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Mathematical Modeling of Occupant Biomechanical Stress Occuring During a Side Impact
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After the frontal impact, the side impact is the next most dangerous frequently occurring accident mode, accounting for approximately 25 % of all injuries and fatalities. Safety research, therefore, endeavors to determine those parameters of the side impact event, which have a decisive influence on the risk of injury to the occupants. Two parameters are the structural rigidity of the impacting vehicle and of the impacted vehicle. Using a very simple mathematical model the possibilities of vehicle compatibility in side impacts are being investigated in order to reduce the likelihood of injury to the lowest possible level.
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Schmid, W., "Mathematical Modeling of Occupant Biomechanical Stress Occuring During a Side Impact," SAE Technical Paper 780670, 1978, https://doi.org/10.4271/780670.Also In
References
- Kroell Charles K. Schneider Dennis C. “Impact Tolerance and Response of the Human Thorax” SAE 710851 November 1971
- Reidelbach Willi Schmid Walter “An Attempt to Define and Evaluate Vehicle Compatability” 3rd International Congress of Automotive Safety San Francisco 1974
- Martin D.E. Kroell C.K. “Vehicle Crush and Occupant Behavior” SAE 670034 January 1967