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Implementation and validation of thoracic side impact injury prediction metrics in a human body model

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  • Adam J. Golman
  • Kerry A. Danelson
  • James P. Gaewsky
  • Joel D. Stitzel

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This study's purpose was to implement injury metrics into the Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) mirroring the spinal accelerometers, rib accelerometers and chest band instrumentation from two lateral post-mortem human subject sled test configurations. In both sled configurations, THUMS contacted a flat rigid surface (either a wall or beam) at 6.7 m/s. Sled A maximum simulated wall forces for the thorax, abdomen and pelvis were 7.1, 5.0 and 10.0 kN versus 5.7 ± 0.8, 3.4 ± 1.2 and 6.2 ± 2.7 kN experimentally. Sled B maximum simulated beam forces for the torso and pelvis were 8.0 and 7.6 kN versus 8.5 ± 0.2 and 7.9 ± 2.5 kN experimentally. Quantitatively, force magnitude contributed more to variation between simulated and experimental forces than phase shift. Acceleration-based injury metrics were within one standard deviation of experimental means except for the lower spine in the rigid wall sled test. These validated metrics will be useful for quantifying occupant loading conditions and calculating injury risks in various loading configurations.

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  • Adam J. Golman & Kerry A. Danelson & James P. Gaewsky & Joel D. Stitzel, 2015. "Implementation and validation of thoracic side impact injury prediction metrics in a human body model," Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(10), pages 1044-1055, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:gcmbxx:v:18:y:2015:i:10:p:1044-1055
    DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2013.869319
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    1. Silvia García-Vilana & David Sánchez-Molina & Juan Velázquez-Ameijide & Jordi Llumà, 2021. "Injury Metrics for Assessing the Risk of Acute Subdural Hematoma in Traumatic Events," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(24), pages 1-14, December.

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