Title :
Head injury reduction with roll bar padding
Author :
Khadilkar, Anil ; Sances, Anthony, Jr. ; Herbst, Brian ; Forrest, Steve ; Meyer, Steve
Author_Institution :
Biodynamics Eng., Pacific Palisades, CA, USA
Abstract :
Potential injury mitigation of padding on vehicular roll bars was evaluated. After market and metal air gap padding markedly reduced the head injury criterion (HIC) angular acceleration and angular velocity compared to the stock foam roll bar padding
Keywords :
accidents; automobiles; biomechanics; car accidents; head injury criterion angular acceleration; head injury reduction; metal air gap padding; roll bar padding; stock foam roll bar padding; vehicular roll bars; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Angular velocity; Bars; Biomechanics; Brain injuries; Road vehicles; Sensor arrays; US Department of Transportation; Vehicle safety;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802582
