Samenvatting
A recently developed angular motion sensor, based on the laws of magnetohydrodynamics, has potential application in biodynamic research and was tested on the Naval Biodynamics Laboratory's (NBDL) horizontal accelerator, using the Hybrid III manikin as the test subject. The sensors in question were used to measure the manikin's head motion in three dimensions. Experiments were conducted at levels up to 25g in the frontal and oblique impact configurations, and included both indirect impact (no head contact) and direct impact of the head into a simulated windshield. Data collection was performed utilizing both narrowband (125 Hz) and wideband (1000 Hz) channels.