Jason Stammen and Kevin Moorhouse — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Brian Suntay — Transportation Research Center Inc. Michael Carlson and Yun-Seok Kang —The Ohio State University Abstract When the Hybrid III…
Category: Stapp Car Crash Journal, Volume 60
This title includes the technical papers developed for the 2016 Stapp Car Crash Conference, the premier forum for the presentation of research in impact biomechanics, human injury tolerance, and related fields, advancing the knowledge of land-vehicle crash injury protection.
Development and Full Body Validation of a 5th Percentile Female Finite Element Model
Authors: Matthew L. Davis, Bharath Koya, Jeremy M. Schap, and F. Scott Gayzik—Wake Forest School of Medicine, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics Abstract To mitigate the societal impact of…
Development, Evaluation, and Sensitivity Analysis of Parametric Finite Element Whole-Body Human Models in Side Impacts
Authors: Eunjoo Hwang, Jingwen Hu, Cong Chen, Katelyn F. Klein, Carl S. Miller, and Matthew P. Reed—University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute; Jonathan D. Rupp—Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory School of Medicine;…
Development of an Unbiased Validation Protocol to Assess the Biofidelity of Finite Element Head Models used in Prediction of Traumatic Brain Injury
Authors: Chiara Giordano and Svein Kleiven—Royal Institute of Technology KTH, School of Technology and Health, Department of Neuronic Engineering Abstract This study describes a method to identify laboratory test procedures and impact response…
New Risk Curves for NHTSA’s Brain Injury Criterion (BrIC): Derivations and Assessments
Authors: Tony R. Laituri, Scott Henry, Kevin Pline, Guosong Li, Michael Frankstein, and Para Weerappuli—Ford Motor Company Abstract The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently published a Request for Comments regarding…
Morphomics of the Talus
Authors: David Gorman and Ebram Handy—General Motors LLC and International Center for Automotive Medicine Fellows; Sikui Wang and Annette L. Irwin—General Motors LLC; Stewart Wang—International Center for Automotive Medicine Fellows Abstract Previous…
Biomechanical Response of Military Booted and Unbooted Foot-Ankle-Tibia from Vertical Loading
Authors: Frank A. Pintar, Michael B. Schlick, and Narayan Yoganandan—Medical College of Wisconsin and VA Medical Center; Liming Voo and Andrew C. Merkle—Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Michael Kleinberger—US Army Research…
Evaluation of WIAMan Technology Demonstrator Biofidelity Relative to Sub-Injurious PMHS Response in Simulated Under-body Blast Events
Authors: Hollie A. Pietsch, Kelly E. Bosch, and David R. Weyland—US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center; E. Meade Spratley, Kyvory A. Henderson, and Robert S. Salzar—University of Virginia Center…
Traffic Accidents Involving Cyclists Identifying Causal Factors Using Questionnaire Survey, Traffic Accident Data, and Real-World Observation
Authors: Shoko Oikawa and Yasuhiro Matsui—National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, Japan; Toshiya Hirose—Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan; Shigeru Aomura—Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Abstract The purpose of this study is to clarify…
Association of Impact Velocity with Risks of Serious Injuries and Fatalities to Pedestrians in Commercial Truck-Pedestrian Accidents
Authors: Yasuhiro Matsui and Shoko Oikawa—National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, Japan; Kazuhiro Sorimachi, Akira Imanishi, and Takeshi Fujimura—Isuzu Advanced Engineering Center, Ltd., Japan Abstract This study aimed to clarify the relationship…
Responses and Injuries to PMHS in Side-Facing and Oblique Seats in Horizontal Longitudinal Sled Tests per FAA Emergency Landing Conditions
Authors: John R. Humm, Narayan Yoganandan, and Frank A. Pintar—Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin; Richard L. DeWeese, David M. Moorcroft, and Amanda M. Taylor—Civil Aerospace Medical Institute; Brian Peterson—Milwaukee County…
Investigation of Pelvic Injuries on Eighteen Post Mortem Human Subjects Submitted to Oblique Lateral Impacts
Authors: Matthieu Lebarbé, Pascal Baudrit, and Pascal Potier—CEESAR; Philippe Petit, and Xavier Trosseille—LAB PSA Peugeot Citroën Renault; Sabine Compigne—Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA; Mitsutoshi Masuda and Takumi Fujii—Toyota Motor Corporation; Richard Douard—Université René…
Biomechanical Responses of PMHS Subjected to Abdominal Seatbelt Loading
Authors: Rakshit Ramachandra, Yun-Seok Kang, and John H. Bolte—The Ohio State University; Alena Hagedorn and Rodney Herriott—Transportation Research Center Inc.; Jason A. Stammen and Kevin Moorhouse—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Abstract Past…
Effect of Abdominal Loading Location on Liver Motion: Experimental Assessment using Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging and Simulation with a Human Body Model
Authors: Anicet Le Ruyet and Philippe Beillas—Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IFSTTAR, LBMC UMR_T9406, F69622, Lyon, France; Fabien Berthet—Transpolis SAS< Lyon Saint-Exupéry Aéroport, France; Frédéric Rongiéras—Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard…
The Effect of Rib Shape on Stiffness
Authors: Sven A. Holcombe— Department of Biomedical Engineering/International Center for Automotive Medicine, University of Michigan; Stewart C. Wang—International Center for Automotive Medicine, University of Michigan; James B. Grotberg—Department of Biomedical Engineering, University…
Age-Specific Injury Risk Curves for Distributed, Anterior Thoracic Loading of Various Sizes of Adults Based on Sternal Deflections
Authors: Harold J. Mertz—General Motors Corporation (retired); Priya Prasad—Prasad Engineering, LLC; Dainius J. Dalmotas—D. J. Dalmotas Consulting, Inc.; Annette L. Irwin—General Motors LLC Abstract Injury Risk Curves are developed from cadaver data…
Thoracic Injury Risk Curves for Rib Deflections of the SID-IIs Build Level D
Authors: Annette L. Irwin, Greg Crawford, David Gorman, and Sikui Wang—General Motors LLC; Harold J. Mertz—General Motors Corporation (retired) Abstract Injury risk curves for SID-IIs thorax and abdomen rib deflections proposed for…