Citation

Benson BR, Smith GC, Kent RW, Monson CR. Proc. Stapp Car Crash Conf. 1996; 40: 331-344.

Affiliation

Collision Safety Engineering

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Society of Automotive Engineers SAE)

DOI

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Abstract

Occupant response data as a function of seat back stiffness experienced by a 50th percentile Hybrid III male anthropomorphic test dummy in a rear end collision are examined and quantified. For all of the seats tested, there was more seat deformation in the tests conducted with the dummy in the Normal Dummy Seated Position as compared to that sustained in tests with the dummy torso pitched forward at impact. This seems counter-intuitive, since relative velocity between the upper body and seat back is allowed to build up in the OOP tests before contact, seemly requiring additional seat back energy absorption.

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