title: Thoracic Injury Risk Curves for Rib Deflections of the SID-IIs Build Level D.
abstract: Injury risk curves for SID-IIs thorax and abdomen rib deflections proposed for future NCAP side impact evaluations were developed from tests conducted with the SID-IIs FRG. Since the floating rib guide is known to reduce the magnitude of the peak rib deflections, injury risk curves developed from SID-IIs FRG data are not appropriate for use with SID-IIs build level D. PMHS injury data from three series of sled tests and one series of whole-body drop tests are paired with thoracic rib deflections from equivalent tests with SID-IIs build level D. Where possible, the rib deflections of SID-IIs build level D were scaled to adjust for differences in impact velocity between the PMHS and SID-IIs tests. Injury risk curves developed by the Mertz-Weber modified median rank method are presented and compared to risk curves developed by other parametric and non-parametric methods.
authors.affiliation: General Motors LLC.
authors.forename: Annette L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Irwin
authors.affiliation: General Motors LLC.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.affiliation: General Motors LLC.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gorman
authors.affiliation: General Motors LLC.
authors.forename: Sikui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: General Motors Corporation (retired).
authors.forename: Harold J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Mertz
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009038:Motion; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012272:Ribs; D012306:Risk; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*