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Automotive Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (10): 1920-1927.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2024.10.018

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Effect of Driver Posture on Injury Risk Under AEB Conditions

Yong Han1,2(),Yuecong Zhang1,Mingwang Li1,Di Pan1,2,Haiyang Zhang3   

  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
    3.Geely Automobile Research Institute,Ningbo 315336
  • Received:2023-12-21 Revised:2024-03-09 Online:2024-10-25 Published:2024-10-21
  • Contact: Yong Han E-mail:Yonghanxmut@gmail.com

Abstract:

Driver posture in frontal crash conditions with and without autonomous emergency braking (AEB) has a significant impact on kinematic response and injury risk. In this paper, the THUMS (Ver.6.1) human finite element model is used to establish three driving postures, including standard, rearward recline, and forward recline, and a frontal collision constraint system model is established to conduct six sets of 50 km/h simulation tests for comparative analysis of the kinematic response of different driver postures with and without AEB, as well as the injury parameters of driver’s head and chest. The results show that the risk of head injury is highest in the recline posture with and without AEB intervention, with the HIC15 of 817.5 and 626.9 with and without AEB, respectively. The intervention of AEB has the greatest effect on the driver's chest compression, which is increased by 89%, 115%, and 22% for the three postures, respectively. The chest compression in the reward recline posture suffers the most serious injury. The results clarify the effect of driving posture and AEB on driver kinematic response and head and chest injuries, providing a reference value for the development and design of automotive restraint systems and AEB.

Key words: frontal impact, driver posture, autonomous emergency braking, kinematic response, injury risk