TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - An investigation of seat design parameters influencing neck loads in low speed vehicle rear-impacts
JO  - Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles
A1  - Chhor, A.
A1  - Svensson, N. L.
A1  - Griffiths, M.
A1  - Kjellberg, S.
SP  - 1717
EP  - 1727
VL  - 1996
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N2  - The application of finite element methods to the analysis of occupant neck responses in rear-end vehicle crashes is presented. A finite element (FE) model of a 50th percentile Hybrid III dummy, which had been previously used for simulating frontal impact, was appropriately modified to handle rear-impact cases. The crux of these modifications was the development of a deformable FE model of the Hybrid III neck. This new neck model was correlated using data from the Amended Part 572 Head-Neck Pendulum compliance test, and finally incorporated into the Hybrid III dummy model to permit better analysis of the head-neck region. Responses of the so modified full dummy model were correlated with experimental sled test data. The FE Hybrid III rear-impact model was used within the PAM_CRASH explicit dynamic finite element code to conduct a parametric study of seat properties on the head-neck responses. Recommendations are presented for mechanical and geometrical seat properties to reduce head and neck loads in rear-impact.<p /> 
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UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -