International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury

1978 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings

12 - 13 September 1978; Lyon (France)

International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury


Table of Contents

Session 1: Epidemiological aspects of simulation and reconstruction
DIFFERENT BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS OF SEAT BELT USERS AND NON-USERS
H V Nielsen, E Nordentoft, R Weeth
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF COLLISIONS. THE POPULATION OF CAR OCCUPANT CASUALTIES AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO PERFORMANCE TESTING
J B Bull, G M Mackay
MISFUNCTIONS OF SAFETY BELTS UNAVOIDABLE AND AVOIDABLE INJURIES
H Appel, V Vuh-Han, D Adomeit
PROPOSAL FOR A VALUATION PROCESS FOR THE ASSESSMENT FOR BIOMECHANICAL EXPERIMENTS
H Rau
Session 2: Mathematical and physical reconstruction of total collisions
APPLICATION OF THE ACCIDENT SIMULATION PROGRAMS CRASH AND SMAC
H Loeck, U Seiffert
METHODOLOGY OF RECONSTITUTION OF ACTUAL ACCIDENTS ON TEST TRACKS
D Criton, P Ventre
SIDE-COLLISIONS, COMPARISON OF DUMMY LOADINGS WITH INJURIES OF REAL ACCIDENTS
J Hofmann, F Kramer, K Dausend
COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF A TYPICAL CASE OF AN HEAD-ON AND OFFSET COLLISION RECONSTRUCTED WITH DUMMIES AND FRESH CADAVERS
M Balthazard, A Fayon, C Tarriere, G Walfisch, C Got, A Patel
TESTING OF ROADSIDE OBSTACLES WITH A DEFORMABLE IMPACT SLED
T Turbell
Session 3: Simulation of specific impacts
HEAD ACCELERATION AND PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE
D C Reader
HELMET ATTENUATION OF THE HEAD RESPONSE IN OBLIQUE IMPACTS TO THE GROUND
B Aldman, B Lundell, L Thorngren, T Turbell
OBLIQUE IMPACTS - APARAMETRIC STUDY IN CRASH HELMETS
B Aldmann, B Lundell, L Thorngren
THORACIC INJURY POTENTIAL
D C Viano
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A SIDE IMPACT ACCIDENT
D K Griffiths, D R Gebbels, G M Mackay
INFLUENCE OF BUMPER ADJUSTMENT ON THE KINEMATICS OF AN IMPACTED PEDESTRIAN
E Lucchini, R Weissner
Session 4: Cadavers, dummies and other substitutes
THE FIDELITY OF DUMMIES IN PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS
A Kuehnel, H Rau
Response and Vulnerability of the Human Body at Different Impact Velocities in Simulated Three-Point Belted Cadaver Tests
D Kallieris, Gg Schmidt, J Barz, R Mattern, F Schulz
HEAD KINEMATICS OF A BABOON SUBJECTED TO IN- VEHICLE TESTS
A Chapon, J P Verriest
METHODS FOR BACKING-UP THE CONCLUSIONS OF ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTIONS CARRIED OUT WITH INSTRUMENTED CADAVERS
A Fayon, C Tarriere, J Sacreste, C Got, A Patel
REPETITION OF REAL - CHILD PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS USING A HIGH INSTRUMENTED DUMMY
G Stuertz
RESTRAINT SYSTEM STUDY WITH A LIVING SUBJECT - Methodology and results on three point belt restraint
M Dejeammes, R Quincy, R Biard, P Billault, C Tisseron