Publications by authors named "Mohan Jayathirtha"
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- Frontal car crashes with people sitting back in their seats are rare but can be very dangerous, especially as self-driving cars become more common.
- To improve safety, researchers need to create models that mimic how real humans might react in such crashes, but they are unsure how well these models work when the person is reclined.
- In an experiment with five adult male crash test dummies in reclining positions, researchers found that the way the body is positioned during a crash makes it more likely to get hurt, especially in areas like the lower back and ribs.
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- This study looks at how sitting back in a car could change how our bodies react during a crash, especially the spine.
- They tested five adult male dummies in a simulated crash to see what happens to their spines when they're reclined at a 50-degree angle.
- The results showed that some dummies had spine fractures during the tests, and how the pelvis moved during the crash changed the amount of pressure on the lumbar spine.
Up to one-half of drivers swerve before a crash, which may cause vehicle motions that displace an occupant from a normal seated position. How these altered postures affect occupant restraint in a crash is unknown. The goal of this study was to quantify the effect of an initial inboard lean on occupant kinematics in a frontal impact.
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