Response of the Knee Joint to the Pedestrian Impact Loading Environment

2004-01-1608

03/08/2004

Event
SAE 2004 World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
Isolated knee joints from Post Mortem Human Subjects (PMHS) were tested in dynamic lateral-medial valgus loading that replicated a vehicle-pedestrian impact at 40 km/h. Eight specimens were tested in 4-point bending (pure bending) and eight specimens were tested in 3-point bending in configurations chosen to apply varying proportions of moment and shear at the knee joint. The medial collateral ligament (MCL) was the only major load bearing knee structure that was injured in the experiments. Applied loads (bending moment and shear force) and knee response (bending angle and shear displacement) are reported in order to provide information for determination of injury thresholds and for the validation of computational models and mechanical legform impactors.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-1608
Pages
15
Citation
Bose, D., Bhalla, K., Rooij, L., Millington, S. et al., "Response of the Knee Joint to the Pedestrian Impact Loading Environment," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-1608, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-1608.
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Published
Mar 8, 2004
Product Code
2004-01-1608
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English