PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATING INJURY TOLERANCE LEVELS FOR CAR OCCUPANTS

This paper describes a method for estimating the levels and range of human injury tolerance by correlating injury information obtained in accident investigations with laboratory tests simulating the accident conditions using an anthropomorphic dummy. The technique is applied to injuries to restrained occupants attributable to the seat belt system and tolerance levels are suggested for use with the OPAT dummy when testing restraint system incorporating seat belts.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of 20th Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, October 18-20, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • LOWNE, R W
  • WALL, J G
• Conference:
  • Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 643-644

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Automobiles; Biophysics; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Dummies; Engineering tolerance; Injuries; Laboratory tests; Manual safety belts; Research; Seat belts; Vehicle occupancy
• Old TRIS Terms: Injury tolerance levels; Tolerances
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164957
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 18 1978 12:00AM