ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 4

Forensic Application of Computer Simulation of Falls
Sloan, GD
G. David Sloan, Inc., WA

Talbott, JA
Talbott Associates Inc., OR

(Received 15 September 1995; accepted 31 December 1995)

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to describe a method of computer simulated fall reconstruction. Computer applications that simulate gravity and other physical parameters, such as Knowledge Revolution's Working Model®, allow for falls to be modeled and their dynamics studied. There are two prerequisites for the computer simulation of falls: the development of a dynamic computer manikin and the ability to specify the initial conditions to which the manikin is subjected. Discussion is presented on steps in the development of a two-dimensional dynamic computer manikin. Direction for the determination of initial conditions is illustrated in the context of examples that demonstrate the forensic applications of computer fall simulation.

Keywords:
forensic science, engineering, human factors and ergonomics, anthropometry and biomechanics, fall accident reconstruction, computer fall simulation, patterned injuries

Paper ID: JFS13997J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13997J
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