P.M.H.S. Impact Response in Low and High-Speed Nearside Impacts

The focus of this study is the post-mortem human subject (PMHS) response upon acceleration into impact walls. Specifically, the authors explore the response of the lower abdomen to lower impact (such as that which occurs when nearside impacts are loaded by an intruding door in a real-world side impact crash), and the response to low-speed lateral impact (such as that which occurs with increasing door intrusion in side impact). Lateral impact tests are performed using seven cadavers to estimate the impact response of the human male cadaver abdomen, iliac wing, greater trochanter and mid-thigh. This study provides new data on the force-deflection response of the lower abdomen to lateral impact that are needed to assess the performance of current side-impact ATDs. It is also the first study to use the whole-body sled test to replicate the decrease in door intrusion velocity that occurs in real-world side impacts as the struck vehicle decelerates and the striking vehicle accelerates.

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• Authors:
  • Miller, Carl S
  • Rupp, Jonathan D
• Publication Date: 2014-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 35-43
• Serial:
  • Accident Reconstruction Journal
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists
  • ISSN: 1057-8153
  • Serial URL: https://www.napars.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cadavers; Crash tests; Crash victim simulation; Side crashes; Sled tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Force deflection response
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01526140
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 28 2014 3:24PM