According to a report by the World Health Organization released a few years ago, one of the leading injury-related causes of death among people aged 15 to 44 years is, believe it or not, traffic ...

Background The German hang-glider association reports that approximately 60% of serious injuries resulting from hang-glider accidents are to the spine. The market-approval of back protectors ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 98, Section 6: JOURNAL OF PASSENGER CARS (1989), pp. 472-480 (9 pages) A side impact study using eight impact configurations was conducted in conformity with a test method ...

Side impact crashworthiness development presents a unique challenge to auto safety engineers. One fundamental issue is how to evaluate side impact air bags with a component test that realistically ...

Impact tests are designed to measure the resistance to failure of a material to a suddenly applied force such as collision, falling object or instantaneous blow. The test measures the impact energy, ...

Background One injury mechanism in ice hockey is impact with the boards. We investigated whether more flexible hockey boards would provide less biomechanical loading on impact than did existing ...