Contribution to defining a tolerance level for a laterally impacted human head

Fayon, A.; Tarriere, C.; Walfisch, G.; Got, C.; Patel, A.

Affiliations

¹Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Biomecanique de l'Association Peugeot-Renault

²Institut de Recherches Orthopediques de l'Hopital Raymond Poincare

Abstract

The authors report on a series of head impacts carried out on fresh cadavers, the head being hit after a free fall. The heads were naked or protected.

The injury analysis compares the measurements and the usual protection criteria.

Similar tests were carried out on dummies' heads to determine values for protection criteria of such impacts.

The problems raised by the interpretation of measurements when they are made directly upon the human subject's head, are discussed.

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1978	Balthazard M, Fayon A, Tarriere C, Walfisch G, Got C, Patel A. Complete analysis of a typical case of an head-on and offset collision reconstructed with dummies and fresh cadavers. In: Proceedings of the 1978 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 12-13, 1978; Lyon, France.85-97.
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.