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…
Tag: Volume 60
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…
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…
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…