OCCUPANT INJURY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

This paper is a brief review of the complex subject of human injury mechanisms and impact tolerance. Authomotive accident-related injury patterns are briefly described and the status of knowledge in the biomechanics of trauman of the head, neck, chest, abdomen and extremites is discussed. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at the Automobile Engineering Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, October 13-17, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Melvin, J W
  • Mohan, D
  • STALNAKER, R L
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 140 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biophysics; Crash injury research; Head; Impact studies; Injuries; Neck
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141967
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 750914 Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM