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Determination of Effective Thoracic Mass

Author(s) -

Jeffrey H. Marcus

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

shock and vibration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1875-9203

pISSN - 1070-9622

DOI - 10.1155/1996/785286

Subject(s) - cadaveric spasm , acceleration , crash , mass distribution , crash test , thoracic trauma , structural engineering , computer science , engineering , physics , surgery , medicine , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , galaxy , programming language , blunt

Effective thoracic mass is an important parameter in specifying mathematical and mechanical models (such as crash dummies) of humans exposed to impact conditions. A method is developed using a numerical optimizer to determine effective thoracic mass (and mass distribution) given a number of acceleration signals and a force signal response. Utilizing previously reported lateral and frontal impact tests with human cadaveric test specimens in a number of different conditions, the effective thoracic mass is computed. The effective thoracic masses are then computed for a variety of crash dummies exposed to identical test conditions.

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