Biomechanical Response and Injury Tolerance of the Thorax in Twelve Sled Side Impacts 902307
Twelve side impact sled tests were performed using a horizontally accelerated sled and a Heidelberg-type seat fixture. In these tests the subject's whole body impacted a sidewall with one of three surface conditions: 1) a flat, rigid side wall, 2) a side wall with a 6″ pelvic offset, or 3) a flat, padded side wall. This series of runs provided a good test of how injury criteria perform under a variety of impact surface conditions. In this study thoracic injury criteria based on force, acceleration, compression, and velocity x compression (VC) were evaluated. Maximum compression and VCmax proved to be the best injury indicators in this series. Biomechanical response and injury tolerance are also presented.
Citation: Cavanaugh, J., Walilko, T., Malhotra, A., Zhu, Y. et al., "Biomechanical Response and Injury Tolerance of the Thorax in Twelve Sled Side Impacts," SAE Technical Paper 902307, 1990, https://doi.org/10.4271/902307. Download Citation
Author(s):
John M. Cavanaugh, Timothy J. Walilko, Anita Malhotra, Yonghua Zhu, Albert I. King
Affiliated:
Bioengineering Center Wayne State Univ.
Pages: 16
Event:
Stapp Car Crash Conference
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Biomechanics of Impact Injury and Injury Tolerances of the Thorax-Shoulder Complex-PT-45, Thirty-Fourth Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings-P-236, SAE Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars-V99-6
Related Topics:
Side impact crashes
Injuries
Biomechanics
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