Authors: Clément Pozzi, Marc Gardegaront, Lucille Allegre, Philippe Beillas Abstract The development of drones has raised questions about their safety in case of high-speed impacts with the head. This has been recently…
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Investigation of Injury Risk Functions of THOR-AV 50th Percentile Male Dummy
Author: Z. Jerry Wang Abstract Injury risk functions (IRF) for the THOR-AV 50th percentile male dummy were investigated in this research. The investigation focused on the areas where design changes were made….
Isolated Rib Response and Fracture Prediction for Young Mid-Size Male, Enabled by Population Specific Material Models and Geometry
Authors: Miguel Corrales, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo; Sven Holcombe, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan; Amanda Agnew, Yun-Seok Kang, Injury Biomechanics Research Center, The Ohio State University;…
Effects of Head Restraint (HR) Interference on Child Restraint System (CRS) Performance in Frontal and Far-Side Impacts
Authors: Julie Mansfield, Injury Biomechanics Research Center, The Ohio State University Abstract Forward-facing child restraint systems (FF CRS) and high-back boosters often contact the vehicle seat head restraint (HR) when installed, creating…
Integration of Muscle Pre-tension and Activation to Evaluate Neck Muscle Strain Injury Risk during Simulated Rear Impacts Using a Finite Element Neck Model
Authors: Matheus A. Correia, Stewart D. McLachlin, Duane S. Cronin, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo Abstract Prevention of rear-impact neck injuries remains challenging for safety designers due to…
Development of A Generic Nearside Impact Test Fixture for Evaluating In-Vehicle Crashworthiness of Wheelchairs
Authors: Kyle Boyle, Jingwen Hu, Miriam Manary, Nichole R. Orton, Kathleen D. Klinich, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute Abstract Current voluntary standards for wheelchair crashworthiness only test under frontal and rear…