Cadaver Femur Responses to Longitudinal Impacts 751160
Results from longitudinal impact tests on the knees of nine seated cadavers are reported. Typical impact velocities, impact force histories and femur strain histories are presented. The importance of femur bending is revealed by strain readings on the medial, lateral, anterior and posterior surfaces. The effects of impactor padding, leg tissue and oblique impacts are illustrated. The average fracture force level was found to be 10.04 kN and the impact energy to be 549J. The fracture patterns and possible mechanisms are discussed.
Citation: Powell, W., Ojala, S., Advani, S., and Martin, R., "Cadaver Femur Responses to Longitudinal Impacts," SAE Technical Paper 751160, 1975, https://doi.org/10.4271/751160. Download Citation
Author(s):
William R. Powell, Steven J. Ojala, Sunder H. Advani, R. Bruce Martin
Affiliated:
West Virginia University
Pages: 19
Event:
19th Stapp Car Crash Conference (1975)
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Biomechanics of Impact Injury and Injury Tolerances of the Extremities-PT-56
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