EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF HUMAN FACIAL TOLERANCE TO INJURIES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1989 INTERNATIONAL IRCOBI CONFERENCE ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF IMPACTS, HELD IN STOCKHOLM, 13-15 SEPTEMBER 1989

Facial injuries remain an important problem for restrained drivers involved in frontal accidents. This paper analyses the data available from impact biomechanics literature dealing with human tolerance to facial injuries, compares the results of a new series of cadaver facial tests with the proposed limits for the tolerance, and proposes tolerance values for other facial impact locations. The last part deals with the methods for facial injury protection assessment.(A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 826430.

• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

  109 Avenue Salvador Allende
  Bron CEDEX,   France  F-69675
• Authors:
  • Cesari, D
  • Ramet, M
  • WELBOURNE, E
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 55-64
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI-Secretariat
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Biophysics; Cadavers; Conferences; Dummies; Evaluation and assessment; Face; Frontal crashes; Injuries; Injury severity; Manual safety belts; Physiological tolerance; Prevention; Test procedures
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498382
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM