Citation

Verma MK, Repa BS. Proc. IRCOBI 1983; 11: 15-30.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

This paper describes some results obtained from analytical three-dimensional motion simulations of child and adult pedestrians impacted by an automobile. The baseline geometric and stiffness parameters used in this simulation correspond to a typical mid-size vehicle, the latter being measured by a dynamic impactor developed for this study. The effects of variation of several of the vehicle's front-end design parameters on the impact severities of a 50th-percentile male adult and a 6-year-old child pedestrian are studied using experimental design techniques. Both the main effects and the first-order interactions among the parameters are investigated, and it is shown that the countermeasure suggested for reducing adult pedestrians' injuries could aggravate child pedestrians' injuries. (Author/TRRL)