DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF HUMAN AND PRIMATE HEAD AND NECK TO +GY IMPACT ACCELERATION

The report presents the first study of human and chimpanzee response to lateral (+Gy) impact acceleration with three dimensional inertial instrumentation of the head and of the first thoracic vertebral (T1) body. Thirty-four human experiments using six volunteers are reported. The experiments ranged from 2 G to 7.5G peak sled acceleration. Twelve chimpanzee experiments with head and T1 measurement systems identical to those used on human subjects were conducted, and ranged from 6 G to 20 G peak sled acceleration. The data for all experiments are presented. The human lateral response is considerably different from the -Gx response previously reported. There are also major differences between human and chimpanzee response. The implications of the data for modeling and the validation of such models are discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

  Pensacola, FL  United States 

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • EWING, C L
  • Thomas, D J
  • Lustick, L
  • Willems, G C
  • Muzzy, W H
• Publication Date: 1978-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 758 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Dynamic loads; Equipment; Graphs; Head; Human beings; Laboratory animals; Mathematical models; Neck; Physiological aspects; Procedures; Set forward force; Stress (Physiology)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bioengineering; Dynamic response; Experimental data
• Old TRIS Terms: Acceleration stresses physiology; Acceleration tolerance; Chimpanzees; Graphs charts; Impact acceleration
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00169282
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-803-058
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00852
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 7 2003 12:00AM