Authors: Ying Tao, Liying Zhang—Wayne State University Abstract Pedestrian fatalities have surged recently, with SUVs disproportionately causing severe injuries than sedans. This study aimed to enhance the biofidelity of the THUMS AM50…
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Comparison of Adult Female and Male PMHS Pelvis and Lumbar Response to Underbody Blast
Authors: Hollie Pietsch—US Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center, Wayne State University; Danielle Cristino, Matthew Mason, Andrew Kemper, and Warren Hardy—Virginia Tech, Center for Injury Biomechanics; Kerry Danelson—Wake Forest School of Medicine,…
Response Ratio Development for Lateral Pendulum Impact with Porcine Thorax and Abdomen Surrogate Equivalents
Jennifer L. Yaek and John M. Cavanaugh — Wayne State University Stephen W. Rouhana — Vehicle Safety Sciences LLC Abstract There has been recent progress over the past 10 years in research…
Development of a Subhuman Primate Brain Finite Element Model to Investigate Brain Injury Thresholds Induced by Head Rotation
Tushar Arora and Liying Zhang — Wayne State University Priya Prasad — Prasad Engineering, LLC Abstract An anatomically detailed rhesus monkey brain FE model was developed to simulate in vivo responses of…
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 Sciences, LLC Abstract Analysis and validation of current scaling relationships and existing…