Role of the Seat in Rear Crash Safety addresses the historic debate over seatback stiffness, energy absorbing yielding, occupant retention and whiplash prevention; and it provides a scientific foundation for the direction GM pursued in the development and validation of future seat designs. It also describes the multi-year research study into the role of the seat in rear crash safety - first by addressing the need for occupant retention in the more severe rear crashes; and then by addressing the needs for an adequately positioned head restraint and changes in the compliance of the seatback to lower the risks of the whiplash in low-speed crashes.
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Preface
Chapter 1 : Significance of Rear Crash Injuries
Chapter 2 : Head Restraint Position during Normal Driving : Implications to Neck Injury Risks in Rear Crashes
Chapter 3 : A New Procedure to Evaluate Occupant Interactions with the Seat in Rear Crashes : A Quasistatic Seat Test (QST)
Chapter 4 : GMSEAT : A Computer Program to Evaluate Quasistatic Seat Tests (QST)
Chapter 5 : Role of the Seat in Rear Crash Safety
Chapter 6 : Performance Criteria for Quasistatic Seat Tests (QST) and Head Restraint Placement
Chapter 7 : Performance Criteria for Free-Standing Rear Seats
Chapter 8 : Ultra-High Retention Seat
Chapter 9 : Human Head, Neck, and Torso Responses to Pendulum Impacts on the Back
Chapter 10 : Biofidelity of Rear Impact Dummies for Pendulum Impacts to the Back
Chapter 11 : Self-Aligning Head Restraint (SAHR) System for Whiplash Prevention
Chapter 12 : The Effectiveness of SAHR Active Head Restraint in Preventing Whiplash
Chapter 13 : Energy Absorption Properties of Head Restraints
Chapter 14 : Neck Biomechanical Responses with Active Head Restraint Systems : Rear Barrier Tests with BioRID and Sled Tests with Hybrid III
Chapter 15 : Neck Displacements of Volunteers, BioRID P3, and Hybrid III in Rear Impacts : Implications to Whiplash Assessment by a Neck Displacement Criterion (NDC)
Chapter 16 : High Retention Seat Performance in Quasistatic Seat Tests
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