Motion Analysis of Occupants in Side Collisions

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Main author

Kalthoff, W., Becke, M., Castro, C.J.G.; Hein, H.; Gorny; L. Wagner H.; Castro, W.H.M.

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PDF

Publication type

Lecture

Publication year

2015

Publisher

24. EVU Conference, Edinburgh

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edinburg2015 08aIn addition to rear-end collisions injuries of the cervical spine are declaimed in frontal, side or oblique frontal collisions as well. In the case of a side collision it was previously assumed that occupants seated towards the impact have a higher risk of injury than those with an averted seating position. This paper is about side collisions and oblique frontal collisions, which were carried out at a very low delta v level until now. The specially developed experimental setup for the isolated side impact of the moving vehicle will be presented. According to recent findings the main result can be noted that, at low changes in velocity by no means the primary movement is the greatest, as previously assumed. Some of the movements in the secondary or even in the tertiary phase were larger than in the primary phase.

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