TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Reactive seat design for optimum whiplash mitigation at different crash severities
JO  - Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference
A1  - Himmetoğlu, Selçuk
A1  - Acar, Memis
A1  - Bouazza-Marouf, Kaddour
A1  - Taylor, Andrew J.
SP  - 399
EP  - 414
VL  - 37
IS  - 
N2  - 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 /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2235-3151
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -