The MADYMO 7.4.1 product suite is now available! The new Solver and Workspace releases include many new and enhanced features that further facilitate MADYMO modelling and results analysis for vehicle safety engineers. New MADYMO Solver features: Coupling improvements Kinematic output of the centre of gravity of a system Distance sensor extended with cylinder –ellipsoid and ellipsoid-node New MADYMO Workspace features: Part selection in XMADgic belt fitting MADPost advanced selection updates for force/torque vector visualization New MADYMO Dummy Model features: New Active human model Passive human pedestrian model updates Q6 Child dummy model updates Mil-LX military leg form model New in MADYMO V7.4.1 Models Human Models - news & enhancements: New 50th male seated human with active muscle control for real world occupant safety assessment. New 50th male standing human with active muscle control for real world pedestrian safety assessment. Updated ellipsoid human pedestrian family for Euro NCAP pedestrian safety assessment. Crash Dummy Models - news and enhancements: New Hybrid-III 50th male with Mil-Lx legs for mine blast simulation. Updated Q6 child dummy with enhanced stability for severe belt loading. Solver Coupling with LS-/MPP-Dyna - enhancements: Failed elements detection for contacts and output. Restart functionality supported. Performance (scalability) improvement. Sensing & Control - additional sensors: Minimum surface distance sensor extended with cylinder-ellipsoid and ellipsoid-node distance detection. Output - additional output options: SYSTEM centre of gravity marker output added to animation output. Node and/or point locations for minimum surface and node distance sensors added to animation output. MADYMO - DYNA coupling Workspace XMADgic - MADYMO dedicated pre-processing: Surface detection on PART level for GROUP.FE's in belt fitter, facilitating belt fitting on facet human models. MADPost - post-processing functionality: Enhanced selection of force vectors and torques for load path visualisation and analysis. New in MADYMO 7.4 Solver Airbags - algorithm enhancements: IMM.METHOD2 algorithm for scaled airbags enhanced. New algorithm ensures all elements out of IMM state before full airbag deployment. More accurate prediction of inflated airbag volume, shape and fabric surface area. Contact - algorithm enhancements: CONTACT.MB_FE with CONTACT_FORCE.KINEMATIC now handles higher degree ellipsoids and cylinders with their actual DEGREE (former Solver versions considered DEGREE=2). Sensing & Control - additional sensors: SENSOR.INJURY for detecting progressing injury values during the simulation. SENSOR.MUSCLE for detecting muscle responses (forces, normalised length, lengthening velocity, activation state) during the simulation. Used for muscle activation control in human body models. SENSOR.SURFACE_MB_MB for detecting the minimum surface between two sets of MB surfaces during the simulation. Useful for occupant body segment to vehicle interior surface distance detection. Output - additional output options: RESULT_ANIMATION enables output of load vectors in HDF5 formatted animation output. Load vectors for body inertia, joints (dummy load cells), contacts, belts, restraints, actuators. Useful for visual load path analysis in MADYMO simulation results. INJURY.VC (Viscous Criterion) now also outputs base function as time history signal. Coupling - windows coupling enabled: SMP mode coupled simulation with LS-DYNA on Windows platforms (PC-DYNA) is now possible. Contact your Dyna distributor for latest PC-Dyna releases supporting coupling with MADYMO. MADYMO steering wheel + airbag - deployed MADYMO frontal impact application MADYMO LS-DYNA Windows coupling Models Crash Dummy Models - news and enhancements: Q6 child dummy ellipsoid model - new model a.o. for future Euro NCAP COP protocol. Ejection mitigation headform impactor model - new model, for FMVSS226 protocol. Hybrid-III 5th female ellipsoid model - validation and robustness enhancements. Hybrid-III 5th female facet model - validation enhancements. Hybrid-III 50th male ellipsoid model - validation and robustness enhancements. Hybrid-III 50th male facet model - validation enhancements. BioRID-II facet & FE models - minor upgrades to jacket and spine. Human Models - news & enhancements: 50th male human pedestrian model - new model, particularly suitable for use in simulations with detailed FE vehicle front-end models. Application models - news & enhancements: Frontal impact applications - models updated with several new MADYMO 7.4 features. MADYMO Q6 6YO child dummy ellipsoid model Workspace XMADgic - MADYMO dedicated pre-processing: belt width adjustment option in belt fitter. graphical node/surface selection with easy assignment to NODE_LIST / SURFACE_LIST in MADYMO input deck. graphical node selection with easy assignment of global/local coordinates to POS attribute in MADYMO input deck. Rule-base checker: user interface enhancements and additional pre-defined rules. Coupling Assistant - pre-processing functionality: graphical node selection with easy assignment to NODE_LIST for SUPPORT_RESTRAINT in MADYMO input deck. SUBSET support for RADIOSS coupling input decks. MADPost - post-processing functionality: load vector visualisation enabled in MADYMO animation output. Protocol Rating - post-processing functionality: JNCAP FY2009 protocol added. Exchange - MADYMO modelling made easy: new math library for global to local co-ordinate transformations. continuous reload of HDF5 output during simulation.