Patent ID: 8407033
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a computer model for a vehicle crash event, said method comprising the steps of: providing a first model of a first anthropomorphic dummy formed of first and second linked physical components, said first model of the first anthropomorphic dummy being formed of first and second elements, said first element comprising a data structure stored in a first computer memory location indicative of a first material property that changes as a function of time, said second element comprising a second data structure stored in a second computer memory located indicative of a second material property that changes as a function of time; associating with said first element a first counter indicative of the age of the first linked component; associating with said second element a second counter indicative of the age of the second linked component; using the first counter and the second counter in conjunction with the material property for the first element and second element in the first model of the first anthropomorphic dummy; forming a vehicle model of a vehicle; and incorporating the first model of the first anthropomorphic dummy in the vehicle model to simulate a vehicle crash event.