Sensitivity Analysis of the HANS Head and Neck Support 2000-01-3541
This paper describes additional and more recent results from the DaimlerChrysler study of HANS that includes a sensitivity analysis of HANS performance to variations in crash dummy neck length and other impact test conditions. The objective of the tests was to determine the robustness of the HANS concept in a variety of conditions that might occur in actual use. The results show that the variations in test parameters do effect injury measures from the crash dummy, but HANS provides substantial reductions in injury potential in all cases compared to not using HANS. Also, no injuries were indicated with HANS.
Also in:
Proceedings of the 2000 SAE Motorsports Engineering Conference and Exposition-P-361, SAE 2000 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems-V109-6
Related Topics:
Anthropometric test devices
Impact tests
Neck
Head
Injuries
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