Preliminary conference programme

Thursday, 18. September 2008

9h SESSION III

Influence of pre-impact occupant properties on the injury response during frontal collisions
D Bose, J Crandall, C Untaroiu, E Maslen
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia

Pre-crash factors influencing drivers of older ages in intersection collisions
T Broberg, Volvo Car Corporation/Chalmers University, Göteborg
L Jakobsson, I Isaksson-Hellman, Volvo Car Corporation, Göteborg

Prediction of the Physical Motion on Human Body based on Muscle Activities during Pre-Impact Breaking
S Ejima, Y Zama, F Satou, S Holcombe, K Ono, Japan Automobile Research Institute
K Kaneoka, Waseda University Faculty of Sports Sciences
I Shiina, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Tsukuba

10h Break

10:30h SESSION IV

Head kinematics, neck loads, and injuries in side impact sled tests
N Yoganandan, F Pintar, D Maiman, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of
Wisconsin and VA Medical Center, Milwaukee
M Phillippens, TNO Defence
J Wismans, TNO Science and Industry

Evaluation of Dummy Shoulder Kinematics in Oblique Frontal Collisions
F Törnvall, K Holmqvist, J Davidsson, M Svensson, Chalmers University of Technology
J Gugler, H Steffan, TU-Graz,
Y Håland, Autoliv Research

A parametric study of hard tissue injury prediction using finite elements: consideration of geometric
complexity, failure theory, sub-failure material properties, thresholding and element characteristics

C Arregui-Dalmases, E Del Pozo, European Center for Injury Prevention, Universidad de Navarra
S Duprey, F Lopez-Valdes, A Lau, D Subit, R Kent, Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia

11:30h BERTIL ALDMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Dose-response models and EDR data for assessment of injury risk and effectiveness of safety systems
A Kullgren
Folksam Research and Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Personal Injury Prevention,

Karolinska Institutet Sweden

12h Lunch

13:30h SHORT PRESENTATIONS II

Brain viscoelasticity measured by magnetic resonance elastography
J Vappou, E Breton, P Choquet, A Constantinesco, R Willinger
Institut de Mécanique des Fluides et des Solides, ULP, Strasbourg

Inducing Head Motion with a Novel Helmet during Head-First Impact Can Mitigate Neck
Injury Metrics: An Experimental Proof-of-Concept Investigation using Mechanical Surrogates
T Nelson, P Cripton
Injury Biomechanics Laboratory and Division of Orthopaedic Engineering Research, Departments
of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedics, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD)

University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada

New Motorcycle helmets with Metal foam shell
P Pinnoji,P Mahajan, Indian Institute of Technolgy Delhi
N Bourdet, R Willinger, Institut de Mécanique des Fluides et des Solides, ULP-CNRS, Strasbourg

The effectiveness of safety equipment in horse racing falls
T Gibson, Human Impact Engineering
K Thai, UNSW formerly Human Impact Engineering
J Saxon, Consultant
R Pollock, Australian Harness Racing Council

Scaling of neck performance requirements in side impacts
J Wismans, R Meijer, C Rodarius, TNO Science and Industry
B Been, First Technology Safety Systems (FTSS)

Female Volunteer Motion in Rear Impact Sled Tests in Comparison to Results from Earlier Male

Volunteer Tests
A Carlsson, A Linder, VTI, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
M Svensson, J Davidsson, Chalmers University of Technology
S Schick, S Horion, W Hell, LMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen

Active controlled muscles in numerical model of human arm for movement in two DOFs
P Budziszewski, K Kędzior, Warsaw University of Technology
E van Nunen, J Mordaka, TNO Automotive

Response of lower extremity in car-pedestrian impact - influence of muscle contraction
A Soni, A Chawla, S Mukherjee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
R Malhotra, Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,

14:50h Break

15:20h SESSION V

A new detailed multi-body model of the pedestrian lower extremity: development and preliminary validation
J Kerrigan, D Parent, C Untaroiu, J Crandall, University of Virginia, Center for Applied
Biomechanics
B Deng,Vehicle Development Research Lab, General Motors R&D Center

Influence of vehicle shape and stiffness on the pedestrian lower extremity injuries: Review of current pedestrian
lower leg test procedure.

L Martínez, L. Guerra, INSIA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
S Compigne, TOYOTA Motor Europe

Injury Mechanism of Pedestrians Impact Test with a Sport-Utility Vehicle and Mini-Van
G Schroeder, Hannover Medical School
K Fukuyama, K Yamazaki, Japan Automobile Research Institute
K Kamiji, T Yasuki, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association

Pedestrian-vehicle interaction: kinematics and injury analysis of four full scale tests
D Subit, J Kerrigan, J Crandall, Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia
K Fukuyama, K Yamazaki, Japan Automotive Research Institute
Ki Kamiji, Ti Yasuki, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association

Injury Thresholds and a Measurement Technique for the Thigh and Leg of a Pedestrian
Y Takahashi, M Okamoto, Y Kikuchi, A Akiyama
Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Automobile R&D Center

20:00h Conference Dinner, Hotel Bellevue Palace

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