TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - The Influence of Crash Pulse Shape on BioRID Response
JO  - Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference
A1  - Zuby, David S.
A1  - Farmer, Charles M.
A1  - Avery, M.
SP  - 15p
EP  - 15p
VL  - 31
IS  - 
N2  - The magnitude of crash acceleration affects neck injury risk in rear crashes. It is less clear whether different shaped crash pulses of similar overall severity also cause different injury outcomes. This study examined two crash pulse shape characteristics and their effects on dummy responses in rear crashes: 1) oscillations of approximately twice the frequency of the main mode typical of full-scale crash tests and 2) timing of the maximum peak acceleration. The presence of acceleration oscillations did not influence the magnitudes of BioRID responses. The timing of peak sled acceleration did affect both the timing and magnitude of some BioRID responses.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2235-3151
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -