Recent World Health Organization report on road safety estimates traffic fatality rate in India at 22.6 per 100,000 population, which is more than two times the rate in Europe (9.3) and higher than the global average (18.2). This results in a loss of 3 lakh lives annually in India, resulting in many families being pushed back into poverty and a national GDP loss of 3%. Improved vehicle design is a major contributor, among other factors, to the reduction in world-wide fatality rate. Field accident studies and Safety Evaluation Tools such as crash test dummies have played a major role in improving vehicle design. With increasing digitalization of design process, safety evaluations of vehicle design have also migrated to simulation tools. Although models of crash test dummies are used for basic safety evaluations, they prove insufficient due to their limited biofidelity. This also restricts their utility for future crash scenarios, for example, involving autonomous cars and new seating configurations. As an alternative, finite element human body models have become valuable tools for detailed injury evaluations.
In this hands-on workshop (second in SPARC workshop series), the participants will get a chance to explore the use of finite element (FE) human body models for injury assessments in vehicle crash scenarios. The learning sessions will include a brief introduction to human body models, and hands-on activity analyzing LS-Dyna simulations of a recent human body model (VIVA+) and calculating risks of injury for different crash scenarios and occupant sizes. After the workshop, the participants will be able to appreciate the possibilities of injury assessments using FE human body models compared to dummies. Experts from Vehicle Safety, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden shall give lectures in this workshop apart from experts at IIT Madras and VIT Chennai.
The workshop is aimed at students (final year undergrad students and post graduate students), research scholars, project staff, faculty in academia and industry professionals interested in the domain of vehicle occupant safety. Students, research scholars, project staff and faculty in academia in Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil, Applied Mechanics, Mechatronics and allied disciplines are welcome. Industry professionals who have worked in the above disciplines and having interest in vehicle occupant safety are welcome to register. Experience in Finite Element modeling is required as a prerequisite to participate. Participants shall get a certificate on their successful completion of the workshop.
Tentative schedule. More detailed as may be required shall be emailed to registered participants.
Fees & (All rates inclusive of GST)
Full-time Students $ : INR 1000
Regular# : INR 4000
Register using official email in all cases. The name, institution shall be used for fee receipt, certificate purpose, and the email for all communication. Seats limited to 30 and shall be available on first come first serv basis.
