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Whiplash injuries are characterized by the high variability of its symptoms and by the subjectivity of its diagnosis, which sometimes leads to frauds perpetrated by victims of rear-end impacts. It is estimated that whiplash injuries cost annually about 10.000 million Euros in Europe. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the dynamics of the accident in which the victim was involved in the probability of development of whiplash associated injuries. In the presented methodology, first an accident reconstruction is performed where the dynamics of the accident is determined. This is carried out using the software PC-Crash, police and insurance companies' data. Then biomechanical injuries criteria related with whiplash injuries are evaluated. For the evaluation of the probability of having whiplash injuries, the Neck Injury Criterion (NIC) of the victim and the mean acceleration of the vehicle were evaluated. Then, with medical reports, the results of the accident reconstruction are correlated with the reported injuries. Some examples are presented. The results obtained indicate that the study of the dynamics of the road accidents in which the victims were involved could be used as an auxiliary of the prognosis of whiplash injuries and is important for a precise diagnosis of this type of injuries.
One main objective of the EU-Project SENIORS is to provide improved methods to assess thoracic injury risk to elderly occupants. In contribution to this task paired simulations with a THOR dummy model and human body model will be used to develop improved thoracic injury risk functions. The simulation results can provide data for injury criteria development in chest loading conditions that are underrepresented in PMHS test data sets that currently proposed risk functions are based on. To support this approach a new simplified generic but representative sled test fixture and CAE model for testing and simulation were developed. The parameter definition and evaluation of this sled test fixture and model is presented in this paper. The justification and definition of requirements for this test set-up was based on experience from earlier studies. Simple test fixtures like the gold standard sled fixture are easy to build and also to model in CAE, but provide too severe belt-only loading. On the other hand a vehicle buck including production components like airbag and seat is more representative, but difficult to model and to be replicated at a different laboratory. Furthermore some components might not be available for physical tests at later stage. The basis of the SENIORS generic sled test set-up is the gold standard fixture with a cable seat back and foot rest. No knee restraint was used. The seat pan design was modified including a seat ramp. The three-point belt system had a generic adjustable load limiter. A pre-inflated driver airbag assembly was developed for the test fixture. Results of THOR test and simulations in different configurations will be presented. The configurations include different deceleration pulses. Further parameter variations are related to the restraint system including belt geometry and load limiter levels. Additionally different settings of the generic airbag were evaluated. The test set-up was evaluated and optimized in tests with the THOR-M dummy in different test configurations. Belt restraint parameters like D-ring position and load limiter setting were modified to provide moderate chest loading to the occupant. This resulted in dummy readings more representative of the loading in a contemporary vehicle than most available PMHS sled tests reported in the literature. However, to achieve a loading configuration that exposes the occupant to even less severe loading comparable to modern vehicle restraints it might be necessary to further modify the test set-up. The new generic sled test set-up and a corresponding CAE model were developed and applied in tests and simulations with THOR. Within the SENIORS project with this test set-up also volunteer and PMHS as well as HBM simulations are performed, which will be reported in other publications. The test environment can contribute in future studies to the assessment of existing and new frontal impact dummies as well as dummy improvements and related instrumentation. The test set-up and model could also serve as a new standard test environment for PMHS and volunteer tests as well as HBM simulations.
Thorax injury is one of main causes of serious injury in frontal collisions, especially for elderly car occupants. The anthropometric test device (ATD) THOR‐M provides chest deflection measurements at multiple locations, to assess the risk of thorax injury. For this purpose e, risk functions are needed that relate the potential criteria based on multipoint chest deflection measurement to in jury risk. Different thorax injury criteria and risk functions for THOR have been proposed [2‐3]. The criteria and functions are based on the traditional approach to developing injury risk functions using matched ATD and PMHS tests by relating the injury (number of fractures) to injury criteria. Regarding these studies, some limitations have been identified, in particular concerning the loading conditions of the data used (mainly 3‐point‐belt loading, high loading severity, out‐of‐date ATD versions. To extend the data set and overcome these limitations, a new approach for improved thorax injury criteria was applied within the EC‐funded project SENIORS. The new approach is based on matched frontal impact sled computer simulations with a model representing the latest THOR‐M ATD version, and matching simulations with a human body model (HBM) representing an elderly car occupant.
The objective of the study is to measure the risk of pedestrian and bicyclist in urban traffic through an analysis of real-world accident data. The kinematics and injury mechanisms for both pedestrian and bicyclists are investigated to find the correlation of injury risks with injury related parameters. For this purpose, firstly 338 cases are selected as a sample from an IVAC accident database based on the In-depth Investigation of Vehicle Accident in Changsha of China. A statistic measurement of the fatality and serious injury risks with respect to impact speed was carried out by logistic regression analysis. Secondly, 12 pedestrian and 12 bicyclist accidents were further selected for reconstruction with MADYMO program. A comparative analysis was conducted based on the results from accident analysis and computer reconstructions for the injury risk, head impact conditions and dynamic response of pedestrians and bicyclists. The results indicate that bicyclists suffered lower risks of severe injuries and fatalities compared with pedestrians. The risks of AIS 3+ injury and fatality are 50% for pedestrians at impact speeds of 53.2 km/h and 63.3 km/h, respectively, while that for bicyclists at 62.5 km/h and 71.1 km/h, respectively. The findings could have a contribution to get a better understanding of pedestrians" and bicyclists" exposures in urban traffic in China, and provide background knowledge to generate strategies for pedestrian protection.
This study aimed at prediction of long bone fractures and assessment of lower extremity injury mechanisms in real world passenger car to pedestrian collision. For this purpose, two pedestrian accident cases with detail recorded lower limb injuries were reconstructed via combining MBS (Multi-body system) and FE (Finite element) methods. The code of PC Crash was used to determine the boundary conditions before collision, and then MBS models were used to reproduce the pedestrian kinematics and injuries during crash. Furthermore, a validated lower limb FE model was chosen to conduct reconstruction of injuries and prediction of long bone fracture via physical parameters of von Mises stress and bending moment. The injury outcomes from simulations were compared with hospital recorded injury data and the same long bone fracture patterns and positions can be observed. Moreover, the calculated long bone fracture tolerance corresponded to the outcome from cadaver tests. The result shows that FE model is capable to reproduce the dynamic injury process and is an effective tool to predict the risk of long bone fractures.
The paper aims to study the injury risk and kinematics of pedestrians involved in different passenger vehicle collisions. Furthermore, the difference of pedestrian kinematics in the accidents involved minivan and sedan was analyzed. The 18 sample cases of passenger car to pedestrian collisions were selected from the database of In-depth Investigation of Vehicle Accident in Changsha of China (IVAC),of which the 12 pedestrian accidents involved in a minivan impact for each case, and the 6 accidents in a sedan impact for each. The selected cases were reconstructed by using mathematical models of pedestrians and accident vehicles in a multi-body dynamic code MADYMO environment. The logistic regression models of the risks for pedestrian AIS 3+ injuries and fatalities were developed in terms of vehicle impact speed by analyzing the minivan-pedestrian and sedan-pedestrian accidents. The difference of pedestrian kinematics was identified by comparing the results from reconstructed pedestrian accidents between the minivans and sedans collisions. The result shows that there is a significant correlation among the impact speed and the severity of pedestrian injuries. The minivan poses greater risk to pedestrian than sedan at the same impact speed. The kinematics of pedestrian was greatly influenced by vehicle front shape.
Vor dem Hintergrund der erwarteten zukünftigen Klimaentwicklung mit veränderten Temperatur- und Niederschlagsverhältnissen wird das Gefährdungspotential für Schutzgüter durch Böschungsrutschungen möglicherweise ansteigen. Für den Neu- und Ausbau von Bundesfernstraßen und für die Unterhaltung des bestehenden Straßennetzes können sich hieraus zwangsläufig höhere Risiken ergeben. Daher soll eine geeignete Methodik zur Abschätzung des zukünftigen Gefährdungspotentials durch Rutschungen entwickelt und diese an Fallbeispielen angewendet werden. Anhand einer exemplarischen Auswahl von drei regionaltypischen Fallbeispielen, der Altmündener Wand (Südniedersachsen), dem Rutschhang Pünderich (Moseltal) und dem Wißberg (Rheinhessen) wurde eine Bewertung der dort bereits eingetretenen Rutschereignisse im besonderen Hinblick auf klimatologische Einflussgrößen durchgeführt. Die Rutschereignisse wurden mit gemessenen Niederschlags- und Temperaturdaten (Beobachtungsdaten) des Deutschen Wetterdienstes korreliert, wobei sowohl der Rutschungszeitpunkt als auch der Zeitraum vor einem Rutschereignis berücksichtigt wurde. Zur Abschätzung der zukünftigen Klimaentwicklung in den drei Regionen und der damit möglicherweise verbundenen Zunahme von Rutschungen wurden simulierte Klimaparameter aus dem regionalen Klimamodell REMO (Szenario A1B) verwendet. Dabei wurden die Parameter Niederschlag, Starkniederschlagsereignis und Frost ausgewählt, die sich bereits bei der Analyse mittels der Beobachtungsdaten als rutschungsrelevant herausgestellt haben. Es erfolgte eine Korrelation der Beobachtungsdaten mit den Klimamodelldaten für heutiges Klima (Kontrolllauf). Mittels des Vergleiches der Kontrolllaufdaten mit den entsprechenden Klimamodelldaten für zukünftiges Klima (Szenariolauf) wurde eine erste Trendbetrachtung der zukünftigen Klimaentwicklung innerhalb der drei Untersuchungsgebiete vorgenommen. In allen drei Untersuchungsgebieten ist der Trend in Bezug auf die Klimaänderung gleich, allerdings ist die Varianz bei den einzelnen Klimaparametern unterschiedlich. Die Sommerhalbjahre sind zum einen durch die generelle Abnahme der Niederschlagsmenge und zum anderen durch die Zunahme von Starkniederschlagsereignissen gekennzeichnet. In den Winterhalbjahren werden die Niederschlagsmenge und vor allem die Starkniederschlagsereignisse zunehmen. Hinzu kommt die deutliche Abnahme sowohl der einzelnen Frosttage als auch der Frostperioden. Diese klimatische Entwicklung wird sich auf die Eintrittswahrscheinlichkeit und das Schadensausmaß von Rutschungen dahingehend auswirken, dass bei Lockergesteinsböschungen mit einer Zunahme von oberflächennahen Rutschungen, Schlamm- und Schuttströmen im Sommerhalbjahr und einem Anstieg des Rutschungsrisikos gegen Ende des Winterhalbjahres zu rechnen ist. Bei Festgesteinsböschungen werden zunehmende Verwitterungs- und Erosionsprozesse zu einer erhöhten Rutschungshäufigkeit führen. Da sich klimatische Veränderungen regional zeitlich verzögert einstellen werden, wurde eine empirisch-statistische Einschätzung und eine Ausweisung regionaler Gefährdungsbereiche in Hinblick auf zeitabhängige Eintrittswahrscheinlichkeiten von Rutschungen entlang des Bundesfernstraßennetzes vorgenommen. Dies erfolgte mittels eines graphischen klimatisch-ingenieurgeologischen Modellansatzes für jedes Fallbeispiel. Dabei wurden die Klimaparameter aus dem Klimamodell mit dem rutschungsrelevanten ingenieurgeologischen Parameter Böschungsneigung verschnitten und korreliert, was mit Hilfe des jeweiligen digitalen Geländemodells realisiert wurde. Zusätzlich wurden das digitale Bundesfernstraßennetz und ein digitales Punktekataster von Rutschereignissen in das Modell integriert. Für die Abschätzung des Gefährdungspotentials wurden die Daten aus der Kontrolllauf-Zeitperiode 1971-2000 mit den Daten der Szenariolauf-Zeitperiode 2011-2100 korreliert. Die entsprechenden prozentualen Abweichungen für jeden einzelnen Parameter wurden in Bezug auf ihre Relevanz für das Auslösen von Rutschungen zum einen jahreszeitlich und zum anderen über das Jahr betrachtet und bewertet, wobei auch die Gewichtung aus ingenieurgeologischer Sicht berücksichtigt wurde. Im Ergebnis ist in allen drei Modellgebieten tendenziell im Sommerhalbjahr zwischen 2011 und 2080 und im Winterhalbjahr ab der zweiten Jahrhunderthälfte mit einem erhöhten Rutschungsrisiko zu rechnen. Durch die Korrelation der Klimaparameter mit der Böschungsneigung kann das zukünftige Gefährdungspotential durch Rutschungen entlang des Bundesfernstraßennetzes in einem ersten Schritt zeitabhängig eingestuft und somit abgeschätzt werden. Durch die Weiterentwicklung des Modells könnte so eine bundesweite Risikokarte generiert werden.
Accident research 2.0: New methods for representative evaluation of integral safety in traffic
(2013)
BMW has developed a procedure for rating Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) benefits that integrates two distinct tools. The tool "S.A.F.E.R." is designed to analyze the pre-crash phase. The aim of S.A.F.E.R. is to simulate all relevant processes in sufficient detail to obtain reproducible estimates of key indicators (effectiveness, false positives, etc.). The relevant processes include not only traffic and vehicle dynamics, but also environmental and most importantly human factors. Representative distributions of factors and parameters are obtained by taking the stochastic variation of all relevant parameters into account in the simulations. The second tool, known as "ICOS", has been designed to provide a high-resolution, high-fidelity description of crash phase dynamics. If one converts the outputs of stochastic simulation into inputs for crash dynamics, the result is a comprehensive description of exactly how a safety system can reduce injuries. Applications currently focus on high-fidelity simulation of individual crashes in order to enhance our understanding and optimization of connected safety systems. An integrated simulation process thus allows an exact prediction of the effectiveness in individual cases in terms of injury severity. The development and rating of integral safety need to reflect the true efficiency in the field. The integrated approach described here could provide a valid and reproducible basis for rating connected systems of active and passive safety. In particular, "virtual experiments" using a traffic-based approach and incorporating models of all relevant processes constitute an essential element of the approach.
The development of tyre- and truck-manufacturers leads to the direction to introduce wide base single tyres (size 495/45R22,5) instead of twin tyres on the driving axle of trucks, tractors and busses. To study the driving behaviour and safety of various trucks and units with different tyre combinations and loading conditions was the aim of the study. A computer-aided simulation was used for this investigation. Drive tests with a 40 t unit with prototype single tyres on the drive axle were carried out to verify the simulation. Alterations in driving behaviour and driving safety are mainly dependent on the tyre cornering stiffness. The prototype wide single tyres had a higher lateral stiffness which leads to a higher degree of under-steering (safer driving behaviour). The altered spring base on the drive axle had no influence on the side- tilt stability of vehicle combinations but the solo truck profited from the higher rear axle roll stiffness (less danger for roll-over accidents). As far as the driving safety is concerned nothing speaks against wide base tyres on the drive axle. The simulation of a tyre defect in a bend (assuming 40% of the max. transferable side force for the flat tyre) showed no increased danger using wide single tyres. Later driving tests showed however the need of tyre run flat possibilities to avoid jack-knifing of road trains. Also tyre pressure monitoring systems and electronic stability programs for the trucks are advised.
For more than a decade, ADAC accident researchers have analysed road accidents with severe injuries, recording some 20,000 accidents. An important task in accident research is to determine the causative factors of road accidents. Apart from vehicle engineering and human factors, accident research also focuses on infrastructural and environmental aspects. To find out what accident scenarios are the most common in ADAC accident research and what driver assistance systems can prevent them, our first task was to conduct a detailed accident analysis. Using CarMaker, we performed a realistic simulation of accident scenarios, including crashes, with varying parameters. To begin with, we made an initial selection of driver assistance systems in order to determine those with the greatest accident prevention potential. One important finding of this study is that the safety potential of the individual driver assistance systems can actually be examined. It also turned out that active safety offers even much more potential for development and innovation than passive safety. At the same time, testing becomes more demanding, too, as new systems keep entering the market, many of them differing in functional details. ADAC will continue to test all driver assistance systems as realistically as possible so as to be able to provide advice to car buyers. Therefore, it will be essential to develop and improve test conditions and criteria.