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Human Impact Response

Measurement and Simulation

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  • © 1973

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Editors:
  1. William F. King

    1. General Motors Research Laboratories, USA

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  2. Harold J. Mertz

    1. General Motors Research Laboratories, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The State of the Art

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Trauma Evaluation Needs

      • J. D. States
      Pages 3-16

    3. Comparison of Dynamic Response of Humans and Test Devices (Dummies)

      • L. M. Patrick
      Pages 17-34

    4. The Repeatability of Dummy Performance

      • H. T. McAdams
      Pages 35-67

    5. Dummy Performance in Crash Simulations Environments

      • A. M. Thomas
      Pages 69-82

  3. Impact Response and Appraisal Criteria Head and Thorax I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Biomechanical Aspects of Head Injury

      • J. H. McElhaney, R. L. Stalnaker, V. L. Roberts
      Pages 85-112

    3. Head Model for Impact Tolerance

      • V. R. Hodgson
      Pages 113-128

    4. A Basis for Crash Dummy Skull and Head Geometry

      • R. P. Hubbard, D. G. McLeod
      Pages 129-152

    5. An Anatomical Skull for Impact Testing

      • D. G. McLeod, C. W. Gadd
      Pages 153-163

    6. Analysis of a Slanted-Rib Model of the Human Thorax

      • K. Foster
      Pages 165-177

  4. Impact Response and Appraisal Criteria Thorax II and Neck

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. Human Torso Response to Blunt Trauma

      • R. L. Stalnaker, J. H. McElhaney, V. L. Roberts, M. L. Trollope
      Pages 181-199

    3. Impact Response of the Human Thorax

      • T. E. Lobdell, C. K. Kroell, D. C. Schneider, W. E. Hering, A. M. Nahum
      Pages 201-245

    4. Evaluation of Dummy Neck Performance

      • J. W. Melvin, J. H. McElhaney, V. L. Roberts
      Pages 247-261

    5. Performance Requirements and Characteristics of Mechanical Necks

      • H. J. Mertz, R. F. Neathery, C. C. Culver
      Pages 263-288

    6. Progress in the Mechanical Simulation of Human Head-Neck Response

      • M. P. Haffner, G. B. Cohen
      Pages 289-320

    7. Preliminary Discussion of an Approach to Modeling Living Human Head and Neck to −Gx Impact Acceleration

      • E. B. Becker
      Pages 321-329

  5. Mobility and Kinematics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 331-331
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Editors and Affiliations

  • General Motors Research Laboratories, USA

    William F. King, Harold J. Mertz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Impact Response

  • Book Subtitle: Measurement and Simulation

  • Editors: William F. King, Harold J. Mertz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1502-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-1504-0Published: 05 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-1502-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 406

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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