Head and Neck Kinematics for Frontal, Oblique, and Lateral Crash Impact

摘要

High speed photographic coverage of the head and neck of a living human volunteer both for voluntary motion and for oblique and lateral impact was reduced and analysed. This analysis identifies a range of four-pivot mechanical linkages that can simulate the head and neck kinematics of this volunteer in response to frontal, as well as lateral and oblique impact. The kinematics of a linkage selected from this range is compared to the kinematics observed in the photography to evaluate the faith with which it reproduces the filmed data and the similarity to the calculated kinematic trajectories of the volunteer. (Author)