This paper presents an analysis of research on the biomechanics of head injury with an
emphasis on the tolerance of the skull to lateral impacts. The anatomy of this region of the …

This paper presents a survey of side impact trauma-related biomedical investigations with
specific reference to certain aspects of epidemiology relating to the growing elderly …

Forty-two side impact cadaver sled tests were conducted at 24 and 32 km/h impact speeds
into rigid and padded walls. The post-mortem human subjects were instrumented with …

Objective: This study aimed at investigating the effects of vehicle impact velocity, vehicle
front-end shape, and pedestrian size on injury risk to pedestrians in collisions with …

This study presents four validation cases of a mid-sized male (M50) full human body finite
element model—two lateral sled tests at 6.7 m/s, one sled test at 8.9 m/s, and a lateral drop …

This study characterizes the PMHS thoracic response to blunt impact in oblique and lateral
directions. A significant amount of data has been collected from lateral impacts conducted …

Thirty-six lateral PMHS sled tests were performed at 6.7 or 8.9 m/s, under rigid or padded
loading conditions and with a variety of impact surface geometries. Forces between the …

The 2004 World Health Day is dedicated to the theme of road safety by the World Health
Organization (WHO) due mostly to the enormous socio economic costs attributed to trafik …

This document presents the development of injury criteria and associated injury risk curves
for the head, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis using the measures from the ES-2re and SID …

Recent studies suggest that dorsal spine injuries occur in motor vehicle crashes to
restrained occupants. Compression/compression-flexion injuries occur in frontal crashes …