Samenvatting
Since an upper torso belt can not be considered a blunt mid-sternal impactor, it seams reasonable that a more suitable anthropometric test device than used before, may be required to assess the loading characteristics of typical belt webbing material. Therefore more precise and detailed deformation characteristics of human chests are necessary. This study explores the variation between a Hybrid III thorax and human 50th percentile volunteers in terms of anthropometric measurements and deflection response to strip loading.