%0 Journal Article
%T Reliability of Human Head/Neck Force and Torque Estimation
%J Proceedings: Stapp Car Crash Conference
%D 1995
%A Guccione, SJJ
%A Weiss, MS
%V 39
%N 
%P 173-194
%X In this paper, the sensitivity of the distributions of force and torque peaks to the distributions of the model inputs are analyzed for a very simple linkage model. The geometric and mechanical parameters are taken from the Beier, McConville, and Ewing-Thomas datasets. A Kalman filter model is presently under development for NBDL, to provide optimal determination of head/neck kinematic time traces and their associated error statistics. However, the time traces and statistics used in our simulations are based on a statistical curve fitting and regression approach due to Watkins and Guccione. This provides a method for determining the effect of acceleration input and initial head position parameters on the head/ neck dynamics.<p />
%G 
%I Society of Automotive Engineers SAE
%@ 0585-086X
%U http://dx.doi.org/