Whiplash injuries as a result of rear impact are among the most common injuries in
traffic accidents. This is why whiplash injuries have reached a high priority in the
research area. In this study, the effects of head restraint position and impact pulse to
the whiplash injury have been analyzed by performing whiplash tests using the sled
test facility of METU-BILTIR Center Vehicle Safety Unit. Although there are many
whiplash test protocols, the test sample has been prepared according to the most
recent one, Euro NCAP Whiplash Test Protocol. Three different head restraint
positions and three different impact pulses with different severities, totally nine tests
have been performed. The tests are performed with a three point generic seat belt and
an instrumented Hybrid III 50th percentile male adult crash test dummy is used as
the occupant in driver seat of a light commercial vehicle. High speed cameras,
sensors on the crash test dummy and a data acquisition system are used to take the
test data. This test data has been analyzed and presented according to the defined
whiplash assessment criteria and the performance scores of the particular seat for
each test have been determined using the whiplash assessment criteria values
according to the Euro NCAP Test Protocols.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12610973/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2009 |
| Creators | Gocmen, Ulas |
| Contributors | Gokler, Mustafa Ilhan |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for METU campus |
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