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Citation |
Yoganandan NA, Pintar FA. Traffic Injury Prev. 2005; 6(4): 379-386. |
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Affiliation |
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group) |
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PMID |
16266947 |
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Abstract |
Objective. This study was undertaken to develop biomechanical corridors applicable to the small-sized female in side impacts. Methods. Sled tests were conducted using post mortem human subjects at a velocity of 6.7 m/s. Three chestbands were used to compute deflection-time histories at the axilla, xyphoid process, and tenth rib levels. Triaxial accelerometers were fixed to the upper and lower spine and sacrum to record acceleration-time histories. Specimens contacted the load wall with varying initial conditions (rigid and padded; flat wall and offset) from which impact forces to the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic regions were obtained using load cell data. Adopting signal processing and mass-based scaling methods, corridors were derived for forces, accelerations, and chest deflections at three levels for all initial conditions. Results. All time history corridors were expressed as mean plus/minus one standard deviation and provided in the article. Conclusions. Acceleration-, deflection-, and force-time corridors obtained for the chest and pelvic regions of the human body will assist in the assessment of anthropomorphic test devices used in crashworthiness evaluations. |