This paper presents thoracic response corridors developed using fifteen post-mortem
human subjects (PMHS) subjected to single and double diagonal belt, distributed, and hub …

This research was completed as part of an ongoing effort to characterise human thoracic
response to belt loading in a well controlled and repeatable laboratory environment. This …

To estimate the behaviour of the thorax of the human cadaver and Hybrid Ill a total of 33 belt
impact tests were performed with the two surrogates. These tests have shown that the Hybrid …

In a study of accidents involving fully restrained occupants, where at least one such
occupant sustained an injury at the AIS 2 level or greater, it was found that injuries to the …

The purpose of this study was to quantify the biomechanical response of the human thorax
during dynamic shoulder belt loading representative of that seen in a severe automotive …

Abstract Part I—Biomechanics Response Data—Thoracic impact response data for
unembalmed human cadavers previously published by three of the authors are reviewed …

Injuries to the thorax in frontal impact accidents remain an important problem even for
restrained occupants. During a frontal accident a significant portion of the forces restraining …

This paper compares restrained Hybrid III and THOR thoracic kinematics and cadaver injury
outcome in 30° oblique frontal and in full frontal sled tests. Peak shoulder belt tension, the …

Computer models are increasingly used in the design of crash protection systems, yet the
experimental data available for benchmarking these models is limited. The goal of this study …

Recent field data studies have shown that force-limiting belt systems reduce the occurrence
of thoracic injuries in frontal crashes relative to standard (not force-limiting) belt systems …