Citation

Lenz KH, Friedel B. Proc. IRCOBI 1981; 9: 219-224.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

In September 1977, several European institutions joined together to establish the Joint Biomechanical Research Project (KOB) to study certain problems in the fields of passive safety, in particular the biomechanical processes important in this context. The objectives and the research programs, the organization, the members and the funds were described at the IIId. International Conference on Impact Trauma, 1977. The research work has been finished in May 1981 and the final report will be available in the next months. The whole test program included 18 reconstructions with 87 dummy- and 46 cadaver tests. Therefore it is quite clear, that this large research project has created a considerable amount of data and detailed results. In the following paper it is only possible to present a small view of the whole work and only some special results. This short version was prepared on the basis of a draft of the final report written by various authors.