based, dummy-like repositioning
Model Variations
Stature
95th percentile
Position
Standing (pedestrian) / seated (occupant)
Elements
~840 thousand (simplified) / ~2.3 million (detailed)
Height
191 cm
Weight
103 kg
Designation
M95-O / M95-OS (occupant, detailed/simplified); M95-P / M95-PS (pedestrian, detailed/simplified)
Stature
50th percentile
Position
Standing (pedestrian) / seated (occupant)
Elements
~840 thousand (simplified) / ~2.3 million (detailed)
Height
175 cm
Weight
77 kg
Designation
M50-O / M50-OS (occupant, detailed/simplified); M50-P / M50-PS (pedestrian, detailed/simplified)
Stature
5th percentile
Position
Standing (pedestrian) / seated (occupant)
Elements
~350 thousand (simplified) / ~2.5 million (detailed)
Height
152 cm
Weight
51 kg
Designation
F05-O / F05-OS (occupant, detailed/simplified); F05-P / F05-PS (pedestrian, detailed/simplified)
Stature
6-year-old
Position
Standing (pedestrian)
Elements
~830 thousand (simplified)
Height
117 cm
Weight
19 kg
Designation
6YO-PS (simplified pedestrian)
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Elemance strives to provide truly human-centered design solutions to enhance the protection and quality of life.