Simulation of occupant behavior considering the influence of vehicle action

In this study, we validated the occupant behavior simulation considering the effect of the vehicle turning, a frontal collision model as a simple occupant model during vehicle steering. A collision avoidance operation may change the occupant behavior before the collision, which may cause injuries with a tendency different from conventional assumption. To confirm the validity, the result of the simulation was compared with the occupant behavior for the lateral acceleration in the actual experiment. Moreover, the behavior of driver and passenger seat during vehicle turning were confirmed, respectively. Finally, the behavior of the head of the occupant model in the present simulation was similar to that in the experiment.