Citation

Kirkish SL, Begeman PC, Paravasthu NS. Proc. Stapp Car Crash Conf. 1996; 40: 75-81.

Affiliation

Ford Motor Co

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Society of Automotive Engineers SAE)

DOI

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Abstract

Ten unembalmed cadaver arm pairs and four individual unembalmed cadaver arms were tested to fracture in three-point bending on an Instron testing machine in either the L-M or A-P direction. Two loading rates were used, 218 mm/s and 0.635 mm/s. Tests were done using an Instron servo-controlled hydraulic testing machine. After fracture, each specimen was photographed and the anterior and posterior dimensions were measured with a micrometer. Using the technique developed by Mertz, several equations were employed to calculate the normalized forces and moments. Overall, three types of fractures were observed; straight simple fractures, angled simple fractures, and spiral or irregular fractures.

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