Facial fracture protection criteria for the Hybrid III load sensing face

I Planath; S Nilsson; D Cesari

doi:10.1016/0001-4575(91)90039-8

Facial fracture protection criteria for the Hybrid III load sensing face

Accid Anal Prev. 1991 Feb;23(1):95-103. doi: 10.1016/0001-4575(91)90039-8.

Authors

I Planath¹, S Nilsson, D Cesari

Affiliation

¹ Automotive Safety Center, PV 22 Volvo Car Corporation, Göteborg, Sweden.

PMID: 2021407
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(91)90039-8

Abstract

A method for establishing protection criteria for the Hybrid III load sensing face has been developed. Impactor PMTO (Post Mortem Test Object) tests described by Welbourne, Ramet, and Zabreski (1989) were repeated with a Hybrid III dummy equipped with the load sensing face. The probability function for PMTO nasal fracture based on energy was used as a basis to determine protection criteria for nasal fracture measured by the load sensing face.

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic*
Biomechanical Phenomena
Equipment Design
Facial Bones / injuries*
Fractures, Bone / diagnosis*
Fractures, Bone / etiology
Humans
Protective Devices*
Research
Stress, Mechanical