• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.251-258
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• 2018

최근 자동차 교통량의 증가로 인해 차량 추돌사고가 급증하여 이에 따른 승객의 목상해가 증가해왔으며, 이를 방지하기 위한 자동차 시트의 설계적인 주안점을 고려하여 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 기술을 확대 이용한 자동차충돌 해석연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다 본 연구에서는 인체모형 BioRID II 더미를 이용한 차량승객거동해석을 위한 MADYMO 프로그램을 사용하여 차량속도 16 km/h 운전조건의 후방추돌시 시트의 착좌자세인 백세트의 변화에 따른 승객의 목상해를 예측하였다. 그 결과로, 백세트가 짧을수록 접촉시작시간은 단축되지만 접촉완료시간은 거의 동일함을 알 수 있었고, T1 가속도는 백세트가 넓을수록 가속도는 증가함을 나타냈다. 또한 백세트가 넓을수록 인장력은 증가하고, 머리가 머리지대에 닿는 순간의 속도가 빨라짐으로써 목상해지수(NIC)는 증가함을 보였다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.132-139
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• 2005

The driving position of head restraints and the relative risk of neck injury were studied in the computer simulation. MADYMO human model with the detail neck model was used to define the magnitude and direction of internal forces acting on the cervical spine during rear-end impact and to determine the effect of the initial position of the occupant's head with respect to the head restraints. Maximum reaction forces were generated during the head contact to the restraint and relatively large forces were generated at each spinal components in lower cervical spine in proportion to backset and height distance increasement.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.845-846
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• 2010

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2004

The car seat head restraint is used for neck injury(whiplash injury) prevention in rear end impacts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the seat head restraints for the total number of 34 domestic cars. H-POINT machine and HRMD(head restraint measuring device) were applied to measure backset(the distance between head and seat head restraint) and height(height gap between head and seat head restraint). For tendency study of driver's head position, we took the 320 driver's pictures in the street. As results, There were only five percent drivers in good and acceptable zone. For car seat head restraint system, the results was 9 cars for good zone, 10 cars for acceptable zone, 9 cars for marginal zone and 6 cars for poor zone were evaluated. For a precise evaluation the of whiplash injury, detailed FE neck model will be developed and the clinical database should be constructed for model validation.

• Advances in Automotive Engineering
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.61-77
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• 2018

In this study, the effects of sitting position of the driver on the whiplash neck injury have been analyzed experimentally by using hybrid III series 50 percentile male crash test dummy. A testing platform consisting of vehicle ground, driver foot rest, driver seat and a 3-point seatbelt has been prepared. This testing platform and the instrumented crash test dummy are prepared for tests according to the Euro NCAP whiplash testing protocol. The prepared test set-up has been exposed to 3 different acceleration-time loading curves defined in the Euro NCAP whiplash testing protocol by performing sled tests. 9 different sled tests have been performed with the combinations of 3 different seating positions of the crash test dummy and 3 different acceleration-time loading curves. The sensor data obtained from the crash test dummy and high-speed videos taken are analyzed according to the injury assessments criteria defined in the Euro NCAP whiplash testing protocol and the criticality of the whiplash injury is defined. It is seen that the backset distance of the driver head with the headrest and the height difference of the top of the head of the driver with the headrest have a great importance on whiplash injuries.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2011

A new energy absorbing mechanism for car seat was developed to reduce the neck injury in rear impacts. Energy absorbing principle is based on the shear-bolt behavior of thin-walled cast components subjected to static and dynamic loads. Results of shear bolt test using AM60 of Mg alloys showed robust behavior giving an approximately constant mean force during failure processes. Simply designed energy absorbing mechanism was assembled with the recliner between seat backs and seat rails. We have simulated the sled test of seat with dummy under the rear end impact using the finite element method. Results of simulation show that the new seat mechanism reduces thorax acceleration to a considerable extent, but it is not sufficient to mitigate neck injury indices e.g. neck shear force, neck tension force and NIC. With heightened headrest and narrowed backset, the energy absorbing mechanism resulted in good performance of protecting the neck injuries.