Repositioning forward-leaning passengers by seatbelt pre-pretensioning

E Mishra, K Mroz, N Lubbe - Traffic injury prevention, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The study determined the seatbelt pre-pretensioner force needed and the time
required to reposition average male front-seat passengers from forward-leaning to upright …

The effect of changing the angle of the passenger car seat backrest on the head trajectories of the 50th percentile male dummy

D Frej - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The aim of the study is to compare the head displacement of the KPSIT C50 dummy during a
frontal collision at a speed of 20 km/h, along with the change in the angle of the car seat …

Investigating sources for variability in volunteer kinematics in a braking maneuver, a sensitivity analysis with an active human body model

E Larsson, J Iraeus, J Davidsson - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Occupant kinematics during evasive maneuvers, such as crash avoidance braking or
steering, varies within the population. Studies have tried to correlate the response to …

Response of small female and midsize male models with active musculature in pre-crash maneuvers and low-speed impacts

K Devane, H Chan, D Albert, A Kemper… - Traffic injury …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The objectives of this study were to evaluate computationally efficient small female
(54.1 kg, 149.9 cm) and midsize male (78.4 kg, 174.9 cm) models with active muscles using …

Implementation and calibration of active small female and average male human body models using low-speed frontal sled tests

K Devane, H Chan, D Albert, A Kemper… - Traffic injury …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The objective of this study was to implement active muscles in a computationally
efficient small female finite element model (54.1 kg, 149.9 cm) suitable for predicting …

Kinematic analysis of an unrestrained passenger in an autonomous vehicle during emergency braking

S Santos-Cuadros, Á Page del Pozo… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Analyzing human body movement is a critical aspect of biomechanical studies in road
safety. While most studies have traditionally focused on assessing the head-neck system …

Effects of automated emergency braking and seatbelt pre-pretensioning on occupant injury risks in high-severity frontal crashes

E Mishra, K Mroz, B Pipkorn, N Lubbe - Frontiers in future …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In high-severity crashes, occupant protection is challenging. Automated Emergency Braking
(AEB) and seatbelt pre-pretensioning (PPT) are means to improve occupant protection; the …

Assessment of acclimation of 5th percentile female and 50th percentile male volunteer kinematics in low-speed frontal and frontal-oblique sled tests

H Chan, DL Albert, FS Gayzik… - SAE International journal of …, 2021 - safetylit.org
In order to accurately represent the response of live occupants during pre-crash events and
frontal crashes, computational human body models (HBMs) that incorporate active …

[PDF][PDF] Occupant kinematics of braced 5th percentile female and 50th percentile male volunteers in low-speed frontal and frontal-oblique sled tests

H Chan, DL Albert, FS Gayzik, AR Kemper - Porto, Portugal: International …, 2022 - ircobi.org
Pre-crash braking and low-severity frontal crash events occur at low speeds and over long
durations, giving occupants e Page 1 Abstract Pre-crash braking and low-severity frontal crash …

[PDF][PDF] Passenger kinematics variance in different vehicle manoeuvres–biomechanical response corridors based on principal component analysis

E Larsson, G Ghaffari, J Iraeus… - … Research Council on the …, 2022 - ircobi.org
This study explores the influence of occupant characteristics and belt type on occupant
kinematics in evasive manoeuvres and provides models for construction of response …