Citation

Compigne S, Caire Y, Verriest JP. Proc. IRCOBI 2002; 30.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

The general objective of the SIBER European research program is to enhance the protection offered to occupants in side impact by contributing to the development of the WorldSID pre-production side impact dummy. More specifically, one of the SIBER task is to improve the biomechanical knowledge for some body regions for which data are rare. The shoulder is one of the body regions studied to know its behaviour in side impact better and also correlate its injuries with physical parameters by means of injury risk curves. Owing to the shoulder joint complexity which can move in 3D, impacts at various angles are carried out and the shoulder motion is analysed in 3D.

This paper describes tests on post mortem human subjects (PMHS) to provide biomechanical data on the shoulder for the development of a new generation of side impact crash dummies. An impacting plate was used to deliver non-injurious impacts to one shoulder and an injurious impact to the other. The body was instrumented with tri-axial accelerometers, and photographic targets which were followed by high-speed cameras. One experiment is detailed. At the end of each experiment the body was X-rayed to show fracture injuries. Three dimensional motion analysis was carried out and the relative motion of the shoulder bone evaluated. This will contribute to defining injury risk curves for the shoulder in lateral impact, and thus to developing guidelines for a new side impact dummy.