%0 Journal Article %A Himmetoglu, Selcuk %A Acar, Memis %A Bouazza-Marouf, Kaddour %A Taylor, Andrew %D 2014 %T Car seat design to improve rear-impact protection %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Car_seat_design_to_improve_rear-impact_protection/9564362 %2 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/17196698 %K Car seat design %K Whiplash %K Rear impact %K Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified %K Mechanical Engineering %X This study presents car seat concepts which are designed to mitigate whiplash injuries through coordinated motion of seat components for a wide range of crash severities. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed car seat concepts, computational multibody models of a generic car seat and a biofidelic 50th-percentile male human model for rear impact are developed. A number of car seat concepts are shown to reduce the risk of whiplash injuries by utilizing head restraint support and energy-absorbing features, which remain reusable after impact. %I Loughborough University