Description / Abstract:
This series of reports provides response characteristics of the
head, face, neck, shoulder, thorax, lumbar spine, abdomen, pelvis,
and lower extremities. In each report, the descriptions of human
impact response are based on data judged by the subcommittee to
provide the most appropriate information for the development of
human surrogates.
Purpose—This is one of a series of reports
which define human mechanical impact response characteristics for
specific body regions. These reports update SAE J1460 which is
intended for use by anthropomorphic test dummy designers and
analytical modelers who need quantitative definitions of human
mechanical impact behavior. These reports do not discuss criteria
for assessing human impact injury potential, which are the subject
of SAE J885. Each document in the series covers material specific
to a body region and will be independently updated when new
response data become available. The goal of this report is to
characterize the response of human neck due to head inertial
loading when the occupant is sitting in an automotive posture.