ADSEAT – Adaptive seat to reduce neck injuries for female and male occupants
Journal article, 2013
Neck injuries sustained in low severity vehicle crashes are of worldwide concern and the risk is higher for females than for males. The objective of the study was to provide guidance on how to evaluate protective performance of vehicle seat designs aiming to reduce the incidence of neck injuries for female and male occupants. The objective was achieved by reviewing injury risk, establishing anthropometric data of an average female, performing dynamic volunteer tests comprising females and males, and developing a finite element model, EvaRID, of an average female. With respect to injury criteria, it was concluded based on the tests that using NIC (with a lower threshold value) and Nkm (with reduced intercept values) for females would be a suitable starting point. Virtual impact simulations with seats showed that differences were found in the response of the BioRID II and EvaRID models, for certain seats.
Finite Element Model
Whiplash
Average Female
Crash Test Dummy
Author
Astrid Linder
The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
Sylvia Schick
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
Wolfram Hell
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
Mats Svensson
Chalmers, Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers (SAFER)
Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Vehicle Safety
Anna K Carlsson
Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Vehicle Safety
Chalmers, Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers (SAFER)
Paul Lemmen
Humanetics Europe
Kai-Uwe Schmitt
Research
Andreas Gutsche
Technische Universität Graz
Ernst Tomasch
Technische Universität Graz
Accident Analysis and Prevention
0001-4575 (ISSN)
Vol. 60 334-343Areas of Advance
Transport
Subject Categories
Other Engineering and Technologies
Vehicle Engineering
Roots
Basic sciences
Driving Forces
Innovation and entrepreneurship
DOI
10.1016/j.aap.2013.02.043