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A Study on Influence of the Impact Direction on the Neck Injury during Low Speed Rear Impacts

저속 추돌시 충돌방향에 따른 목상해 해석

  • Jo, Hui-Chang (Department of Automotive Engineering, Seoil College) ;
  • Kim, Young-Eun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dankook University)
  • Published : 2007.03.01
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Abstract

MADYMO human model with the detail neck was used to investigate the reaction force of neck and neck injury from rear impact directions. In the validation simulation, head acceleration, thorax acceleration and the global kinematics of the head and neck were correlated well with experimental data. Acceleration data from three 15 km/h low speed car rear impact pendulum tests(rear-end, offset, oblique) were used to simulate the model. In the simulation results, the reaction force on the facet joint and discs in the oblique rear impact were higher than rear-end, offset rear impacts. Further research is still needed in order to neck injury analysis about different crash parameters.

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