A combined generator for child multibody models

Ciiiidren in traffic are a vulnerable group. To verify safety measures for this particular group, such as child seats, crash-dummies can be used by performing sled-test experiments or fullscale experiments. In 1993, TNO Crash-Safety Research Centre, together with Ogle Design Ltd. started to work on a new child dummy: the TNO PlM, representing an 18-month-old child. The anthropometric data is derived from a database called CANDAT (Child ANthropometric DATabase).Physical experiments are cost expensive as well as time expensive. To overcome these disadvantages, TNO developed an integrated multibody/finite element software package calle