ADSEAT – Adaptive seat to reduce neck injuries for female and male occupants
Journal article, 2013
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.
Crash Test Dummy
Whiplash
Finite Element Model
Average Female
Author
Astrid Linder
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
Sylvia Schick
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
Wolfram Hell
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
Mats Svensson
Chalmers, SAFER - Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre
Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Vehicle Safety
Anna K Carlsson
Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Vehicle Safety
Chalmers, SAFER - Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre
Paul Lemmen
Humanetics Europe GmbH
Kai-Uwe Schmitt
Research
Andreas Gutsche
Technische Universitat Graz
Ernst Tomasch
Technische Universitat Graz
Accident Analysis and Prevention
0001-4575 (ISSN)
Vol. 60 334-343Areas of Advance
Transport
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Other Engineering and Technologies
Vehicle Engineering
Roots
Basic sciences
Driving Forces
Innovation and entrepreneurship
DOI
10.1016/j.aap.2013.02.043