Zhou Zhou, Xiaogai Li, and Svein Kleiven—Neuronic Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Chirag S. Shah—Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc. Warren N. Hardy—Virginia Tech-Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics Abstract Relative motion between…
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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 Wisconsin; Frank A. Pintar—Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Wisconsin;…
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 Ohio State University Kevin Moorhouse and Jason Stammen—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,…
Biofidelity Evaluation of the THOR and Hybrid III 50th Percentile Male Frontal Impact Anthropomorphic Test Devices
Authors: Daniel Parent, Matthew Craig, Kevin Moorhouse—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Abstract The objective of this study is to present a quantitative comparison of the biofidelity of the THOR and Hybrid III…
Neck Injury Response in High Vertical Accelerations and its Algorithmical Formalization to Mitigate Neck Injuries
Authors: Julie Klima, Jian Kang, AnnMarie Meldrum, Steven Pankiewicz—Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center Abstract Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) conducted a comprehensive analysis of data collected during…
Occupant Kinematics in Simulated Autonomous Driving Vehicle Collisions: Influence of Seating Position, Direction and Angle
Authors: Yuichi Kitagawa, Shigeki Hayashi, Katsunori Yamada, Mitsuaki Gotoh—Toyota Motor Corporation Abstract This two-part study analyzed occupant kinematics in simulated collisions of future automated driving vehicles in terms of seating configuration. In…
Development of the CAVEMAN Human Body Model: Validation of Lower Extremity Sub-Injurious Response to Vertical Accelerative Loading
Authors: Kent Butz, Chad Spurlock, Rajarshi Roy, Cameron Bell, Paul Barrett, Aaron Ward, Xudong Xiao, Allen Shirley, Colin Welch, Kevin Lister—Corvid Technologies Abstract Improving injury prediction accuracy and fidelity for mounted Warfighters…
Human Foot-Ankle Injuries and Associated Risk Curves from Under Body Blast Loading Conditions
Authors: Sajal Chirvi, Narayan Yoganandan, Mike Schlick, and William Curry—Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin/VA Medical Center; Frank Pintar—Department of Neurosurgery/Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Wisconsin/VA Medical Center;…
Optimizing Seat Belt and Airbag Designs for Rear Seat Occupant Protection in Frontal Crashes
Authors: Jingwen Hu and Matthew P. Reed—University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute; Jonathan D. Rupp—Emory University School of Medicine; Kurt Fischer, Paul Lange, and Angelo Adler—ZF TRW Automotive Holdings Corp Abstract Recent…
Biomechanics of Lumbar Motion-Segments in Dynamic Compression
Authors: Mike W. J. Arun, Prasannaah Hadagali, Klaus Driesslein, William Curry, Narayan Yoganandan, and Frank A. Pintar—Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin Abstract Recent epidemiology studies have reported increase in lumbar…
New Reference PMHS Tests to Assess Whole-Body Pedestrian Impact Using a Simplified Generic Vehicle Front-End
Eric Song, Philippe Petit, and Xavier Trosseille—LAB PSA Renault Jerome Uriot, Pascal Potier, and Denis Dubois—CEESAR Richard Douard—Université Paris René Descartes Abstract This study aims to provide a set of reference post-mortem…
Analysis of Repeatability and Reproducibility Standards of ATD Response for the Correlation Method
Lan Xu and Guy Nusholtz—FCA US LLC, USA Abstract Statistical methods, using the entire time-history, can be used to assess the impact response of an ATD (Anthropomorphic Test Device) in terms of…
The Large Omnidirectional Child (LODC) ATD: Biofidelity Comparison with the Hybrid III 10 Year Old
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…
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…
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…
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…