HUMAN INJURY MECHANISMS AND IMPACT TOLERANCE
This paper is a brief review of the complex subject of human injury mechanisms and impact tolerance. Automotive accident-related injury patterns are briefly described, and the status of knowledge in the biomechanics of trauma of the head, neck, chest, abdomen, and extremities is discussed.
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Authors:
- Melvin, John W
- Mohan, Dinesh
- Stalnaker, Richard L
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Conference:
- 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia
- Date: 1975-1-13 to 1975-1-17
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 11-22
- Monograph Title: Design for Crash Survival of Automobile Occupants
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 586
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Abdomen; Biophysics; Crash injury research; Crash severity; Head; Human factors engineering; Human factors engineering; Impact studies; Injuries; Neck; Thorax
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00141515
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309025508
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-019 611
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM