Citation

Prasad P, Kim A, Weerappuli DPV, Roberts V, Schneider D. Proc. Stapp Car Crash Conf. 1997; 41: 417-449.

Affiliation

Ford Motor Co, Dearborn, MI, USA

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Society of Automotive Engineers SAE)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

To determine what effect seat back stiffness and other seat characteristics have on occupant responses, several seats were evaluated in dynamic Hyge rear impact sled simulations. The results of the sled tests indicate that stiffer seats do not have any consistent advantages over yielding seats for the complete range of speeds tested. Even a seat with a head restraint located closer to the center of gravity of the occupants head did not perform better than the baseline seat. Throughout the testing, the most sensitive response to seat design and crash severity was the lower neck extension moment.