posted on 2014-08-13, 13:26authored bySelcuk Himmetoglu, Memis Acar, Kaddour Bouazza-Marouf, Andrew Taylor
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.
History
School
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART D-JOURNAL OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING
Volume
225
Issue
D4
Pages
441 - 459 (19)
Citation
HIMMETOGLU, S. ... (et al.), 2011. Car seat design to improve rear-impact protection. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part D, Journal of Automobile Engineering, 225 (4), pp. 441-459.