@article{ref1,
title="Assessing the relevance of NIC and its correlation with crash-pulse parameters: using the mathematical BioRID I in rear-end impacts",
journal="Traffic injury prevention",
year="2002",
author="Eriksson, Linda and Boström, Ola",
volume="3",
number="2",
pages="175-182",
abstract="Validated criteria are vital tools in crash-safety research and development. In this study, NIC max outcomes from mathematical simulations were compared with real-life data in terms of the risk of sustaining long-term soft-tissue neck injuries in rear-end impacts. Mathematical models of the BioRID I and car seats were exposed to a broad set of low-speed crash pulses. It was found that the two seats representing cars with high neck-disability risk in real-life impacts resulted in higher NIC max values compared to the two low-risk seats. The mathematical simulations were also used to evaluate the influence of crash-pulse parameters on NIC max. It was found that the commonly used change of velocity, j v, was not a good predictor for NIC max , nor was the crash-pulse peak acceleration. The change of velocity during the first 85 ms of the impact, j v 85 ms , correlated with the NIC max and has therefore the potential to quantify impact severity. Furthermore, impacts with crash-pulse-recorder equipped cars, reported by Krafft et al. (2000), were reconstructed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1538-9588",
doi="10.1080/15389580211997",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389580211997"
}