Quantification of Side Impact Responses and Injuries

811009

10/01/1981

Event
25th Stapp Car Crash Conference (1981)
Authors Abstract
Content
Side impacts have been shown to produce a large portion of both serious and fatal injuries within the total automotive crash problem. These injuries are produced as a result of the rapid changes in velocity an automobile occupant's body experiences during a crash. Any improvement to the side impact problem will be brought about by means which will ultimately modify the occupant's rapid body motions to such a degree that they will no longer produce injuries of serious consequence.
Accurate knowledge of both the body's motion and resulting injuries under a variety of impact conditions is needed to achieve this goal. Possession of this knowledge will then permit development of accurate anthropomorphic test devices and injury criteria which can be used to create effective injury countermeasures in vehicles.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/811009
Pages
39
Citation
Kallieris, D., Mattern, R., Schmidt, G., and Eppinger, R., "Quantification of Side Impact Responses and Injuries," SAE Technical Paper 811009, 1981, https://doi.org/10.4271/811009.
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Publisher
Published
Oct 1, 1981
Product Code
811009
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English