Restraint effectiveness during rollover motion

Friedman, Keith; Friedman, Donald; Forrest, Stephen; Meyer, Steven; Herbst, Brian; Chng, David; Wang, Philip

A large number of restrained occupants of vehicles in the United States suffer severe head and neck injuries during rollover accidents. Occupant protection in rollover impacts can be provided through the use of many components, one of which is the restraint system. The ability of various restraint systems to control occupant kinematics and keep occupant heads away from potential injurious loading conditions is important in providing protection to restrained occupants in rollover impacts. An experimental study was conducted to assessthe ability of various restraints to control human volunteer vertical motions.

Year

Entry

1995

Rains GC, Kanianthra JN. Determination of the significance of roof crush on head and neck injury to passenger vehicle occupants in rollover crashes. In: Proceedings of the SAE International Congress & Exposition. February 27–March 2, 1995; Detroit, MI. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers. SAE 950655.

1996

Friedman K, Friedman D. Improved vehicle design for the prevention of severe head and neck injuries to restrainted occupants in rollover accidents. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 13-16, 1996; Melbourne, Australia.856-865.

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Entry

2003

Moffatt E, Hare B, Hughes R, Lewis L, Iiyama H, Curzon A, Cooper E. Head excursion of restrained human volunteers and Hybrid III dummies in steady state rollover tests. In: 47th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). September 22-24, 2003; Lisbon, Portugal.445-465.

2007

Herbst B, Meyer SE, Forrest S. Parametric analysis of rollover occupant protection using a deformable occupant compartment testing device. In: Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 18-21, 2007; Lyon, France.

2007

Friedman D, Caplinger J, Bish J. Human/dummy rollover falling (excursion) speeds. In: Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 18-21, 2007; Lyon, France.

2007

Hu J. Neck Injury Mechanism in Rollover Crashes: A Systematic Approach for Improving Rollover Neck Protection [PhD thesis]. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University; 2007.