Protection criteria for motor vehicle occupants in frontal collisions

Kramer, F.

The aim of the study is to correlate the injuries observed in accident occurrences to the mathematically determined loading factors in order to review the protection criteria to date for vehicle occupants subjected to sagittal loading and, if required, to provide new criteria in this connection. In this way, biomechanics research as practised up to now is extended by "statistical biomechanics" using the "Equivalent Accident Characteristics" method (EAC method): the results obtained from accident analysis and from mathematical, experimentally supported simulation are linked to each other while eliminating the equivalent accident characteristic according to statistical criteria so as to show a relationship between the degree of severity of injuries specific to certain parts of the body and the mechanical loading values.

Year

Entry

1972

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1967

Ommaya AK, Yarnell P, Hirsch AE, Harris EH. Scaling of experimental data on cerebral concussion in sub-human primates to concussion threshold for man. In: Proceedings of the 11th Stapp Car Crash Conference. October 10-11, 1967; Anaheim, CA. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers:73-80. SAE 670906.

1980

The Abbreviated Injury Scale 1980 Revision. Morton Grove, IL: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM); 1980.

1978

Abel JM, Gennarelli TA, Segawa H. Incidence and severity of cerebral concussion in the rhesus monkey following sagittal plane angular acceleration. In: Proceedings of the 22nd Stapp Car Crash Conference. October 24-26, 1978; Ann Arobor, MI. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers:35-53. SAE 780886.

1978

Got C, Patel A, Fayon A, Tarrière C, Walfisch G. Results of experimental head impacts on cadavers: the various data obtained and their relations to some measured physical parameters. In: Proceedings of the 22nd Stapp Car Crash Conference. October 24-26, 1978; Ann Arobor, MI. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers:57-99. SAE 780887.

1986

Newman JA. A generalized acceleration model for brain injury threshold (GAMBIT). In: Proceedings of the 1986 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 2-4, 1986; Zurich, Switzerland.121-131.

1979

Adomeit D. Seat design: a significant factor for safety belt effectiveness. In: Proceedings of the 23rd Stapp Car Crash Conference. October 17-19, 1979; San Diego, CA. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers:41-68. SAE 791004.

1979

Leung YC, Tarrière C, Fayon A, Mairesse P, Delmas A, Banzet P. A comparison between part 572 dummy and human subject in the problem of submarining. In: Proceedings of the 23rd Stapp Car Crash Conference. October 17-19, 1979; San Diego, CA. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers:677-719. SAE 791026.