Accession Number:

ADA002971

Title:

Measurement of Human Head Resultant Acceleration during Impact.

Descriptive Note:

Phase rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER WARMINSTER PA CREW SYSTEMS DEPT

Personal Author(s):

• O'Rourke,Joseph

Report Date:

1974-11-12

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

The report describes a method for measuring the resultant acceleration at the center of mass of a human subjects head during a simulated crash. An equation is derived giving the resultant acceleration as a simple function of four accelerations measured at points outside the head. Two experiments are described which show that the equation is valid and yields accurate results under test conditions. It is also shown that the calculation of resultant acceleration is not unduly sensitive to small errors in the center of mass location.

Descriptors:

• *HEAD(ANATOMY)
• *IMPACT ACCELERATION
• SIMULATION
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• HUMANS
• MASS
• STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY)
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• EQUATIONS
• CRASHES

Subject Categories:

• Stress Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE