AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE INJURIES SUSTAINED BY A PEDESTRIAN'S LOWER BODY AREA BETWEEN THE UPPER FEMUR AND THE LOWER ABDOMEN, WHEN IMPACTED BY VARIOUS VEHICLE GEOMETRIES AND SURFACE COMPLIANCES. 15 CADAVERS WERE IMPACTED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 11 AND 28 MILES PER HOUR BY VEHICLE SIMULATIONS CONSISTING OF A HOOD EDGE AND A BUMPER. THE SIMULATIONS WERE OF 4 DIFFERENT TYPES: (1) STANDARD HEIGHT WITH STANDARD COMPLIANCE - STANDARD RIGID, (2) LOWERED PROFILE WITH STANDARD COMPLIANCE - LOW RIGID, (3) STANDARD HEIGHT PROFILE WITH INCREASED COMPLIANCE - STANDARD SOFT, AND (4) LOWERED PROFILE WITH INCREASED COMPLIANCE - LOW SOFT. INSTRUMENTATION INCLUDED A TRIAXIAL PELVIC ACCELEROMETER, LOAD CELLS ON THE BUMPER AND HOOD EDGE SIMULATIONS, AND HIGH-SPEED FILM COVERAGE. STANDARD ANTHROPOMETRIC DESCRIPTIONS AND MEASUREMENTS WERE ALSO MADE. CLASSIFICATION OF THE INJURIES WAS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE (AIS). THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE STUDY AND RESULTS. (A) FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF SECTION 5 SEE IRRD 266063. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 266046.
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