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The Influence of Impact Energy and Direction on Thoracic Response
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A test series using unembalmed cadavers was conducted to investigate thoracic response differences in lateral impacts between high energy (rib fractures produced) and low energy (no rib fractures produced) testing and also the response to low energy impacts for different impact directions (frontal, 45°, and lateral). Five of the test subjects were instrumented with a nine-accelerometer package and an eighteen-accelerometer array to measure thoracic response. Seven of the test subjects were instrumented with a triaxial accelerometer on the head and a six-accelerometer array to measure thoracic response. Impact events were performed with either the UMTRI pendulum impact device or the UMTRI pneumatic impact device. The subject was struck with a free-traveling mass (25 or 56 kg) which was fitted with either a 15 cm round or 20 cm square rigid metal surface. For different impact tests this surface had affixed to it various materials which would produce different force-time and load distribution characteristics.
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Nusholtz, G., Melvin, J., and Lux, P., "The Influence of Impact Energy and Direction on Thoracic Response," SAE Technical Paper 831606, 1983, https://doi.org/10.4271/831606.Also In
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