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Elimination of Thoracic Muscle Tensing Effects for Frontal Crash Dummies
Technical Paper
2005-01-0307
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
Current crash dummy biofidelity standards include the estimated effects of tensing the muscles of the thorax. This study reviewed the decision to incorporate muscle tensing by examining relevant past studies and by using an existing mathematical model of thoracic impacts. The study finds evidence that muscle tensing effects are less pronounced than implied by the biofidelity standard response corridors, that the response corridors were improperly modified to include tensing effects, and that tensing of other body regions, such as extremity bracing, may have a much greater effect on the response and injury potential than tensing of only the thoracic musculature. Based on these findings, it is recommended that muscle tensing should be eliminated from thoracic biofidelity requirements until there is sufficient information regarding multi-region muscle tensing response and the capability to incorporate this new data into a crash dummy.
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Authors
- Greg Shaw - Center for Applied Biomechanics (University of Virginia)
- David Lessley - Center for Applied Biomechanics (University of Virginia)
- Jeff Crandall - Center for Applied Biomechanics (University of Virginia)
- Richard Kent - Center for Applied Biomechanics (University of Virginia)
- Levent Kitis - Naval Air Systems Command Human Systems Department Crashworthy Systems
Citation
Shaw, G., Lessley, D., Crandall, J., Kent, R. et al., "Elimination of Thoracic Muscle Tensing Effects for Frontal Crash Dummies," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-0307, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-0307.Also In
SAE 2005 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems
Number: V114-6; Published: 2006-02-01
Number: V114-6; Published: 2006-02-01
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