A Study on Influence of Minivan Front-End Design and Impact Velocity on Pedestrian Thorax Kinematics and Injury Risk

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Impact velocity</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">20 km/h</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">30 km/h</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">40 km/h</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">50 km/h</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Minivan model</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Model I</td><td class="align_center">39.3</td><td class="align_center">117.7</td><td class="align_center">135.1</td><td class="align_center">144.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Model II</td><td class="align_center">45.2</td><td class="align_center">120.1</td><td class="align_center">139.9</td><td class="align_center">149.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Model III</td><td class="align_center">90.96</td><td class="align_center">126.6</td><td class="align_center">158.0</td><td class="align_center">166.4</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Calculated TTI values of the pedestrian when struck by the three minivan models at different impact velocities.</div>

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

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Table 1: A Study on Influence of Minivan Front-End Design and Impact Velocity on Pedestrian Thorax Kinematics and Injury Risk 