ADSEAT - Adaptive Seat to Reduce Neck Injuries for Female and Male OccupantsShow others and affiliations
2013 (English)In: Accident Analysis and Prevention, ISSN 0001-4575, E-ISSN 1879-2057, Vol. 60, p. 334-343Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Neck injuries sustained in low severity vehicle crashes are of worldwide concern and the risk is higher for females than for males. The objective of the study was to provide guidance on how to evaluate protective performance of vehicle seat designs aiming to reduce the incidence of neck injuries for female and male occupants. The objective was achieved by reviewing injury risk, establishing anthropometric data of an average female, performing dynamic volunteer tests comprising females and males, and developing a finite element model, EvaRID, of an average female. With respect to injury criteria, it was concluded based on the tests that using NIC (with a lower threshold value) and Nkm (with reduced intercept values) for females would be a suitable starting point. Virtual impact simulations with seats showed that differences were found in the response of the BioRID II and EvaRID models, for certain seats. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. Vol. 60, p. 334-343
Keywords [en]
Woman, Man, Anthropometric dummy, Neck, Measurement, Average female, Crash test dummy, Finite element model, Whiplash
National Category
Vehicle and Aerospace Engineering
Research subject
Road: Vehicles and vehicle technology, Road: Components of the vehicle
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-230DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.02.043PubMedID: 23602605OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-230DiVA, id: diva2:659813
2013-10-282013-10-242025-02-14Bibliographically approved