POWER AND BODILY INJURY

This paper attempts to establish a correlation between bodily injury and the rate at which energy (power) is transferred to the body. Two head impacts are analyzed to demonstrate the procedures. Equations are developed that relate power to the absolute values of acceleration and the product of momentum and jerk. From the derived mathematical expressions a procedure for analyzing experimental data is given. The appendix contains a computer program for performing the analysis. Lastly arguments are given that predict the ideal processes for changing energy levels. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • DiLorenzo, F A
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Computer programs; Highway safety; Impacts; Injuries; Mathematical analysis; Power
• Uncontrolled Terms: Experimental data
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145249
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 760014
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM