62nd Stapp Car Crash Conference

San Diego, California, November 2018

Presented Research

Full Paper Submissions from the 62^nd Conference

Analysis of the Frequency and Mechanism of Injury to Warfighters in the Under-body Blast Environment Kerry Danelson, Laura Watkins, Jonathon Hendricks — Wake Forest Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Patricia Frounfelker — WIAMan Case Review Team…
Modelling of an Adjustable Generic Simplified Vehicle for Pedestrian Impact and Simulations of Corresponding Reference PMHS Tests Using the GHBMC 50th Percentile Male Pedestrian Simplified Model Eric Song and Phillipe Petit — LAB PSA Renault Jérome Uriot — CEESAR Abstract In a previous study (Song et…
Validation of a Finite Element 50th Percentile THOR Anthropomorphic Test Device in Multiple Sled Test Configurations Kyle P. McNamara, Derek A. Jones, James P. Gaewsky, Ashley A. Weaver and Joel D. Stizel — Wake Forest School…
Front Airbag Deployment Rates in Real-World Car Accidents in Japan and Implications for Activation of Accident Emergency Calling System Yasuhiro Matsui — National Traffic Safety Environment Laboratory, Japan Shoko Oikawa — Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Abstract Accident emergency calling…
Relation Between Sacroilium and Other Pelvic Fractures Based on Real-World Automotive Accidents Phillipe Petit and Xavier Trousseille — LAB PSA Peugeot Citroën Renault Sophie Curry, Matthieu Lebarbé, and Pascal Baudrit — CEESAR…
Side Impact Assessment and Comparison of Appropriate Size and Age Equivalent Porcine Surrogates to Scaled Human Side Impact Response Biofidelity Corridors Jennifer L. Yaek, Christopher J. Andrecovich, and John M. Cavanaugh — Wayne State University Stephen W. Rouhana — Vehicle Safety…
Human Shoulder Response to Lateral Impact in Intermediate Loading Conditions Between High-Velocity, Short-Duration and Low-Velocity, Long-Duration Matthieu Lebarbé, Pascal Potier, Jérôme Uriot, and Pascal Baudrit—CEESAR (Nanterre, France) Denis Lafont—DGA TT (Bourges, France) Richard Douard—Université Paris René…
A Reanalysis of Experimental Brain Strain Data: Implication for Finite Element Head Model Validation Zhou Zhou, Xiaogai Li, and Svein Kleiven—Neuronic Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Chirag S. Shah—Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc. Warren…
Injury Risk Curves for the Human Cervical Spine from Inferior-to-Superior Loading Authors: Narayan Yoganandan—Center for NeuroTrauma Research, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin; Sajal Chirvi—Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of…
Quantification of Skeletal and Soft Tissue Contributions to Thoracic Response in a Dynamic Frontal Loading Scenario Michelle M. Murach, Yun-Seok Kang, John H. Bolte, David Stark, Rakshit Ramachandra, and Amanda M. Agnew—Injury Biomechanics Research Center, The…
Sources of Variability in Structural Bending Response of Pediatric and Adult Human Ribs in Dynamic Frontal Impacts Amanda M. Agnew, Michelle M. Murach, Victoria M. Dominguez, Akshara Sreedhar, Elina Misicka, Angela Harden, and John H. Bolte—Injury Biomechanics…
Reference PMHS Sled Tests to Assess Submarining of the Small Female Xavier Trosseille and Philippe Petit—LAB PSA Peugeot-Citroën Renault Jérôme Uriot, Pascal Potier, and Pascal Baudrit—CEESAR Olivier Richard—Faurecia Automotive Seating Sabine…
The Effects of Inboard Shoulder Belt and Lap Belt Loadings on Chest Deflection Koji Mizuno and Ryoichi Yoshida—Nagoya University Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiko Tanaka and Ryota Ishigaki—Autoliv Japan Naruyuki Hosokawa and Yoshinori Tanaka—National Traffic…
Assessment of Thoracic Response and Injury Risk Using the Hybrid III, THOR-M, and Post-Mortem Human Surrogates under Various Restraint Conditions in Full-Scale Frontal Sled Tests Devon L Albert, Stephanie M Beeman, and Andrew R Kemper—Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech Abstract A total…

All publications listed above will be made available for purchase in the 62^nd Stapp Car Crash Journal. For additional information on publication dates and/or purchase, please visit Stapp Car Crash Journal Publications.

Short Communications from the 62^nd Conference

Awards

John Paul Stapp Best Paper Award

“Strain-Rate Dependency of Axonal Tolerance for Uniaxial Stretching” was submitted to the 61^st Stapp Car Crash Conference, held in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2017, and awarded the John Paul Stapp Best Paper Award at the 62^nd conference, held in San Diego, California, in 2018.

Authors include Hiromichi Nakadate, Evrim Kurtoglu, Hidenori Furukawa, Shoko Oikawa and Shigeru Aomura from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of System Design; Akira Kakuta, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College; and Yasuhiro Matsui, National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory.

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John W. Melvin Student Award

First Place: Awarded to Devon L. Albert for “Assessment of Thoracic Response and Injury Risk Using the Hybrid III, THOR-M, and Post-Mortem Human Surrogates under Various Restraint Conditions in Full-Scale Frontal Sled.” Additional authors include Stephanie M. Beeman and Andrew R. Kemp from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech.

Second Place: Awarded to Michelle M. Murach for “Quantification of Skeletal and Soft Tissue Contributions to Thoracic Response in a Dynamic Frontal Loading Scenario.” Additional authors include Yun-Seok Kang, John H. Bolte IV, David Stark, Rakshit Ramachandra, Amanda M. Agnew, Kevin Moorhouse and Jason Stammen from Injury Biomechanics Research Center at The Ohio State University.

Third Place: Awarded to Jennifer L. Yaek for “Side Impact Assessment and Comparison of Appropriate Size and Age Equivalent Porcine Surrogates to Scaled Human Side Impact Biofidelity Corridors. Additional authors include Christopher J. Andrecovich, John M. Cavanaugh, and Stephen W. Rouhana from Wayne State University.

Keynote Address

The Keynote Address for the 62^nd Stapp Car Crash Conference was titled, “Safety in the Coming Decades: Are We Poised to Achieve Total Safety in an Autonomous Vehicle Environment?” It was presented by Joseph Kanianthra, Ph.D. (Mech. Eng.), President, Active Safety Engineering LLC Former Associate Administrator (Retd.), Vehicle Safety Research, NHTSA, US DOT

Panel Discussion

AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS (ADS): SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW

Warren N. Hardy, Director of the Center for Injury Biomechanics at Virginia Tech served as moderator for the panel discussion at the 62^nd Stapp Car Crash Conference titled, “Driver Assistance and Fully Autonomous Systems: Their Implications on Safety.”

Panelists for the discussion included Joseph Kanianthra, President, Active Safety Engineering LLC Former Associate Administrator (Retd.), Vehicle Safety Research, NHTSA, US DOT; Raul A. Arbelaez, Vice President, Vehicle Research Center, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety; Shaun Kildare, Director of Research, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety; Yuichi Kitagawa, Chief Professional Engineer, Toyota Motor Corporation; Kevin Moorhouse, Chief, Applied Biomechanics Division, Vehicle Research and Test Center, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Philippe Petit, Manager of the Biomechanics Team, LAB PSA Renault; Amanda Prescott, Head of Homologation, Zoox, Inc.; Doug Stein, Global Test Director, Autoliv ASP, Inc.; and Jerry Wang, Chief Engineer, Humanetics Innovative Solutions.

Sessions

Thorax and Abdomen Response and Injury in Frontal Impacts – Part 1—Co Chairs: Stephen W. Rouhana, Vehicle Safety Sciences, LLC and Philippe Beillas, Université de Lyon; IFSTTAR, LBMC; Université Lyon 1, France
Thorax and Abdomen Response and Injury in Frontal Impacts – Part 2—Co Chairs: Stephen W. Rouhana, Vehicle Safety Sciences, LLC and Philippe Beillas, Université de Lyon; IFSTTAR, LBMC; Université Lyon 1, France
Cervical Spine and Head/Brain Response and Injury—Co Chairs: Priya Prasad, Prasad Engineering LLC and Frank A. Pintar, Medical College of Wisconsin
Biomechanical Response and Testing in Side Impacts—Co Chairs: Annette L. Irwin, General Motors LLC and John M. Cavanaugh, Wayne State University
Findings from Real-World Crashes—Co Chairs: Dainius J. Dalmotas, Dalmotas Consulting LLC and Kristy B. Arbogast, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Automated Driving Systems (Ads): Safety Considerations for Today and Tomorrow—Panel Moderator: Warren N. Hardy, Virginia Tech, Center for Injury Biomechanics
Development and Validation of ATDs and Finite Element Models—Co Chairs: Saeed Barbat, Ford Motor Company and Xavier Trosseille, LAB PSA Peugeot-Citroën Renault

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Presented Research

Full Paper Submissions from the 62nd Conference

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