Tolerance of human pelvis to fracture and proposed pelvic protection criterion to be measured on side impact dummies.

THIS PAPER ANALYSES THE RESULTS OF 60 CADAVER TESTS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE PELVIS TOLERANCE AND TO PROPOSE A PROTECTION CRITERION FOR THE PELVIS IN SIDE IMPACTS. 55 OF THE TESTS WERE PERFORMED WITH A RIGID IMPACTOR AND 5 WITH A PADDED IMPACTOR. ON THE BASIS OF THE TEST RESULTS, THE TOLERANCE FOR A CADAVER WEIGHING 75 KG WOULD BE ABOUT 10 KN 3 MS IMPACT FORCE. A PROTECTION CRITERION FOR PELVIS BASED ON THE 10 KN TOLERANCE COULD BE USED ON A DUMMY FITTED WITH A PELVIC LATERAL FORCE TRANSDUCER. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 802816.