Citation

Walfisch G, Chamouard F, Lestrelin D, Fayon A, Tarriere C, Got C, Guillon F, Patel MM, Hureau J. Proc. IRCOBI 1982; 10: 122-139.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

In order to ensure the protection of vehicle occupants during occurrence of frontal and side impact collisions, several requirements must be satisfied. It is necessary to know the human tolerance limits, i.e. the physical parameter(s) that are most reliably correlated with the injuries sustained, and also to know the value of this parameter (or these parameters) corresponding to an acceptable injury severity which will be considered as the critical limit for human tolerance. Independently from the matter of human tolerance, in order to design protective apparatus and to assess its effectiveness, it is necessary to have a test impact dummy whose dynamic behavior is sufficiently similar to that of the human individual. This dummy should make it possible to verify conformity with the protection criteria, i.e. the findings of the measurements performed on this dummy should remain below the previously determined tolerance limits. The authors of this report have compiled a summary of mechanical and biomechanical data pertaining to the human thorax collected from unembalmed, instrument-equipped cadavers during occurrence of frontal impact (for three-point seat belt wearers) and during occurrence of side impacts (for free falls onto unprepared surfaces or surfaces covered with shock-absorbent material, or during reconstitutions and simulations of real world accidents). (Author/TRRL)