PERFORMANCE OF HELMETS AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEFINITION OF THE TOLERANCE OF THE HUMAN HEAD TO IMPACT

Tests of free fall of fresh cadavers, both with and without helmets, onto a rigid flat surface are described. The results are compared with those obtained using helmeted dummies falling in a similar way from the same height and also with the dropping of a metallic head form. The conclusions relate to human tolerance to lateral impacts of the head and the performance of the helmets (a). /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Meeting on Biomechanics of Injury.
• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

  109 Avenue Salvador Allende
  Bron CEDEX,   France  F-69675
• Authors:
  • Fayon, A
  • Tarriere, C
  • Walfisch, G
  • Got, C
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 291-300
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Biophysics; Cadavers; Conferences; Crash tests; Dummies; Head; Helmets; Injuries; Protective clothing; Side crashes; Tolerance (Physiology)
• ITRD Terms: 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 2060: Biomechanics; 2093: Cadaver; 8525: Conference; 1687: Crash helmet; 2051: Human tolerance; 1648: Impact test (crash); 2163: Injury; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148071
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1977 12:00AM