Development of Computer Simulation Method for Seat Optimization to Reduce Neck Injury in a Low Speed Rear Impact
Whiplash injuries caused by rear-end collisions have been issued by many researches or reports and car manufacturers has been trying to develop a seat to protect passengers from whiplash injuries. The main objective of this study is to present the computer simulation method for car seat optimization against whiplash injury. The study result assists designers to understand design parameters of a seat and active headrest(AHR) performance in relation to the rear-end collisions. Also, the authors examine how the dummy position (including the height) affects the injury indexes. The structural optimization is performed to obtain the optimal seat with AHR (Active Head Rest)by using the TNO BioRID-II dummy and MADYMO software.
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Corporate Authors:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
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Authors:
- Choi, Sung Chul
- Bae, Han Il
- Han, Sung Jun
- Kim, Si Yeol
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Conference:
- 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV)
- Location: Lyon , France
- Date: 2007-6-18 to 2007-6-21
- Publication Date: 2007
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 7p
- Monograph Title: 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash injuries; Dummies; Headrests; Neck; Rear end crashes; Simulation; Whiplash
- Identifier Terms: MADYMO (Computer program)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01576381
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 07-0199
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Sep 25 2015 4:19PM