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## Objective: This paper presents dummy and cadaver experiments designed to investigate the injury potential of an out-of-position small female head and neck from a deploying side airbag. ## Methods: Seat-mounted, thoracic-type, side airbags were selected for this study to represent those currently available on selected luxury automobiles. a computer simulation program was used to identify the worst case loading position for the small female head and neck. once the initial position was identified, experiments were performed with the hybrid iii 5th percentile dummy and three small female cadavers, using three different inflators. ## Results: Peak head center of gravity (cg) accelerations for the dummy ranged from 71x g to 154 x g, and were greater than cadaver values, which ranged from 68 x g to 103 x g. peak neck tension as measured at the upper load cell of the dummy increased with inflator aggressivity from 992 to 1670n. a conservative modification of the us national highway traffic safety administration's (nhtsa's) n(ij) proposed neck injury criteria, which combines neck tension and bending, was used. all values were well below the 1.0 injury threshold for the dummy and suggeste

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Author

Stefan M. Duma; Jeff R. Crandall; Rodney W. Rudd; Richard W. Kent

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0001-4575)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)