Tensile material properties of human rib cortical bone under quasi-static and dynamic failure loading and influence of the bone microstucture on failure characteristics

Damien Subit, Eduardo del Pozo de Dios, Juan Valazquez-Ameijide +2

Finite element models of the thorax are under development to assist vehicle safety researchers with the design of countermeasures such as advanced restrain systems. Computational m…