A study on chest injury mechanism and the effectiveness of a headform impact test for pedestrian chest protection from vehicle collisions

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1304-1312

  Han, Yong ^a,b   Yang, Jikuang ^b,c   Mizuno, Koji ^d   Matsui, Yasuhiro ^e  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest injury; Headform impact test; Vehicle to pedestrian collision; Vehicle type

Indexed keywords

CAR COLLISIONS; CHEST INJURY; CHEST PROTECTION; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT FORCES; CONTACT LOCATION; DEFORMATION MODES; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HIGH VELOCITY; IMPACT KINEMATICS; IMPACT TEST; IMPACTORS; INJURY MECHANISMS; INJURY RISK; INJURY THRESHOLD; LOW VELOCITIES; PASSENGER VEHICLES; PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SHEAR FORCE; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS; VEHICLE COLLISIONS; VEHICLE MODEL; VEHICLE TYPE; VON MISES STRESS; VON MISES STRESS DISTRIBUTION;

ACCELERATION; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; SHEAR STRAIN; STIFFNESS; VEHICLES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEADFORM IMPACT TEST; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; THORAX; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY; VON MISES STRESS;

EID: 84862826514     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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