Whole body response research program : final report.

Author(s)
Alem, N.M.; Melvin, J.W.; Bowman, B.M. and Benson, J.B.
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Abstract

The objective of the program was to generate data on the kinematics and response of human surrogates in a realistic automobile impact environment. The program used a test configuration consisting of an idealized hard seat representation of a car seat with a three-point harness restraint system. Three different severity levels of crash test conditions were used. The human surrogates tested in this program were fifteen male cadavers, a Hybrid II (Part 572) Anthropomorphic Test Device and a Hybrid III ATD recently developed by GM. In addition, mathematical simulations of the response and kinematics of a 50th percentile male occupant were performed at the three levels of crash severity, using the MVMA Two-Dimensional Crash Victim Simulator. The utility of the data is for comparing the similarities and differences in response and kinematics of the various types of human surrogates and in pointing out areas that need improvement in both anthropomorphic test devices and mathematical models.

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B 14454 /84/
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Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan, Highway Safety Research Institute HSRI, 1978, XVI + 108 p., graph., ref.; Report No. UM-HSRI-77-39-1

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