Technical Sessions

Dr. Prof. Koshiro Ono, Japan Automobile Research Institue, Japan
Dr. Susumu Ejima, Japan Automobile Research Institute , Japan
Mr. Kunio Yamazaki, Japan Automobile Research Institute , Japan
Ms. Fusako Sato, Japan Automobile Research Institute , Japan
Dr. Jonas Pramudita, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr., MD. Koji Kaneoka, Waseda University, Japan
Dr., Prof. Sadayuki Ujihashi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Injury evaluation parameters were set using a human finite element model based on live volunteer and cadaver experiments, reinforced with data from 20 accidents. It is found that the displacements between the cervical vertebrae can cause neck injuries/persistent symptoms, and 2D strains of the inter-vertebral bodies as injury criteria are defined. The thresholds where WAD2+ injuries occur by making risk curves with NIC and the neck forces, and lead to a proposed neck injury evaluation method. The result is primarily concerned and focused with being a primary candidate for an injury evaluation method that would be scrutinized by WP29/GRSP/HR GTR, where the assessment and examination of minor neck injury reduction seats are deliberated in the world.

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Session: Injury Mechanism, Injury Reduction