Title: The Influence of Seat-Back and Head-Restraint Properties on the Head-Neck Motion During Rear-Impact
Abstract: One type of production-car front-seat with a
head-restraint was tested in simulated low-velocity
rear-impacts using a Hybrid III-dummy fitted with a
modified neck (RID-neck). The seat was modified in
various ways to test the influence of different seat
properties on the head-neck motion during the
impact.
The results show that it is possible to influence
the head-neck kinematics to a great extent by
modifying the properties of the seat-back and the
head-restraint. It was possible to virtually eliminate
the neck extension motion during the rear-impact
and this will hopefully result in a significant
decrease of the neck injury risk in real world rearimpacts.
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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