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Effect of Head-Restraint Rigidity on Whiplash Injury Risk
Technical Paper
2004-01-0332
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The present study investigated the effects of the structural stiffness of the head restraint and its attachment rigidity on the biomechanical responses and related injury measures of the neck in a rear impact vehicular collision. A series of simulated rear impacts were conducted using a mid-sized male test dummy seated in a modified late-model front passenger seat on a deceleration crash sled with a FMVSS 202 pulse. Preliminary results demonstrated that a more rigid head restraint in its design and attachment produced lesser values in most biomechanical injury measures such as neck shear force, neck extension bending moment, tension-extension neck injury criterion (Nij), shear-moment neck injury criterion (Nkm), and head-torso relative extension angular displacement. This is true for a wide range of seatback recliner stiffness. This suggests that a more rigid head restraint may have a protective advantage over a more pliant one for the neck in a rear impact. The result of this study underscores the need for dynamic testing to completely evaluate the performance of head restraint system.
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Voo, L., Merkle, A., Wright, J., and Kleinberger, M., "Effect of Head-Restraint Rigidity on Whiplash Injury Risk," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-0332, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-0332.Also In
Vehicle Aggressivity and Compatibility; Rollover, Side, and Rear Impact on CD-ROM from the SAE 2004 World Congress
Number: SP-1882CD; Published: 2004-03-08
Number: SP-1882CD; Published: 2004-03-08
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