@article{ref1,
title="Reactive seat design for optimum whiplash mitigation at different crash severities",
journal="Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference",
year="2009",
author="Himmetoğlu, Selçuk and Acar, Memis and Bouazza-Marouf, Kaddour and Taylor, Andrew J.",
volume="37",
number="",
pages="399-414",
abstract="This paper presents the development of reusable whiplash mitigating car seats that can effectively manage the response of the seat-back to rear impact for a wide range of crash severities. For this purpose, computational multi-body models of a generic car seat and a biofidelic 50th percentile male human model for rear impact are developed. Three reactive car-seat design concepts are proposed whose effectiveness are demonstrated by simulating rear impacts at severities ranging from 4.5 to 30 kph. Among the proposed seat concepts, the one which employs a modification on the conventional seat-back structural design, provides the most optimum neck protection at all crash severities.<p />",
language="en",
issn="2235-3151",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}