Publication

Evaluation of Hybrid III Thoracic Injury Criteria in Impacts with a Simulated Truck Steering Wheel - Suggestions for Modifications in Instrumentation and Reference Values

Unbelted drivers of heavy commercial vehicles are likely to suffer chest injuries from steering wheel rim contact in frontal impacts. The aim of the present study was to investigate to what extent the current regulatory dummy, the Hybrid III, is capable of assessing the chest deflection in this load case. A Finite Element model of the dummy and its default sensors were evaluated together with chest injury criteria. The THUMS was used as a reference representing the human body. Suggestions on instrumentation and correction factors for injury criteria are proposed for use with the Hybrid III.

Author(s)
Kristian Holmqvist, Mats Y. Svensson, Johan Davidsson, Stefan Thorn
Research area
Systems for Accident Prevention and AD
Publication type
Conference paper
Published in
Proceedings of the "2009 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact", September 2009, York
Project
Heavy Vehicle Biomechanics
Year of publication
2009