Human Impact Response: Measurement and Simulation

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Trauma Evaluation Needs....Pages 3-16
Comparison of Dynamic Response of Humans and Test Devices (Dummies)....Pages 17-34
The Repeatability of Dummy Performance....Pages 35-67
Dummy Performance in Crash Simulations Environments....Pages 69-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Biomechanical Aspects of Head Injury....Pages 85-112
Head Model for Impact Tolerance....Pages 113-128
A Basis for Crash Dummy Skull and Head Geometry....Pages 129-152
An Anatomical Skull for Impact Testing....Pages 153-163
Analysis of a Slanted-Rib Model of the Human Thorax....Pages 165-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Human Torso Response to Blunt Trauma....Pages 181-199
Impact Response of the Human Thorax....Pages 201-245
Evaluation of Dummy Neck Performance....Pages 247-261
Performance Requirements and Characteristics of Mechanical Necks....Pages 263-288
Progress in the Mechanical Simulation of Human Head-Neck Response....Pages 289-320
Preliminary Discussion of an Approach to Modeling Living Human Head and Neck to −G x Impact Acceleration....Pages 321-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
New Advances in Volitional Human Mobility Simulation....Pages 333-344
Validation of a Three-Dimensional Mathematical Model of the Crash Victim....Pages 345-379
Kinematic Analysis of Human Volunteer Tests....Pages 381-394
Back Matter....Pages 395-406