CUSHIONING AND LOAD DISTRIBUTION PERFORMANCE OF PLASTIC FOAMS

RESEARCH ON A CRASH PADDING SYSTEM TO PREVENT INJURY TO FACIAL TISSUE AND BONE STRUCTURE IS DESCRIBED. CUSHIONING AND LOAD DISTRIBUTION PERFORMANCE OF PLASTIC FOAMS WERE TESTED ON A HUMAN FACE-FORM MADE FROM A MANIKIN HEAD, WHICH INCORPORATED THE EFFECT OF FACE GEOMETRY DURING LOADING AND THUS PROVIDED A REALISTIC SIMULATION. IMPACT AND STATIC TESTING RESULTS ON SEVERAL PLASTIC FOAMS WERE ANALYZED. IT WAS FOUND THAT A GOOD CUSHIONING MATERIAL CHARACTERIZED BY LOW PEAK DECELERATION MIGHT SHOW HIGH AVERAGE STRESS, MAKING IT AN INEFFICIENT LOAD DISTRIBUTOR. A TRANSFERABLE PAINT APPLIED TO THE FORM AIDED DETERMINATION OF STRESS OVER ITS SURFACE. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 7pp, 8 Ref
• Corporate Authors:

  Dow Chemical Company

  Freeport, TX  United States  77541
• Authors:
  • Lee, W M
  • Williams, B M
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Cushioning materials; Deceleration; Dummies; Face; Human beings; Load transfer; Plastic foams; Static tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Cushioning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221024
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1970 12:00AM