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Parametric analysis of an anti-whiplash system composed of a seat suspension arrangement
Date
2015-03-01
Author
Ozdemir, Mustafa
İDER, SITKI KEMAL
Gökler, Mustafa İlhan
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Neck injuries frequently seen in low-speed rear-end collisions are referred to as whiplash injuries. Most of the proposed anti-whiplash systems in the literature rely on reducing the backset. A relatively new and promising alternative concept is a slideable seat. This study aimed to parametrically analyze an anti-whiplash vehicle seat that can slide backward against a horizontal suspension arrangement composed of a spring and a damper in response to a rear-end collision, and to investigate the effects of the suspension parameters on the injury risk. A simplified model of a slideable vehicle seat is developed, and simulations are conducted in LS-DYNA (R) environment using this slideable seat model and the commercially available finite element model of the BioRID II dummy. The maximum value of the Neck Injury Criterion (NICmax) is used as the measure of the injury risk. As a result, a strong linear inverse correlation is observed between NICmax and the maximum seat sliding distance, while the stiffness and damping coefficients of the suspension are varied. This result is also verified by obtaining the same NICmax value for the same maximum seat sliding distance (although the stiffness and damping coefficients are different). It is also shown that, for a given backset value as large as 60 mm, a slideable seat with the suspension parameters selected to yield a reasonable maximum seat sliding distance such as 100 mm significantly improves NICmax compared to a standard seat. As the maximum seat sliding distance is increased, the injury risk becomes smaller.
Subject Keywords
Whiplash
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Safety
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Neck injury
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Rear impact
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36654
Journal
JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-014-0192-5
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M. Ozdemir, S. K. İDER, and M. İ. Gökler, “Parametric analysis of an anti-whiplash system composed of a seat suspension arrangement,”
JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 777–784, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36654.