要旨

人体脚部長骨のモデルを膝関節部において靭帯で結合した立位姿勢の脚部有限要素モデルを開発した．膝部には靭帯への負荷を正確に再現する上で重要と考えられる軟骨および半月板のモデルを組込んだ．公表された脚部衝撃実験結果を用いて精度検証を行った結果，膝関節のせん断変位と曲げ角度を精度良く再現していることがわかった．さらに膝部靭帯損傷の有無を膝部の主要な四つの靭帯について実験と比較した結果，実験の半数以上で生じた靭帯損傷を再現していることがわかった

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著者(所属)

• 高橋 裕公（栃木研究所）
• 菊池 裕二（栃木研究所）
• 鴻巣 敦宏（(財)日本自動車研究所）
• 石川 博敏（(財)日本自動車研究所）

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Honda R&D Technical Review　Vol.13 No.2 収録 (123 - 132)

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