Cinephotogrammetric Evaluation Of Thoracic Deformation Due To Safety Belt Action During A Crash Test

J. P. Verriest

doi:10.1117/12.966029

12 July 1983 Cinephotogrammetric Evaluation Of Thoracic Deformation Due To Safety Belt Action During A Crash Test

J. P. Verriest

Proceedings Volume 0361, Biostereometrics '82; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966029
Event: 26th Annual Technical Symposium, 1982, San Diego, United States

Abstract

In order to estimate the thoracic injury tolerance of a belted automobile occupant and to get a better knowledge about the mechanical behaviour of the belt/torso system, the dynamic deformation of the thorax is evaluated under the action of a safety belt load. Therefore, during the whole duration of a crash test (about 120 ms) the relative displacement of a set of points drawn on the thorax surface is measured by cinephotogrammetry. Five 16 mm cine-photo cameras (3 fix around the impact area and 2 on board the sled) filming at 500 frames per second permit to cover the whole trunk surface. Synchronization of film data is done by interpolating on a common time base. The three-dimensional coordinates of the measurement points enable the reconstruction of the thorax surface as a set of contiguous triangular plane facets which can be projected on various reference planes for display purposes. For clarity of drawings, an algorithm determines hidden lines not to be plotted. Cuts parallel to the projection plane are performed. By changing the orientation of this plane and the number and the pace of the cuts, either contour maps or transversal cuts are obtained providing a visualization of deformation which can then be related to compressive forces and resulting injuries.

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J. P. Verriest "Cinephotogrammetric Evaluation Of Thoracic Deformation Due To Safety Belt Action During A Crash Test", Proc. SPIE 0361, Biostereometrics '82, (12 July 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966029

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