EXPERIMENTAL DATA FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FINITE ELEMENT MODELS: HEAD THORACO-ABDOMEN PELVIS. VOLUME III, PELVIS

Validation of biomechanical computer models of impact biodynamics cannot be accomplished without desccriptive experimental data. The research program, therefore, involved data gathering on the kinematics and damage response of three human cadaver subsystems: the head, the thoraco-abdomen, and the pelvis. Fourteen unembalmed human cadavers were utilized in 68 dynamic impact tests. The research program entailed 14 head impacts (6 subjects), 41 thoraco-abdominal impacts (11 subjects), and 13 pelvis impacts (10 subjects). In addition, the thoraco-abdominal tests were supplemented with static three-point tests conducted on rib specimens from 5 of the dynamically tested cadavers.