COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE OF INFLATABLE TOEPAN PADDING FOR MITIGATING LOWER LIMB INJURIES. IN: AIR BAGS AND BELT RESTRAINTS

This paper reports on a computational investigation of the problem of lower limb injuries in automobile frontal crashes with the toepan intrusion, based on the rigid multibody dynamic modeling and simulation. The interaction between the lower limbs and the inflatable toepan padding was described by the contact between the feet and the load distribution plate of the padding. The investigation provided a view of the kinematics and dynamics of the system.