CHEST DEFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS OF VOLUNTEERS AND HYBRID III DUMMIES. IN: SEAT BELTS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ESSENTIAL SAFETY FEATURE
The study analyzed field accident data obtained by the Association Peugeot-Renault 386 occupants who were involved in frontal collisions while being restrained by three-point belt systems that used a shoulder belt with a force limiting element. For 342 of the occupants, the magnitude of the shoulder belt force could be estimated with various degrees of certainty from the amount of force-limiting band ripping. These data were used to calculate thoracic injury for the various shoulder belt loads. Hyge sled tests were conducted with a Hybrid III dummy to reproduce the various degrees of band tearing. The results indicate that Hybrid III sternal deflection was well correlated with shoulder belt load.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Paper No. 861884, presented at the 33rd Stapp Car Crash Conference, San Diego, CA, October 1986.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
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Authors:
- Backaitis, S H
- St-Laurent, A
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- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 146-153
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash data; Crashes; Field tests; Load factor; Occupant kinetics; Occupant protection devices; Shoulder harnesses
- Uncontrolled Terms: Hybrid III dummy; Sternal deflection; Thoracic injury
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00978801
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0768011221
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 3 2004 12:00AM