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Occupant Injury Assessment Criteria
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This paper is a brief review of the complex subject of human injury mechanisms and impact tolerance. Automotive accident-related injury patterns are briefly described and the status of knowledge in the biomechanics of trauma of the head, neck, chest, abdomen and extremities is discussed.
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Melvin, J., Mohan, D., and Stalnaker, R., "Occupant Injury Assessment Criteria," SAE Technical Paper 750914, 1975, https://doi.org/10.4271/750914.Also In
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