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Automotive Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (5): 874-881.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2024.05.013

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Study of Driver Posture on Injury Risk Under MPDB Conditions

Yong Han1,2(),Mingwang Li1,Yuecong Zhang1,Guochao Xu1,Di Pan1,2   

  1. 1.School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Xiamen Institute of Technology, Xiamen 361024
    2.Fujian Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Buses, Xiamen 361024
  • Received:2023-09-24 Revised:2023-10-21 Online:2024-05-25 Published:2024-05-17
  • Contact: Yong Han E-mail:Yonghanxmut@gmail.com

Abstract:

In order to study the kinematic response and injury risk of different driver postures under MPDB conditions, a 50% overlap mobile progressive deformable barrier (MPDB) crash simulation model is built for the Accord and four driving postures are simulated by using THUMS (Ver 6.1) human finite element model: Head Normal (HN), Head Rearward (HR), Head Forward (HF), Body Forward (BF). Head Rearward, HR), Head Forward, HF), Body Forward, BF). The parameters of linear acceleration of the driver's head, intracranial pressure, maximum principal strain, as well as the maximum compression of the chest, plastic strain of the ribs, and distribution of cardiopulmonary pressure are comparatively analyzed for the four driving postures at a collision speed of 50 km/h. The results show that the risk of head injury is higher in the HF and BF postures, with an intracranial pressure of 474 and 744 kPa, respectively, exceeding the threshold for severe craniocerebral injury by 235 kPa. The cardiopulmonary pressures in the four driving postures exceed the threshold for severe injury by 170 kPa, with a higher probability of severe injury to the heart and lungs. The results of this study clarify the injury risk of different driver postures under MPDB conditions, providing an important reference basis for automobile safety technology research.

Key words: driver, MPDB test, driving postures, head injury, chest injury