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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2014.63.7.956

Development of Femoral Bone Model of Human Body for Simulation of Side Falls  

Park, Ji Su (Center for Bionics, BRI, KIST)
Koo, Sang-Mo (Dept. of Electronic Materials Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Kim, Choong Hyun (Center for Bionics, Biomedical Research Institute (BRI), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST))
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The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers / v.63, no.7, 2014 , pp. 956-961 More about this Journal
Abstract
Due to the increasing needs of anti-fall device for elderly, it is required to develop the test rigs for fall simulation. The femoral bone model consists of silicone and steel is used as an effective device to simulate falls. In this work, we propose five different femoral bone models and analyse them by using a commercial FEA tool. It has been shown that two kinds of simplified models exhibit the simulated side falls with an error range of ~1% in the impact load of femoral neck compared with full model. Especially, the upper tissue model is found to provide us with the best efficient test environment, attributable to its simple structure.
Keywords
Falls; Femoral bone model; Impact load; Femoral neck; FEA(Finite-Element Analysis);
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