COMPARATIVE KNEE IMPACT RESPONSE OF PART 572 DUMMY AND CADAVER SUBJECTS

The paper compares whole body, target impingement knee impact response for a Part 572 dummy to that for anthropometrically similar embalmed human cadavers. "Response" is defined to include the impact force-time history as sensed by femur load cells, and impingement target load cells for the dummy and by the target load cells for the cadavers. The data presented demonstrate significantly higher peak forces and correspondingly shorter pulse durations for the dummy than for the companion cadaver subjects under similar test conditions and at all velocity levels investigated. For the dummy, the ratio of forces measured by the femur load cells to those measured by the impingement target load cells averaged eight tenths.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of 20th Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, October 18-20, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • Kroell, C K
  • Schneider, D C
  • Nahum, A M
• Conference:
  • Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 585-606

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Automobiles; Biological materials; Biophysics; Cadavers; Crash tests; Crashes; Dummies; Impacts; Materials tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Anthropomorphic dummies; Knee impact; Response
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165128
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM