Development of an Injury Risk Function for the Anterior Pelvis Under Frontal Lap Belt Loading Conditions

Abstract Iliac wing fractures due to lap belt loading have been identified in laboratory tests for almost 50 years and an analysis of recent data suggests these injuries are also occurring in the field. With the introduction of highly autonomous vehicles on the horizon, vehicle manufacturers are exploring open cabin concepts that permit reclined postures and separation of the occupant from the knee bolster and instrument panel. This will result in greater reliance on the lap belt and lap belt/pelvis loading to restrain occupants. No injury criteria exist for iliac wing fractures resulting from lap belt loading like that seen in frontal crash conditions. This study tested the tolerance of isolated iliac wings in a controlled lap belt-like loading environment while incorporating the effect of loading angle after analyzing lap belt loading experiments from a previous study. Twenty-two iliac wings were tested; nineteen of them sustained fracture (exact), but the loading input was insufficient to cause fracture in the other three (right censored). The fracture tolerance of the tested specimens ranged widely (1463–8895 N) and averaged 4091 N (SD 2381 N). Injury risk functions were created by fitting Weibull survival models to data that integrated censored and exact failure observations..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

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Annals of biomedical engineering - 51(2023), 9 vom: 05. Juli, Seite 1942-1949

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Moreau, David [VerfasserIn]
Chernyavskiy, Pavel [VerfasserIn]
Sochor, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Gepner, Bronislaw [VerfasserIn]
Forman, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Östling, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Kerrigan, Jason R. [VerfasserIn]

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Biomechanics
Fracture tolerance
Frequentist statistics
Highly automated vehicles
PMHS testing
Survival analysis

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10.1007/s10439-023-03244-8

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OLC214489857X