CORRELATION OF FIELD INJURIES AND GM HYBRID III DUMMY RESPONSES FOR LAP-SHOULDER BELT RESTRAINT

Simulated frontal, lap-shoulder belted, barrier impact tests were performed using a Volvo sedan and General Motors Hybrid III anthropomorphic test dummy. Swedish field accident injury data for this vehicle are available from another published study. For the purpose of this program, the injuries were logically subdivided into four body regions: head, neck, thorax, and lower torso. The Hybrid III has instrumentation in each of these regions. The results of three replicated tests at barrier equivalent velocities of nominally 32 and 48 km/h are discussed in terms of the field injuries, thereby providing a basis for more intelligent interpretation of future Hybrid III test results.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Nyquist, G W
  • Begman, P C
  • King, A I
  • Mertz, H J
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers Papers
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Automobile drivers; Automobiles; Barriers (Roads); Biomedical engineering; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Dummies; Head; Injuries; Neck; Seat belts; Shoulder harnesses; Simulation; Structural models; Thorax; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers
• Old TRIS Terms: Anthropomorphic test dummies; Lap-shoulder belt restraints; Physiological models; Shoulder harness; Simulators/physical mock-ups
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310347
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 79-WA/Bio-2, HS-030 378
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 9 1984 12:00AM