Citation

Ballo JM, Dunne MJ, McMeekin RR. Aviat. Space Environ. Med. 1978; 49(1 Pt. 2): 191-195.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Aerospace Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

623585

Abstract

Digital simulation of aircraft-accident kinematics has heretofore been used almost exclusively as a design tool to explore structural load limits, precalculate decelerative forces at various cabin stations, and describe the effect of protective devices in the crash environment. In an effort to determine the value of digital computer simulation of fatal aircraft accidents, a fatality involving an ejection-system failure (out-of-envelope ejection) was modeled, and the injuries actually incurred were compared to those predicted; good agreement was found. The simulation of fatal aircraft accidents is advantageous because of a well-defined endpoint (death), lack of therapeutic intervention, and a static anatomic situation that can be minutely investigated. Such simulation techniques are a useful tool in the study of experimental trauma.

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