The effect of reclined seatback angles on the motion of booster-seated children during lateral-oblique low-acceleration impacts

V Graci, J Burns Iii, M Griffith, T Seacrist - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2023 - Elsevier
Belt-positioning boosters (BPB) may prevent submarining in novel seating configurations
such as seats with reclined seatbacks. However, several knowledge gaps in the motion of …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting child occupant crash injury severity in the United Arab Emirates using machine learning models for imbalanced dataset

MU Abdulazeez, W Khan, KA Abdullah - IATSS research, 2023 - Elsevier
Road traffic crashes have increased over the years leading to greater injury severity among
children who are mostly vehicle occupants in high-income countries. This adversely affects …

Occupant dynamics during crash avoidance maneuvers

MP Reed, SM Ebert, MH Jones, BD Park - 2021 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
A 12-participant test-track study in a sedan, a minivan, and a pickup assessed head
excursions across vehicles using two abrupt braking events, two lane changes, and turn-and …

Kinematics of inboard-leaning occupants in frontal impacts

JP Donlon, R Richardson, M Jayathirtha… - Traffic injury …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Up to one-half of drivers swerve before a crash, which may cause vehicle motions
that displace an occupant from a normal seated position. How these altered postures affect …

[PDF][PDF] Lateral movement of front seat passengers in everyday traffic

K Bohman, L Jakobsson, P Nurbo, A Olander… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - ircobi.org
With the objective to understand passengers' variation in lateral torso position relative seat
centreline in real-world traffic situations, this study contributes with front seat passenger …

Characterization of the motion of booster-seated children during simulated in-vehicle precrash maneuvers

V Graci, E Douglas, T Seacrist, J Kerrigan… - Traffic injury …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Precrash occupant motion may affect head and trunk position and restraint
performance in a subsequent crash, particularly for young children. Others have studied seat …

Age differences in occupant motion during simulated in-vehicle swerving maneuvers

V Graci, E Douglas, T Seacrist, J Kerrigan… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: With active safety and automated vehicle features becoming more available,
unanticipated pre-crash vehicle maneuvers, such as evasive swerving, may become more …

Biofidelic evaluation of the large omni-directional child anthropomorphic test device in low speed loading conditions

T Seacrist, J Maheshwari, V Graci, CM Holt, R Akkem… - 2020 - sae.org
Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death for children. Traditionally, restraint
design has focused on the crash phase of the impact with an optimally seated occupant. In …

[PDF][PDF] A crowd sourced study addressing the importance of shoulder belt position

L Jakobsson, K Bohman - developer.volvocars.com
Introduced already in 1959, the three-point safety belt is still the single most important
protection system in vehicles. Over the 60 years since, significant improvements have been …

[PDF][PDF] Entwicklung regionaler Validierungsexperimente mit Freiwilligen für aktive Finite-Elemente Menschmodelle

JA Mühlbauer - 2022 - edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de
6 Sagittale Bewegungsabfolge eines jungen (linke Spalte) und eines älteren (rechte Spalte)
freiwilligen Teilnehmers an der SENIORS-Studie infolge einer frontalen …