International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury

1999 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings

23 - 24 September 1999; Sitges (Spain)

International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury


Table of Contents

Bertil Aldman Memorial Lecture
BIOMECHANICAL BASIS FOR INJURY CRITERIA USED IN CRASHWORTHINESS REGULATIONS
P Prasad
Session 1: Biomechancis of head injuries
A NEW BIOMECHANICAL ASSESSMENT OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Part 1 - METHODOLOGY
J Newman, M Beusenberg, E Fournier, N Shewchenko, C Withnall, A King, K Yang, L Zhang, J McElhaney, L Thibault, G McGinnis
IDENTIFICATION OF HEAD INJURY MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH RECONSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
B Canaple, D Cesari, P Drazetic
MOTORCYCLISTS HEAD INJURIES: MECHANISMS IDENTIFIED FROM ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION AND HELMET DAMAGE REPLICATION
B P Chinn, D Doyle, D Otte, E Schuller
MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF THE INFANT SKULL AND APPLICATION TO NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF PEDIATRIC HEAD INJURY
K L Thibault, S M Kurtz, C F Runge, V L Giddings, L E Thibault
THRESHOLDS FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT TO IN VIVO WHITE MATTER
A C Bain, D F Meaney
AN IN VIVO MODEL FOR THE ACUTE RESPONSE OF NEURAL TISSUE TO TRAUMATIC LOADING
K A Barbee, J Yazdi, B Abai, S Croul, R Fijan, L E Thibault
Mechanisms of Axonal lnjury: an Experimental and Numerical Study of a Sheep Model of Head Impact
R W G Anderson, C J Brown, P C Blumbergs, G Scott, J W Finney, N R Jones, A J McLean
HUMAN FACE RESPONSE AT AN ANGLE TO THE FORE-AFT VERTICAL PLANE IMPACT
F Bermond, D Kallieris, R Mattern, M Ramet, R Bouquet, Y Caire, E Voiglio
A COMPARISON OF DIFFUSE BRAIN INJURY IN THE NEWBORN AND ADULT PIG
S S Margulies, D F Meaney, D Smith, X-H Chen, R Miller, R Raghupathi
Session 2: Biomechanics of neck injuries
Relationship between Localized Spine Deformation and Cervical Vertebral Motions for Low Speed Rear Impacts Using Human Volunteers
K Ono, S Inami, K Kaneoka, T Gotou, Y Kisanuki, S Sakuma, K Miki
A Comparison between Volunteer, BioRID P3 and Hybrid III performance in Rear Impacts
J Davidsson, P Loevsund, K Ono, M Y Svensson, S Inami
Neck Injury Criterion Based on Intervertebral Motions and its Evaluation using an Instrumented Neck Dummy
M M Panjabi, J-L Wang, N Delson
Small Female Head and Neck Interaction With a Deploying Side Air Bag
S M Duma, J R Crandall, R W Rudd, J R Funk, W D Pilkey
REDUCTION OF NECK INJURIES BY IMPROVING THE OCCUPANT INTERACTION WITH THE SEAT BACK CUSHION
M Hofinger, E Mayrhofer, B C Geigl, A Moser, H Steffan
ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF CRASH PULSE, SEAT FORCE CHARACTERISTICS, AND HEAD RESTRAINT POSITION ON NICmax IN REAR-END CRASHES USING A MATHEMATICAL BioRID DUMMY
L Eriksson, O Bostroem
The effect of crash pulse shape on AIS1 neck injuries in frontal impacts
A Kullgren, R Thomson, M Krafft
CONSEQUENCES FOR SEAT DESIGN DUE TO REAR END ACCIDENT ANALYSIS, SLED TESTS AND POSSIBLE TEST CRITERIA FOR REDUCING CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES AFTER REAR-END COLLISION
W Hell, K Langwieder, F Walz, M Muser, M Kramer, E Hartwig
GEOMETRICAL EFFECTS ON THE MECHANISM OF CERVICAL SPINE INJURY DUE TO HEAD IMPACT
N Yoganandan, F A Pintar, T A Gennarelli, R H Eppinger, L M Voo
SUGGESTIONS FOR EVALUATION CRITERIA OF NECK INJURY PROTECTION IN REAR END CAR IMPACTS
L Jakobsson, H Norin
Session 3: Safety and car design
CONTRIBUTION OF A SEAT SUSPENSION TO REDUCE CRASH INJURIES WITH A MULTIBODY APPROACH
J Perisse, V Giavotto
IN-DEPTH STUDY OF VOLVO CARS IN ROLLOVER ACCIDENTS
A Lund, C Palmertz, L Jakobsson, G Andersson, I Isaksson-Hellman
Session 4: Pedestrian and two-wheelers protection
DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOFIDELIC DUMMY FOR CAR-PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT STUDIES
T J Huang, J McDonald, M Artis, N Rangarajan, T Shams, R P White Jr, D Beach, R Campbell Jr, A Akiyama, S Yoshida, H Ishikawa, A Konosu
SEVERITY AND MECHANISM OF HEAD IMPACTS IN CAR TO PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS
D Otte
IMPACT RESPONSE AND BIOFIDELITY OF PEDESTRIAN LEG FORM IMPACTORS
Y Matsui, H Ishikawa, A Sasaki, J Kajzer, G Schroeder
ANALYSIS OF THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF PEDESTRIAN LEG AND PELVIS INJURIES
K J Edwards, J F Green
A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF MOTORCYCLE HELMET BY FINITE ELEMENT METHODS
L-T Chang, C-H Chang, J-Z Huang, G-L Chang
Session 5: Protection evaluation and tools
VOLUNTEER AND DUMMY TESTS FOR THE VALIDATION OF BIOMECHANICAL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA UNDER THE EURO-NCAP
B Lorenz, D Kallieris, R Mattern, P Wienecke
AN ADVANCED 50TH PERCENTILE THOR DUMMY DATABASE
V L Martinez, C Lasaga, M Garcia
INFLUENCE OF AGEING PROCESS AND ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA ON THORACIC AND PELVIC INJURY TOLERANCE
A Hasler, B Lorenz, D Kallieris, R Mattern, M Ramet, R Bouquet, C Conradt
PULSE SHAPES AND INJURY RISKS IN COLLISIONS WITH ROADSIDE OBJECTS: RESULT FROM REAL-LIFE IMPACTS WITH RECORDED CRASH PULSES
A Ydenius, A Kullgren
OCCUPANT KINEMATICS DURING EMERGENCY BRAKING - An investigation with regard to the Out of Position issue for Passengers
M Kuempfbeck, D Oertel, K Pilatus
Session 6: Lower extremity
THE EFFECTS OF ANTIPERSONNEL BLAST MINES ON THE LOWER EXTREMITY
R M Harris, L V Griffin, R A Hayda, M S Rountree, R G Bryant, N D Rossiter, S J Mannion
QUASI STATIC ANKLE/FOOT COMPLEX BEHAVIOR: EXPERIMENTAL TESTS AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS
C Masson, D Cesari, F Basile, M Beaugonin, A Tramecon, J-C Allain, E Haug
BIOFIDELITY EVALUATION OF DYNAMIC AND STATIC RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THOR LX DUMMY LOWER EXTREMITY
R Rudd, J Crandall, J Butcher
AN IMPROVED LOWER LEG MULTIBODY MODEL
H J Cappon, A J van den Kroonenberg, R Happee, J S H M Wismans
LOWER EXTREMITY INJURY CAUSATION IN FRONTAL CRASHES
C Sherwood, B O Neill, S Hurwitz
Session 7: Poster presentations
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ADJUSTABLE PEDALS USAGE
C S Parenteau, W Shen, M Shah
Geometry acquisition of a car occupant anatomy
T Serre, F Basile, M Behr, F Durand, S Bidal, C Brunet
CRASH TESTS WITH OLD AND NEW VEHICLE MODELS DEMONSTRATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PASSIVE SAFETY - ARE THEY IN CORRELATION WITH THE PUBLISHED NATIONAL STATISTICS?
F A Berg, H Buerkle, P A Fay, R Sferco
THE NECK INJURY CRITERION (NIC) IN DUMMY TESTS: A MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION STUDY
A Eichberger, W Koerner, H Steffan
PRESENTATION ON THE ADVANTAGES OF SAFETY BELTS IN HEAVY TRUCKS, BASED ON ANALYSIS OF REAL LIFE ACCIDENTS AND THE RESULTS OF A CRASH TEST WITH A MERCEDES BENZ ACTROS 1853
F A Berg, W Niewoehner, F Schmidts, K Morschheuser
DYNA3D Modelling of Head Impact Injuries
M Willows, L Iannucci
Computer Simulation of Headrest Design Parameters and their Effect on Whiplash Injury Prevention
M M Panjabi, N Delson, J-L Wang