TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Abdominal injuries, injury criteria, injury severity levels and abdominal sensors for child dummies of the Q family
JO  - Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference
A1  - Johannsen, H.
A1  - Alonzo, F.
A1  - Goubel, C.
A1  - Schindler, V.
SP  - 12p
EP  - 12p
VL  - 33
IS  - 
N2  - This paper describes two different sensors systems for the assessment of abdominal loads of child dummies together with the main background information concerning injury mechanism and sensor philosophy. Both devices are able to give relevant information in the case of a frontal impact as well as a lateral one. While one of the sensors assess the intra-abdominal pressure and the pressure rate combined in the abdominal injury criterion (P*V), the other measures the applied abdominal surface load. Preliminary load limits proposed are based on the first frontal accident reconstructions of the CHILD program. The use of the abdominal sensors and the related load limits may allow a better evaluation of current and future restraint systems and so have a positive effect on road safety.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2235-3151
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -