ADSEAT – Adaptive seat to reduce neck injuries for female and male occupants
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 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

Författare

Astrid Linder

Statens Väg- och Transportforskningsinstitut (VTI)

Sylvia Schick

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

Wolfram Hell

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

Mats Svensson

Chalmers, Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers (SAFER)

Chalmers, Tillämpad mekanik, Fordonssäkerhet

Anna K Carlsson

Chalmers, Tillämpad mekanik, Fordonssäkerhet

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. 60 334-343

Styrkeområden

Transport

Ämneskategorier

Annan teknik

Farkostteknik

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

Drivkrafter

Innovation och entreprenörskap

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2013.02.043

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