Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference (대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집)

The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)
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A Study on Development of an Active Headrest for the Passenger when Rear-end Collision

후방충돌시 승객보호를 위한 능동형 헤드레스트 개발에 관한 연구

  • Kim, D.W. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, N.G. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Ko, Y.H. (Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
  • 김동욱 (전북대학교 대학원 의용생체공학과) ;
  • 김남균 (전북대학교 의과대학 의공학교실) ;
  • 고영호 (전북대학교 공과대학 전기공학과)
  • Published : 1996.05.17
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Abstract

We investigated the possibility of preventing a passenger's whiplash injury by rear-end collision. We sought to prevent the whiplash injury by appling an active headrest system to a passenger A main factor in whiplash injury is the backward, rapid, passive, and negative acceleration of the head. Our results showed that the active headrest system does reduce the backward, rapid, passive, and negative acceleration of the head. As a conclusion, Our active headrest system is a useful equipment to prevent whiplash injury.

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