THORACIC MODEL IMPROVEMENTS (EXPERIMENTAL TISSUE PROPERTIES). VOLUME I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The general objective of this research program was to obtain mechanical properties, both stress, strain, and rupture strength, for various human tissues that are directly applicable to the thoracic injury problem as defined in the finite element model of the human thorax that is being developed. The properties were determined at strain rates that can occur during fatal automobile accidents. The properties of Rhesus monkey tissues are also of interest in the modelling effort, and consideration was given to providing experimental data on selected Rhesus tissues as well as human tissues.

• Record URL:
  • http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/1456
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-242 490.
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Melvin, J W
  • Wineman, A S
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 37 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anatomy; Biological cells; Fatalities; Finite element method; Human beings; Impacts; Injuries; Mathematical models; Mechanical elasticity; Mechanical properties; Mechanical strain; Monkeys; Stresses; Thorax; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Strains; Tissues; Tissues biology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091508
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-HSRI-BI-74-2-1 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-031-3-763
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 24 1975 12:00AM