HUMAN RESPONSE TO A FRONTAL SLED DECELERATION
Sled tests were conducted with cadavers to obtain data on the behaviour of the human body under frontal deceleration. Two series of three tests were conducted corresponding to two levels of severity and types of restraint systems. The restraint systems used for the tests included a 4kN force-limited shoulder belt and a static lap belt. A driver airbag was mounted for the series at highest severity. The results show that the restraint systems and the test conditions modify the behaviour of the cadaver. The restrained conditions are not reflected in the same way for different segments of the body. The influence of the airbag is well observed for the chest spine behaviour, and not for the first thoracic vertebra. This study suggests that the chest acceleration (T8) could be a better predicting parameter than the T1 resultant in a combined parameters injury criterion. For the covering abstract see ITRD E121180.
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Corporate Authors:
IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)
109 Avenue Salvador Allende
Bron CEDEX, France F-69675 -
Authors:
- Vezin, P
- Bruyere-Garnier, K
- Bermond, F
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Conference:
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL IRCOBI CONFERENCE
- Location: Munich , Germany
- Date: 2002-9-18 to 2002-9-20
- Publication Date: 2002
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 15 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air bags; Biophysics; Cadavers; Conferences; Deceleration; Frontal crashes; Impact sleds; Manual safety belts; Passive restraint systems; Seat belts
- ITRD Terms: 1465: Air bag (restraint system); 2060: Biomechanics; 2093: Cadaver; 8525: Conference; 5416: Deceleration; 1640: Head on collision; 1629: Impact sled; 1466: Passive safety system; 1476: Safety belt
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00978104
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Sep 3 2004 12:00AM