Citation

Brun-Cassan F, Leung YC, Tarriere C, Fayon A, Patel MM, Got C, Hureau J. Proc. IRCOBI 1982; 10: 101-115.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

Different tolerance criteria for the femur based on different test methodologies have been proposed previously. In the different research programs, the human subject was never seated in a vehicle, in a frontal impact situation and the experiments were not, therefore, sufficiently representative. To determine a criterion which can be practically applied in conditions approaching reality, tests have been conducted in an "automobile environment" with the occupant subjected to a series of loads comparable to those a real-life victim would experience. An analysis of the data obtained and comparison with other results from tests conducted in different configurations indicate that the force required to fracture the femur is very much dependent upon test conditions, and in particular on the duration of load application. (TRRL)