Predictions of Child Motion During Panic Braking and Impact

821166

02/01/1982

Event
26th Stapp Car Crash Conference (1982)
Authors Abstract
Content
To study child motion during vehicle deceleration, 167 simulations were conducted using a large three-dimensional gross body motion model program in which seven initial body positions, 2.5-, 3- and 6-year-old body sizes, three levels of panic braking deceleration, cases of superimposed crash decelerations and several seat sliding friction coefficients were considered. Predicted head impact times and velocities of impact are given and three-dimensional motion graphics presented for a number of the simulations which illustrate body and vehicle interaction and gross three-dimensional body motion. Also included are comprehensive data sets for body dimensions, inertial properties and initial three-dimensional position descriptions.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/821166
Pages
23
Citation
Kaleps, I., and Marcus, J., "Predictions of Child Motion During Panic Braking and Impact," SAE Technical Paper 821166, 1982, https://doi.org/10.4271/821166.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1982
Product Code
821166
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English