Effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the occupant response in a reclined position during a frontal crash.

Current highly automated vehicle concepts include reclined seat layouts that could allow occupants to relax during the drive. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the kinematics and injury risk of a reclined occupant by numerical simulation...

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Autores principales:	Cyrille Grébonval, Xavier Trosseille, Philippe Petit, Xuguang Wang, Philippe Beillas
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9ecdb30c1bbb4956b64a188b9d89da0f2021-12-02T20:06:12ZEffects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the occupant response in a reclined position during a frontal crash.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0257292https://doaj.org/article/9ecdb30c1bbb4956b64a188b9d89da0f2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257292https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Current highly automated vehicle concepts include reclined seat layouts that could allow occupants to relax during the drive. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the kinematics and injury risk of a reclined occupant by numerical simulation of a frontal sled test. The occupant, represented by a detailed 50th percentile male human body model, was positioned on a semi-rigid seat. Three seat pan angles (5, 15, and 25 degrees from the horizontal) were used, all with a seatback angle of 40 degrees from the vertical. Three pelvis angles (60, 70, and 80 degrees from the vertical), representing a nominal and two relaxed sitting positions, were used for each seat pan angle. The model was restrained using a pre-inflated airbag and a three-point seatbelt equipped with a pretensioner and a load limiter before being subjected to two frontal crash pulses. Both model kinematic response and predicted injury risk were affected by the seat pan and the pelvis angles in a reclined seatback position. Submarining occurrence and injury risk increased with lower seat pan angle, higher pelvis angle, and acceleration pulse severity. In some cases (in particular for a 15 degrees seat pan), a small variation in seat pan or pelvis angle resulted in large differences in terms of kinematics and predicted injury. This study highlights the potential effects of the seat pan and pelvis angles for reclined occupant protection. These parameters should be assessed experimentally with volunteers to determine which combinations are most likely to be adopted for comfort and with post mortem human surrogates to confirm their significance during impact and to provide data for model validation. The sled and restraint models used in this study are provided under an open-source license to facilitate further comparisons.Cyrille GrébonvalXavier TrosseillePhilippe PetitXuguang WangPhilippe BeillasPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0257292 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Cyrille Grébonval Xavier Trosseille Philippe Petit Xuguang Wang Philippe Beillas Effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the occupant response in a reclined position during a frontal crash.
description	Current highly automated vehicle concepts include reclined seat layouts that could allow occupants to relax during the drive. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the kinematics and injury risk of a reclined occupant by numerical simulation of a frontal sled test. The occupant, represented by a detailed 50th percentile male human body model, was positioned on a semi-rigid seat. Three seat pan angles (5, 15, and 25 degrees from the horizontal) were used, all with a seatback angle of 40 degrees from the vertical. Three pelvis angles (60, 70, and 80 degrees from the vertical), representing a nominal and two relaxed sitting positions, were used for each seat pan angle. The model was restrained using a pre-inflated airbag and a three-point seatbelt equipped with a pretensioner and a load limiter before being subjected to two frontal crash pulses. Both model kinematic response and predicted injury risk were affected by the seat pan and the pelvis angles in a reclined seatback position. Submarining occurrence and injury risk increased with lower seat pan angle, higher pelvis angle, and acceleration pulse severity. In some cases (in particular for a 15 degrees seat pan), a small variation in seat pan or pelvis angle resulted in large differences in terms of kinematics and predicted injury. This study highlights the potential effects of the seat pan and pelvis angles for reclined occupant protection. These parameters should be assessed experimentally with volunteers to determine which combinations are most likely to be adopted for comfort and with post mortem human surrogates to confirm their significance during impact and to provide data for model validation. The sled and restraint models used in this study are provided under an open-source license to facilitate further comparisons.
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author	Cyrille Grébonval Xavier Trosseille Philippe Petit Xuguang Wang Philippe Beillas
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title	Effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the occupant response in a reclined position during a frontal crash.
title_short	Effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the occupant response in a reclined position during a frontal crash.
title_full	Effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the occupant response in a reclined position during a frontal crash.
title_fullStr	Effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the occupant response in a reclined position during a frontal crash.
title_full_unstemmed	Effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the occupant response in a reclined position during a frontal crash.
title_sort	effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the occupant response in a reclined position during a frontal crash.
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Effects of seat pan and pelvis angles on the occupant response in a reclined position during a frontal crash.

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