Citation

Parent DP, Shaw CG, Lessley DJ, Bolton JR, Arregui-Dalmases C, Purtsezov S, Riley PO, Crandall JR, Takayama S, Ono K, Kamiji K, Yasuki T. Int. J. Crashworthiness 2011; 16(6): 677-689.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13588265.2011.616119

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A study was conducted to develop high-resolution external biofidelity data for the response of post-mortem human surrogates (PMHS) in side-impact loading. This study implemented stationary PMHS (N = 3) impacted by a wall moving at a constant velocity. The wall was subdivided into 15 impact plates, each instrumented to record the normal and shear forces as well as reaction moments about the shear axes. A method to determine the time-history of the centre of pressure (COP) of each load plate was developed and validated in both quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions. A validation test demonstrated that the COP can be predicted to within 1 cm for loads generally achieved by the shoulder and pelvis. The repeatability of COP was very good for the pelvis, where maximum variation was 1.44 cm, but higher for the thorax (3.4 cm) and shoulder (4.1 cm). Patterns of COP motion on the pelvis plate were consistent for all subjects.