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Contribution to the development and the improvement of a digital model of the human body biofidelic HUByx by numerical methods for impact applications

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The study of human tolerance thresholds to impacts requires experiments on living or post mortem human subjects, which naturally raises ethical questions. To overcome these limitations, the development of numerical tools has led over the last few years to the implementation of numerical models more or less capable to accurately reproduce the mechanical behavior of the human body when subjected to various types of stresses. It is in this context that the numerical model HUByx (Hermaphrodite Biomechanics yx-model) has been developed within the research department COMM of the ICB lab at UTBM. This PhD work aims at validating and improving the biofidelity of the thoracic part of the HUByx model and also aims to understand the mechanisms of lesions and to seek criteria for the thoracic injury prediction through the numerical reconstruction of violent loadings in civil and military contexts. Numerical simulations were carried out in the framework of human free falls studies, non-penetrating ballistic impacts of non-lethal projectiles and finally in the context of explosion phenomenon. Good correlations were obtained between the numerical and experimental results, thus contributing to reinforce the capacity of the HUByx model to respond in a biofidelic manner to the different stresses to which it is subjected. Keywords : Impact biomechanics, finite elements, thoracic injuries, viscous criterion, accident reconstruction, free falls, ballistics, explosion.