Crashworthiness enhancement of a composite intensive, multimaterial fullyelectric urban car

Holtz, Johannes; Eguia, I.; Pedersen, Mikkel Steen; Molinero, R.; Tress, M.; Torres, Rosângela Pavan; Finez, J.

doi:10.1049/cp.2016.0978

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“…Recent decades have seen a significant increase in the number of frontal car accidents and resulting injuries. As such, manufacturers seek to incorporate a wide range of safety features into their cars to enhance passenger safety, including side and rear airbags, energy-absorbing steering columns, and side-door impact beams, among others [1].…”

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Accidental Injuries Caused by Automotive Frontal Collision

Luján

Silva

Oliveira

et al. 2021

Lat. Am. j. solids struct.

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This study aimed to use a simulated vehicle to asses quantitatively the head and neck injuries of the occupants, in a frontal car crash, when the driver has only one hand on the steering wheel, such as while using a cell phone when driving. First, we conducted a survey of NHTSA reports on real laboratory tests of frontal collisions involving sedans. The effects of these collisions on the neck of a Hybrid III 50 th percentile male crash test dummy were measured in terms of average head acceleration and force along the X, Z, and Y-axes. These acceleration, force and torque values obtained from the NHTSA database were used to validate the simulated model. The results obtained were compared with case E, the standard dummy position used in frontal collision tests. The results obtained in the simulation of the four cases of driving with only one hand demonstrate a probability of more than 67% that the driver will sustain AIS+2 injuries during a frontal crash. In all the cases, the skull fracture percentage was the most representative, occurring between 89 and 94% of cases where the driver had only one hand on the steering wheel.

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