TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Limiting performance analysis of toepan padding for mitigating lower limb injuries
JO  - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of automobile engineering
A1  - Cheng, Zhiqing
A1  - Crandall, Jeffrey Richard
A1  - Darvish, Kurosh K.
A1  - Pilkey, W. D.
SP  - 619
EP  - 628
VL  - 218
IS  - 6
N2  - The potential application of using toepan padding for the prevention and reduction of lower limb injuries is investigated computationally in this paper. A two-mass lower limb injury model is developed on the basis of impact tests using post-mortem human surrogates. A limiting performance analysis is used to find the best possible physical performance and characteristics of passive and active padding for the minimization of peak tibia force. Computational results indicate that, for the prevention and reduction of lower limb injuries, the active padding is superior to the passive padding.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0954-4070
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/0954407041166085
ID  - ref1
ER  -