Transportation Expertise

Injury Mechanisms and Tolerance

UMTRI researchers perform research with human surrogates to identify injury mechanisms under loading conditions that simulate the evolving motor-vehicle crash environment. Developing injury criteria involves determining measures of human response that are associated with injuries to different body regions, and then developing corresponding reference values for use in ATDs. In addition, field data from crash investigations may be used to validate the biomechanically-based injury criteria.

Selected projects in this area:

Documentation of Rib Fractures from CT Scans
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Investigations of Crashes Involving Pregnant Occupants
Sponsor: General Motors
Investigator: Kathleen DeSantis Klinich
08/19/1996 - 03/31/1999

Estimating Infant Head Injury Criteria and Impact Response
Sponsor: General Motors
Investigator: Kathleen DeSantis Klinich
11/01/1997 - 03/31/2000

Airbag Skin Abrasions
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Investigator: Matthew Reed
00/00/0000 - 00/00/0000

Airbag Thermal Burns
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Investigator: Matthew Reed
00/00/0000 - 00/00/0000

Investigation of Airbag-Induced Forearm Fractures
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Investigator: Lawrence Schneider
00/00/0000 - 00/00/0000

Development of the MAMA-2B Pregnant Crash Test Dummy
Sponsor: General Motors
Investigator: Jonathan Rupp
11/01/1996 - 03/31/2000

Knee-Thigh-Hip (KTH) Response and Injury in Frontal Crashes
Sponsor: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Investigator: Jonathan Rupp
04/20/2005 - 04/19/2006

Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN)
Sponsor: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Investigator: Jonathan Rupp
06/01/2005 - 05/31/2010

Abdominal and Pelvic Response and Injury Research
Sponsor: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Investigator: Jonathan Rupp
02/01/2005 - 07/01/2008

Development of Improved Knee-Thigh-Hip Injury Criteria
Sponsor: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Investigator: Jonathan Rupp
00/00/0000 - 00/00/0000

Abdominal Impact Response Characterization
Sponsor: General Motors
Investigator: Lawrence Schneider
03/01/1996 - 03/31/2000