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Table 2 Injury prediction of different body regions

From: Investigations on tram-pedestrian impacts by application of virtual testing with human body models

Criteria

Based on

Sources

HIC

Resultant Head CoG accelerations filtered with CFC1000

Schmitt et al. [26]

DAMAGE MPS

DAMAGE Implementation in Dynasaur using head rotation sensors implemented in VIVA + definition files, filtered with CFC60

Gabler et al. [11]

Wu et al. [36]

Euro NCAP [8]

Risk of fractured ribs

Risk per rib determined based on maximum strain per rib

Combined to overall risk of fractured ribs using probabilistic method

Larsson et al. [19]

Forman et al. [9]

Proximal femur fracture risk

Risk based on MPS99 using risk curves calibrated for VIVA + model

Schubert et al. [27]

Femur shaft fracture risk

Risk based on MPS99 using risk curves calibrated for VIVA + model

Schubert et al. [27]

Tibia shaft fracture risk

Risk based on MPS99 using risk curves calibrated for VIVA + model

Developed in WP2 of VIRTUAL (unpublished)