The influence of crash pulse shape on BioRID response

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Zuby, David S.¹; Farmer, Charles M.¹; Avery, Matthew²

The influence of crash pulse shape on BioRID response

Proceedings of the 2003 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact

Affiliations

¹Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

²Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre – Thatcham
Abstract and keywords

The magnitude of crash acceleration affects neck injury risk in rear crashes. It is less clear whether different shaped crash pulses of similar overall severity also cause different injury outcomes. This study examined two crash pulse shape characteristics and their effects on dummy responses in rear crashes: 1) oscillations of approximately twice the frequency of the main mode typical of fullscale crash tests and 2) timing of the maximum peak acceleration. The presence of acceleration oscillations did not influence the magnitudes of BioRID responses. The timing of peak sled acceleration did affect both the timing and magnitude of some BioRID responses.

Keywords: Acceleration; Head restraints; Seats; Sled tests; Rear Impact; Whiplash

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