Human Tolerance to Lateral Impact With Lap Belt Only <xref rid="FN_1" ref-type="fn">*</xref>
640843
10/21/1964
- Event
- Content
- A series of controlled deceleration experiments was performed with 37 human male volunteers to determine, if possible, human tolerance to lateral impacts while restrained in a seat with a lap belt. The subjects were exposed in 50 different experiments at average impact G of 3.25 to 9.02 for durations of 0.3 to 0.1 seconds. No permanent physiological changes were noted. Minor physical complaints were reported by 50 per cent of the subjects when exposed to 6.25 average G or more. Increasing danger from lateral flexion of up to 30° from the vertical halted the experiments at the 9.02 average G.
- Pages
- 38
- Citation
- ZABOROWSKI, A., "Human Tolerance to Lateral Impact With Lap Belt Only *," SAE Technical Paper 640843, 1964, https://doi.org/10.4271/640843.