WHIPLASH PROTECTION BY ENERGY ABSORBING CAR-SEAT CONCEPTS
10th ASME Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, İstanbul, Türkiye, 12 - 24 Temmuz 2010, ss.311-320, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
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- Doi Numarası: 10.1115/esda2010-25297
- Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
- Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.311-320
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Whiplash injury/disorder is a common neck-injury in road traffic accidents. This paper introduces energy absorbing car-seat concepts which can reduce the risk of whiplash injuries. Computational multi-body models of a generic car seat and a biofidelic 50th-percentile male human model for rear impact are developed to assess the effectiveness of the proposed car-seat concepts. The numerical sled-test-simulations show that the proposed car-seat concepts can successfully mitigate whiplash injuries for a wide range of crash severity by utilising energy absorbing devices which can remain reusable after a rear-impact. A physical model of a proposed car-seat concept is built and tested to verift the computational models.