The objective of this study was to compare the kinematics of the head-neck, torso, pelvis,
and lower extremities and document injuries and their patterns to small female occupants in …

Safety tests are generally performed in accordance with strict procedures that involve the
use of a carefully positioned dummy. Safety tests are rarely conducted with the occupant …

Spinal injuries are a concern for automotive applications, requiring large parametric studies
to understand spinal injury mechanisms under complex loading conditions. Finite element …

Future cars will likely include further collision mitigation systems, seat positions and seating
configurations compared to current cars, in addition to an increased degree of shared …

Introduction The evolution of military helmet devices has increased the amount of head-
supported mass (HSM) worn by warfighters. HSM has important implications for spine …

Autonomous cars are expected to increase in the near future and one of the features of
those cars is to ride reclined as the driving task is managed by the vehicle. In the reclined …

The first objective of this study, addressed in Part 1, is to use finite element (FE) human body
modeling (HBM) to evaluate the tangent of the Belt-to-Pelvis angle (tanθBTP) as a …

Symulacje komputerowe są kluczowym elementem zarówno rekonstrukcji zdarzeń, jak i ich
predykcji. W obszarze bezpieczeństwa wewnętrznego spotykamy się z wieloma sytuacjami …

Autonomous vehicles are expected to allow car occupants to position themselves in more
relaxed positions inside the vehicle. These new seating positions constitute a new challenge …

Submarining, defined as “the lap belt slides over iliac crest with lap belt forces effecting the
internal abdominal organs during forward displacement of the lower torso”(Adomeit & …