Vehicular Causation Factors and Conceptual Design Modifications to Reduce Aortic Strain in Numerically Reconstructed Real World Nearside Lateral Automotive Crashes

Table 3

Failure versus nonfailure values of AMPS and maximum pressure in the aorta assessed based on failure criterion.

	Failure runs	Nonfailure runs	Significance ()
Failure criterion = 22.1% strain [3]
Average AMPS	0.247 ± 0.041	0.109 ± 0.058	0.001
Maximum pressure (kPa)	126.00 ± 14.15	114.86 ± 13.82	0.155
Failure criterion = 120 kPa pressure [9]
Average AMPS	0.203 ± 0.061	0.129 ± 0.091	0.076
Maximum pressure (kPa)	131.85 ± 12.51	109.08 ± 5.017	0.003