THORACIC RESPONSE TO DYNAMIC, NON-IMPACT LOADING FROM A HUB, DISTRIBUTED BELT, DIAGONAL BELT, AND DOUBLE DIAGONAL BELTS

This research quantifies the force-deflection response of a thorax to different loading conditions utilizing non-impact, dynamic, restraint-like loading. The paper presents thoracic response corridors created utilizing 15 post-mortem human subjects who had double and single diagonal belt, hub, and distributed loading on the anterior thorax. All loading conditions were initially tested at a nominally non-injurious level. After the completion of the non-injurious test battery, a single loading condition was used for an injurious, final test. Response corridors were developed to a deflection level of 20% of the 50th percentile male's external chest depth. The distributed loading condition resulted in the stiffest response. The next stiffest was the double diagonal belt loading condition, followed by the single diagonal belt and, lastly, the hub.

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• Authors:
  • Kent, R
  • Lessley, D
  • Sherwood, C
• Publication Date: 2004-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 495-519
• Serial:
  • Stapp Car Crash Journal
  • Volume: 48
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 1532-8546
  • Serial URL: http://www.stapp.org/pubs.shtml

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Cadavers; Crash injuries; Crash injury research; Deflection; Force; Human subject testing; Males; Restraint systems; Seat belts; Thorax; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Biofidelity; Response corridors; Restraint loading
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00988839
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0768014468
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2004-22-0022
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 19 2005 12:00AM