TESTS ON THE PROTECTION AFFORDED BY VARIOUS FABRICS AND LEATHERS IN A SIMULATED IMPACT OF A MOTORCYCLIST ON A ROAD SURFACE
A life size dummy has been used to test the response of fabrics and leathers in a simulated accident, in which the rider skids and falls off his machine on to the road surface. The results have been correlated with laboratory tests on the materials. On the road surface used, clothing materials would require a breaking load of above 1200 N/50 mm wide strip, or a tearing load above 100 n when tested according to BS 3144, and an abrasion resistance of more than 10000 revolutions of a taber abrader with h18 wheels and a 1 kg load, if they are to remain intact in a 112 km/h impact. An exception is Kevlar fabrics which would have adequate strength to withstand 112 km/h impacts if they resist 600 revolutions of the taber abrader. Major impact points like knees, elbows, hips and shoulders would probably need two layers of material to prevent injuries. No material or sewing thread would be acceptable if it degraded or softened when its temperature was very briefly raised to 300 deg C. Some cotton or Kevlar fabrics, and some bovine, goat or pig leather may be of adequate strength to prevent soft tissue injuries at 112 km/h; they certainly should at 56 km/h. For the covering abstract of the conference see TRIS 393117. (TRRL)
-
Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was presented during the Proceedings of the 1984 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts, Delft, the Netherlands, 4, 5, 6 September 1984.
-
Corporate Authors:
IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)
109 Avenue Salvador Allende
Bron CEDEX, France F-69675 -
Authors:
- Prime, D M
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1984
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 253-264
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Abrasion resistance; Anthropometry; Clothing; Conferences; Crash tests; Dummies; Injuries; Injury severity; Leather; Motorcyclists; Prevention; Protection; Simulation; Strength of materials; Texture
- ITRD Terms: 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 1688: Clothing; 8525: Conference; 1648: Impact test (crash); 2163: Injury; 1752: Motorcyclist; 9149: Prevention; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 9103: Simulation; 3053: Surface texture
- Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I84: Personal Injuries;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00393136
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM