@article{ref1,
title="Deflection, acceleration, and force corridors for small females in side impacts",
journal="Traffic injury prevention",
year="2005",
author="Yoganandan, Narayan A. and Pintar, Frank A.",
volume="6",
number="4",
pages="379-386",
abstract="Objective. This study was undertaken to develop biomechanical corridors applicable to the small-sized female in side impacts. Methods. Sled tests were conducted using post mortem human subjects at a velocity of 6.7 m/s. Three chestbands were used to compute deflection-time histories at the axilla, xyphoid process, and tenth rib levels. Triaxial accelerometers were fixed to the upper and lower spine and sacrum to record acceleration-time histories. Specimens contacted the load wall with varying initial conditions (rigid and padded; flat wall and offset) from which impact forces to the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic regions were obtained using load cell data. Adopting signal processing and mass-based scaling methods, corridors were derived for forces, accelerations, and chest deflections at three levels for all initial conditions. Results. All time history corridors were expressed as mean plus/minus one standard deviation and provided in the article. Conclusions. Acceleration-, deflection-, and force-time corridors obtained for the chest and pelvic regions of the human body will assist in the assessment of anthropomorphic test devices used in crashworthiness evaluations.",
language="",
issn="1538-9588",
doi="10.1080/15389580500256888",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389580500256888"
}