International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury

2020 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings

planned to be held in Munich (Germany), but postponed to 2021 (due to corona pandemic)

International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury


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These proceedings were reviewed and approved for publication in conjunction with the 2020 IRCOBI Europe conference. The conference was not held in person, due to concerns related to the corona pandemic, but the proceedings are the official record of the conference

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Session S1 – Accident Analysis Injury Epidemiology
IRC-20-10 Analysis of the Effect of Different Helmet Types and Conditions in Two Real-world Accident Scenarios with a Human Body Model
Desiree Kofler, Ernst Tomasch, Peter Spitzer, Corina Klug
IRC-20-11 Impact of the New Diagnostic Dictionary (AIS 2015) for Traffic Accident Research
Thomas Unger, Henrik Liers, Roxana Schuster, Christian Kleber
IRC-20-12 Knee injuries in pedestrians and cyclists resulting from impacts with passenger cars – Frequency and associated factors based on Swiss insurance claims data
David Bützer, Stefan Lang, Kai-Uwe Schmitt, Bettina Zahnd, Corina Klug
IRC-20-13 Female vs. Male Relative Fatality Risk in Fatal Crashes
Mitchell Z. Abrams, Cameron R. Bass
IRC-20-14 Developments in car crash safety since the 1980s
Anders Kullgren, Helena Stigson, Amanda Axelsson
IRC-20-15 Effectiveness of rear underrun protection devices in trucks for reducing passenger car fatalities and serious injuries in India
Rohan Govardhan, Vishal Waykar, Muddassar Patel, Ravishankar Rajaraman, Jeya Padmanaban
IRC-20-16 Short communication: The Effect of Delta-V on Traumatic Brain Injury sustained by Vehicle Occupants in Great Britain
Claire E. Baker, Phil S. Martin, Mark Wilson, Mazdak Ghajari, David J. Sharp
Session S2 – Computer simulations/HBM
IRC-20-17 Validation of the CAVEMAN Human Body Model Lumbar Spine Response to Vertical Accelerative Loading and the Effect of Spine Curvature on Skeletal Fracture
Kent D. Butz, Chad M. Spurlock, Kevin Lister
IRC-20-18 The Effect of Varying Enclosed Area and Age-Adjusted Cortical Bone Properties on the Structural Response of the Rib: A Simulation Study
Kevin M. Fleischmann, Fang-Chi Hsu, Jazmine R. Aira, F. Scott Gayzik
IRC-20-19 Key Injury Regions for Passenger Car Drivers in Frontal Crashes: A Comparison of Results from IGLAD and Finite Element Simulations using a Human Body Model
Felix Ressi, Desiree Kofler, Wolfgang Sinz, Ernst Tomasch, Corina Klug
IRC-20-20 Sensitivity of Human Body Model Response Relative to the Lumbar Spine and Pelvic Tissue Formulation
B.D. Gepner, J. Toczyski, K. Rawska, D. Moreau, J.R. Kerrigan
IRC-20-21 Investigation of Proximal Femoral Loads under Low Energy Impact Falls using Human Body Models
Özgür Cebeci, S. Checa
IRC-20-22 Short communication: Crash Pulse Prediction for Scenario-based Vehicle Crash FE-Simulations
Julian Hay, Jörg Fehr, Lars Schories
IRC-20-23 Short communication: Comparison of Chest Responses between THOR 50th Percentile Dummy and THUMS AM50 Version 4 in Frontal Oblique Impact with Inflatable Seatbelt
Mitsuaki Goto, Yuichi Kitagawa, Matthias Schießler, Andre Eggers
IRC-20-24 Short communication: Distribution of Anterior Iliac Wings Geometries in the Population and Comparison to Finite Element Human Body Models
Julia Muehlbauer, Nikolas Pfeiffer, Miriam Puschnig, Sylvia Schick, Eric Bayerschen, Steffen Peldschus
IRC-20-25 Short communication: Integration of the Open-Source Extended Hill-type Muscle Material into THUMSv5
Oleksandr V. Martynenko, Lennart V. Nölle, Syn Schmitt
IRC-20-26 Short communication: Evaluation of Initial Volunteer Test Conditions in Locally Focused Validation Experiments for Active Human Body Models
Julia Muehlbauer, María González-García, Lea Siebler, Sylvia Schick, Steffen Peldschus
IRC-20-27 Short communication: Simulation of Pedestrian Kinematics before Impact with a Vehicle using an Active Pedestrian Human Body Model
Patrick Lerge, Syn Schmitt, Oleksandr V. Martynenko
IRC-20-28 Short communication: Initial Validation of a Human Body Model Lumbar Spine using Dynamic Compression
Dustin Draper, Alok Shah, Steffen Peldschus, Brian D. Stemper
IRC-20-29 Short communication: Sensitivity of Local Male and Female Ankle Geometries on Soft Tissue Injury Prediction Metrics in Morphed Finite Element Models
Carolyn W. Roberts, Jason R. Kerrigan, Jason L. Forman, Bengt Pipkorn
IRC-20-30 Short communication: Incorporating Hierarchical Soft-Tissue Failure in Whole Body Finite Element Models
Rajarshi Roy, Chad M. Spurlock, Kent D. Butz, Kevin Lister
IRC-20-31 Short communication: Neck Response of Young and Aged Small Stature Female Human Body Models in Rear Impact
M. A. Corrales, Duane S. Cronin
IRC-20-32 Short communication: On the Influence of the Morphological Variabilities of the Head on its Biomechanical Response: a Numerical Approach based on a Geometrical Parameterised Finite Element Model
Pierre-Marc François, Philippe Decq, Baptiste Sandoz, Sébastien Laporte
IRC-20-33 Short communication: The Role Of Acceleration Pulses On Thoracolumbar Spinal Disc Forces From Vertical Impact To The Pelvis
John Humm, Prashant Khandelwal and Narayan Yoganandan
IRC-20-34 Short communication: Comparison of Spinal Cord Impact Response with a Cerebrospinal Fluid Layer Using Three Numerical Formulations
Aleksander L. Rycman, Stewart D. McLachlin, Duane S. Cronin
IRC-20-35 Short communication: The Influence of Neck Posture on Cervical Spine Response During Head-First Impact Using a Human Body Model
M. Darweesh, M. A. Corrales, Peter A. Cripton, and Duane S. Cronin
IRC-20-36 Short communication: Quantification of Upper Cervical Spine Motion Sensitivity to Ligament Laxity Using a Finite Element Human Body Model for Occupant Safety
Prasannaah Hadagali, Duane S. Cronin
Session S3 – Vulnerable Road Users
IRC-20-37 Extracting Quantitative Descriptions of Pedestrian Pre-crash Postures from Real-world Accident Videos
Martin Schachner, Bernd Schneider, Wolfgang Sinz, Corina Klug
IRC-20-38 Evaluation of a Novel Passive Safety Concept for Motorcycles with Combined Multi-Body and Finite Element Simulations
Steffen Maier, Laurent Doléac, Holger Hertneck, Sebastian Stahlschmidt, Jörg Fehr
IRC-20-39 Enhanced Bus Front End Geometries for Improved Pedestrian Crashworthiness
Phil S. Martin, Jack A. Radcliffe, Muhammad Qasim, Ianto J. Guy
IRC-20-40 Pedestrian Injuries and Vehicles-related Risk Factors in Car-to-pedestrian Frontal Collisions
Jacques Saadé, Sophie Cuny, Maxime Labrousse, Eric Song, Cyril Chauvel, Philippe Chrétien
IRC-20-41 Head Injury Risks and Countermeasures for a Bicyclist Impacted by a Passenger Vehicle
Bengt Pipkorn, Victor Alvarez, Madelen Fahlstedt, Linus Lundin
IRC-20-42 Head Injuries from the Vulnerable Road User Injury Prevention Alliance (VIPA): Effect of Vehicle Type on Head Contact Location
Stewart C. Wang, Edward Brown, Kristen Cunningham, Steven R. Horbal, Anne Rammelkamp, Robert Kaufman, Edward H. Trager, Carla Kohoyda-Inglis, Sven Holcombe, Anja Schneider, Franz Roth, Jeffrey Joyner, Becky Mueller, Nick Ables, Timothy Keon
IRC-20-43 Short communication: Effect of Neck Position in Sagittal Plane Isometric Strength of Paediatric and Adult Female Subjects
Yadetsie N. Zaragoza-Rivera, John H. Bolte IV, Laura C. Boucher
IRC-20-44 Short communication: Limitations of the Standard Test Procedure for Assessing the Protection of Motorcyclist Airbag Jackets in a Realistic Impact Scenario
Raúl Aranda-Marco, Wei Wei, Thierry Serre, Pablo Sánchez , Enric Soriano, Steffen Peldschus
IRC-20-45 Short communication: Fit and Positioning of Bicycle Helmets for Children
Tom Whyte, Peter Cripton, Lynne Bilston, Julie Brown
IRC-20-46 Short communication: A Physical Test Method to Evaluate Pelvis Protection for Motorcyclists
Tom Whyte, Viviana Koudounas, Simone Xausa, Alessandro Cernicchi, Nick Kent, Julie Brown
IRC-20-47 Short communication: A Numerical Study on Pedestrian and Wheelchair User Safety in VRU-Vehicle Collisions
Niclas Trube, Patrick Matt, Matthias Boljen
IRC-20-48 Short communication: Safety Analysis of Children Transported by Bicycles in Urban Accident Situations
Johannes Wilhelm, Mariusz Ptak, Marek Sawicki, Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa, Fábio A. O. Fernandes
Session S4 – Integrated Safety/ Driver behavior/ Vehicle Technology
IRC-20-49 The Effect of Autonomous Emergency Braking Systems on Head Impact Conditions for Pedestrian and Cyclists in Passenger Car Collisions
Christoph Leo, Michael Gruber, Florian Feist, Wolfgang Sinz, Franz Roth, Corina Klug
IRC-20-50 Evaluation of Kinematics and Restraint Interaction when Repositioning a Driver from a Reclined to an Upright Position Prior to Frontal Impact using Active Human Body Model Simulations
Jonas Östh, Katarina Bohman, Lotta Jakobsson
IRC-20-51 Occupant Safety in Highly Automated Vehicles – Challenges of Rotating Seats in Future Crash Scenarios
Julian Becker, Gian Antonio D’Addetta, Maja Wolkenstein, Freerk Bosma, Ruud Verhoeve, Swen Schaub, Michael Sprenger, Michael Hamacher
IRC-20-52 Extraction of Pressure Features for Predicting Driver Posture
Mingming Zhao, Georges Beurier, Hongyan Wang, Xuguang Wang
IRC-20-53 Lateral Movement of Front Seat Passengers in Everyday Traffic
Katarina Bohman, Lotta Jakobsson, Pernilla Nurbo, Anna Olander, Agnes Andersson
IRC-20-54 Short communication: Effects of non-conventional driving posture on the passive safety of autonomous vehicles. A numerical study using the THUMS human model
F. Germanetti, D. Fiumarella, F. Cappellino, R. Puppini, G. Belingardi, A. Scattina
IRC-20-55 Short communication: Closing the Gap between Sled and In‐Vehicle Volunteer Head‐Neck Kinematics under Moderate Lateral Accelerations
María González‐García, Jens Weber, Takahiko Sugiyama, Steffen Peldschus, Baptiste Sandoz
Session S5 – Restraint systems
IRC-20-56 Assessment of future occupant restraint principles in autonomous vehicles
Peter Luttenberger, Florian Feist, Desiree Kofler, Wolfgang Sinz, Gian Antonio D’Addetta, Heiko Freienstein, Maja Wolkenstein
IRC-20-57 Identification of influential factors for seatbelt kinematics in a collision and analysis of their influence degree to the kinematics
Tomohiro Izumiyama, Norihiro Nishida, Hideyuki Iwanaga, Xian Chen, Junji Ohgi, Ryusuke Asahi, Shigeru Sugimoto, Masanobu Fukushima
IRC-20-58 Effect of Seat and Seat Belt characteristics on the Lumbar Spine and Pelvis Loading of the SAFER Human Body Model in reclined Postures
Krystoffer Mroz, Martin Östling, Rachel Richardson, Jason Kerrigan, Jason Forman, Bronislaw Gepner, Nils Lubbe, Bengt Pipkorn
IRC-20-59 Investigation of Different Methods of Improving the Assessment of Booster Seats in Light of Dummy and Sensor Capabilities
Costandinos Visvikis, Christoph Thurn, Thomas Müller
IRC-20-60 Pelvis Kinematics and Injuries of Reclined Occupants in Frontal Impacts
Rachel Richardson, M. Jayathirtha, J.P. Donlon, Jason L. Forman, Bronislaw Gepner, Martin Ostling, Krystoffer Mroz, Bengt Pipkorn, Jason R. Kerrigan
IRC-20-61 Adjusting for the Effect of Shoulder Belt Placement on Hybrid III Sternum Deflection
Matthew L. Brumbelow
IRC-20-62 Short communication: Crash Performance of Type-G Forward-facing Child Restraints for Older Children
Elizabeth Mills, Tom Whyte, Nicholas Kent, Julie Brown, Lynne Bilston
Session S6 – Head injury/Brain/Helmets
IRC-20-63 Comparison of Head Injury Criteria Based on Real-World Accident Simulations under Visual Performance Solution (VPS)
Debasis Sahoo, François Coulongeat, Franz Fuerst and Giacomo Marini
IRC-20-64 Investigating the Mechanical and Structural Properties of the Superior Sagittal Sinus
Darragh R. Walsh, Aisling M. Ross, David T. Newport, John J. E. Mulvihill
IRC-20-65 Effect of Angular Acceleration on Brain Injury Metric
Rohit Kelkar, Vikas Hasija and Erik G. Takhounts
IRC-20-66 Using a Strain-Based Computational Approach for Ice Hockey Helmet Performance Evaluation
Yanir Levy, Marco B. Gallone, Kewei Bian, Kierra McDougall, Ryan Ouckama, Haojie Mao
IRC-20-67 Helmet Effectiveness in Reducing Serious/Fatal Injuries to Motorised Two-Wheeler Riders in India
Aravinthkumar Jayaraman, Jeya Padmanaban, Jaykumar Kakadiya, Ravishankar Rajaraman, Muddassar Patel, Ahamedali M. Hassan
IRC-20-68 Short communication: Behavioural Changes Associated with Repeated Subconcussive Head Impact Exposures in Rats: Preliminary Evidence of a Second Mechanism for Concussion
Brian D. Stemper, Aok S. Shah, Rachel Chiariello, Cassandra McCarthy, Matthew D. Budde, Christopher Olsen, Michael McCrea
IRC-20-69 Short communication: High-fidelity finite element modelling of brain angioarchitecture for a rat model of traumatic brain injury
Siamak F. Khosroshahi, Xianzhen Yin, Cornelius K. Donat, Magdalena Sastre, David Sharp, M. Ghajari
IRC-20-70 Short communication: Improvements for Simulating Cerebral Edema and Delayed Fatality after Traumatic Brain Injury using Triphasic Swelling Biomechanics
Andrew V. Basilio, Leanne Pichay, Peng Xu, Yukou Takahashi, Toshiyuki Yanaoka, Hisaki Sugaya, Gerard A. Ateshian, Barclay Morrison III
IRC-20-71 Short communication: Microstructural analysis of human bridging veins
Markos Kapeliotis, Rebeca Alejandra Gavrila Laic, Alvaro Jorge Peñas, Jos Vander Sloten, Pieter Vanden Berghe, Nele Famaey, Bart Depreitere
IRC-20-72 Short communication: MIPS Reduces Headform Kinematics Across a Range of Impact Speeds
Stephanie J. Bonin, Alyssa L. DeMarco, Gunter P. Siegmund
IRC-20-73 Short communication: Traumatic Brain Injury: Translating Head Kinematics Results between Pig and Human
Marzieh Hajiaghamemar, Susan S. Margulies
IRC-20-74 Short communication: Traumatic Brain Injury Risk Functions Estimated Using Human and Non-Human Primate Data
Taotao Wu, Fusako Sato, Jacobo Antona-Makoshi, J. Sebastian Giudice, Ahmed Alshareef, Masayuki Yaguchi, Mitsutoshi Masuda, Matthew B. Panzer
Session S7 – ATD biofidelity and design
IRC-20-75 Responses of HIII, THOR and SAFER-HBM occupant models in rearward-facing seat configuration for high severity frontal impact
Anurag Soni, Stefan Schilling, Jan Faust and Burkhard Eickhoff
IRC-20-76 Biofidelity Improvement of Advanced Pedestrian Legform Impactor in Rebound Phase
Atsuhiro Konosu, Takahiro Isshiki, Jacobo Antona-Makoshi, Yu-ki Higuchi, Derek Winter, Yukou Takahashi
IRC-20-77 Investigation of the Biofidelity of the MIL-Lx Foot
Julia de Lange, Cheryl E. Quenneville
IRC-20-78 A Comparison of Two Versions of the Biofidelity Ranking System (BioRank): Implications on THOR-50M and THOR-05F Biofidelity Evaluations
Devon L. Albert
IRC-20-79 Can front crash rating programs using Hybrid III predict real-world thoracic injuries?
Matthew L. Brumbelow
IRC-20-80 Development of a Hand and Forearm Impact Test Method and a Study on Influencing Factors
Magnus Björklund, Joakim Risberg, Oscar Laudon, Lotta Jakobsson
IRC-20-81 Short communication: Quantification of Loading to the Upper Limb Behind a Ballistic Shield Using a Novel Modified ATD Arm
Noah D. Steinmann, Julia E. de Lange, Cheryl E. Quenneville
Session S8 – Injury mechanisms/criteria, Tissue mechanics
IRC-20-82 Acoustic Detection of Blunt-Induced Cavitation in the Head
Christopher P. Eckersley, Joost Op ‘t Eynde, Mitchell Z. Abrams, Allen W. Yu, Mucong Li, Junjie Yao, Cameron R. Bass
IRC-20-83 Ear Overpressure Protection using an Ear Canal
Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Aris Makris
IRC-20-84 Preliminary Methods for Modeling Stress-Strain Curves of Human Ribs from Structural Dynamic Bending Tests
Molly Tillis, Scott Stuckey, Akshara Sreedhar, Jason Stammen, Kevin Moorhouse, Amanda Agnew, Yun-Seok Kang
IRC-20-85 A Hierarchical Exploration of Rib Strain in Dynamic Frontal Thoracic Impacts
Akshara Sreedhar, Yun-Seok Kang, John H. Bolte IV, Michelle M. Murach, Jason Stammen, Kevin Moorhouse, Rakshit Ramachandra, Amanda M. Agnew
IRC-20-86 Building a Whole Spine from Segments: Lumbar Spine Response during Dynamic Compression
Maria A. Ortiz-Paparoni, Michaela Pigue, Cameron R. ‘Dale’ Bass
IRC-20-87 Viscoelastic Structural Properties of Human Ribs in a Simulated Frontal Impact
Yun-Seok Kang, Kevin Moorhouse, John H. Bolte IV, Jason Stammen, Amanda M. Agnew
IRC-20-88 Characteristics of Vulnerable Occupants Predicted by Rib Structural Properties
Amanda M. Agnew, Matthew Wascher, Akshara Sreedhar, John H. Bolte IV, Jason Stammen, Kevin Moorhouse, Yun-Seok Kang
IRC-20-89 Short communication: Defining Injury Criteria for the Muscle-Tendon-Unit
Lennart V. Nölle, Syn Schmitt, Oleksandr V. Martynenko
IRC-20-90 Short communication: Determination of High-Rate Material Properties for Porcine Thoracic Soft Tissues using Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar
Alok S. Shah, Jared Koser, Lance Frazer, Daniel P. Nicolella, Frank A. Pintar, Narayan Yoganandan, Barry S. Shender, Timothy B. Bentley, and Brian D. Stemper
IRC-20-91 Short communication: Revealing Interactions of Load Magnitude, Frequency and Exposure Time in Intervertebral Disc Microtrauma Accumulation
Laura Baumgartner, Miguel A González Ballester, Jérôme Noailly
IRC-20-92 Short communication: Characterization of Strain Mode in Human Ribs Subjected to Anterior-Posterior Loading
Angela L. Harden, Yun-Seok Kang, Jason Stammen, Kevin Moorhouse, Amanda M. Agnew
IRC-20-93 Short communication: On the Ability of Morphometric Indices of Skull Diploë to Explain Variation in Bone Fracture Force and Fracture Strain in Four-Point Bending: A Preliminary Step Toward A Simulant Fracture Model
Kevin Adanty, Olivia Tronchin, Kapil B. Bhagavathula, Karyne N. Rabey, Michael R. Doschak, Daniel Romanyk, James D. Hogan, Simon Ouellet, Thomas A. Plaisted, Sikhanda S. Satapathy, Christopher R. Dennison
IRC-20-94 Short communication: A Method for Defining Failure Tolerance of the Lumbar Spine in Combined Loading
Sophia K. Tushak, Rachel E. Richardson, Bengt Pipkorn, Jason J. Hallman, Bronislaw D. Gepner, Jason L. Forman, Jason R. Kerrigan
Session S9 – Blast injuries
IRC-20-95 Short communication: Isolated Standing Mil-LX to Assess Injury Risk for Standing Occupants in Under Belly Mine/IED Injury Risk Assessment Tests
Tim Westerhof, Tarik Hartuç, Dominik Soyka, Mat Philippens
IRC-20-96 Short communication: A Quick Running Model of the Spine for High Rate Axial Loading
Lucas Low, Robert Salzar, Dustin Draper, Steffen Peldschus, Nicolas Newell, Spyros Masouros
IRC-20-97 Short communication: Influence of Pelvis Acceleration on Spinal Fracture in High-Rate Vertical Loading
David R. Barnes, Kathryn L. Loftis, Kyle A. Ott, Constantine K. Demetropoulos
Session S10 – Sport injuries
IRC-20-98 The Effect of Neck Stiffness on the Response of a Surrogate Head due to Blunt Trauma in Judo
Jon Farmer, Séan Mitchell, Paul Sherratt and Yusuke Miyazaki
IRC-20-99 Understanding the Effects of Baseball Stiffness, Impact Location and Impact Velocity on the Risk of Commotio Cordis for Improved Protection
Kewei Bian, Jianan Bai and Haojie Mao
IRC-20-100 Using In-Mouth Sensors to Measure Head Kinematics in Rugby
Emily E. Kieffer, Chase Vaillancourt, P. Gunnar Brolinson, and Steven Rowson
IRC-20-101 Short communication: Combining Qualitative Video Analysis with In-Vivo Head Kinematics in Collegiate-Level American Football
Gregory Tierney, Calvin Kuo, Lyndia Wu, Dan Weaving, David Camarillo
IRC-20-102 Short communication: Analysis of Head Acceleration Events in Elite Rugby League Players Using an Instrumented Mouthguard and Video Analysis Approach
James Tooby, Dan Weaving, Gregory Tierney
IRC-20-103 Short communication: Neuroimaging and Finite Element Modelling – an Investigation of American Football Head Impact Biomechanics and Relationship with CTE Pathology
Karl Zimmerman, Joo Kyung Kim, Clara Karton, Thomas Hoshizaki, David Sharp, Mazdak Ghajari
IRC-20-104 Short communication: A Three-Dimensional Video-Based Methodology for Analysing In-Game Helmet-to-Ground Impacts in North American Youth Football: A Preliminary Investigation.
Danielle L. Gyemi, Erik Lovis, David M. Andrews, Ron Jadischke
IRC-20-105 Short communication: Engineering Characteristics of Athlete Head Impacts that Cause “Obvious Performance Decrement” (OPD)
Adam Bartsch, Dan Hedin, Alok Shah, Mike McCrea, Brian Stemper
IRC-20-106 Short communication: Head Impact Sensor Attachment and Data Transformation in a Youth Female Soccer Heading Drill
Declan A. Patton, Colin M. Huber, Kristy B. Arbogast

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