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Determination of knee-femur-pelvis tolerance from the simulation of car frontal impacts
Technical Paper
1982-13-0009
Published September 08, 1982 by International Research Council on Biokinetics of Impact in Switzerland
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English
Abstract
An analysis of our data and comparison with other results from tests conducted in different configurations indicate that the force required to fracture the femur is very much dependent upon test conditions, and in particular on the duration of load application. Moreover, in experiments carried out with cadavers, the large variety of subject size, age and skeletal characteristics are factors which contribute to the scatter of experimental data (fractures occurring or not). Therefore, the characterization of the osseous condition of the subject is of primary importance. Now, tests are to be conducted but under more severe test conditions so as to obtain higher loads and be able to better determine the thresholds for the occurrence of fractures.
Authors
- A. Patel - Institut de Recherches Biomecaniques et Accidentologiques
- C. Got - Institut de Recherches Biomecaniques et Accidentologiques
- F. Brun-Cassan - Peugeot-Renault Association
- Y. C. Leung - Peugeot-Renault Association
- C. Tarriere - Peugeot-Renault Association
- A. Fayon - Peugeot-Renault Association
- J. Hureau - Saint-Pere Laboratoire d'Anatomie