Lumbar and neck injuries of occupants in different reclining postures  

作　　者：Di-Yi Liu Sen Xiao Fei-Fei Han Bo-Tao Hu 

机构地区：[1]School of Mechanical Engineering,Hebei University of Technology,Tianjin,300131,China [2]CATARC(Tianjin),Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co.,Ltd.,Tianjin,300399,China

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Traumatology》2024年第4期211-217,共7页中华创伤杂志（英文版）

基　　金：This study was supported by the National Natural ScienceFoundation of China(52175084 and 52175085);the NaturalScience Foundation of Hebei Province(E2020202017).

摘　　要：Purpose:With the increasing level of automation in automobiles,the advent of autonomous vehicles hasreduced the tendency of drivers and passengers to focus on the task of driving.The increasing automation in automobiles reduced the drivers'and passengers'focus on driving,which allowed occupants tochoose a more relaxed and comfortable sitting position.Meanwhile,the occupant's sitting position wentfrom a frontal,upright position to a more relaxed and reclined one,which resulted in the existing restraint systems cannot to keep occupants safe and secure.This study aimed to determine the effects ofdifferent reclining states on occupants'lumbar and neck injuries.Methods:This is an original research on the field of automotive safety engineering.Occupants indifferent initial sitting positions(25°,35°,45°,and 55°)were adapted to changes in seat back angle andrestraint systems and placed in the same frontal impact environment.Neck injury indexes,lumbar axialcompression force and acceleration,as well as occupant dynamic response during the impact,werecompared in different sitting positions.The injury response and kinematic characteristics of occupants indifferent reclining positions were analyzed by the control variable method.Results:As the sitting angle increased,the occupant's head acceleration decreased,and the forward-leanangle decreased.Occupants in the standard sitting position had the greatest neck injury,with an Nij of0.95,and were susceptible to abbreviated injury scale 2+cervical medullary injuries.As the seatbackangle increased,the geometric position of the lumbar spine tended to be horizontal,and the impact loadtransmitted greater forces to the lumbar spine.The occupant's lumbar injury was greatest in the lyingposition,with a peak axial compression force on the lumbar region of 5.5 KN,which was 2.3 KN greaterthan in the standard sitting position.Conclusion:The study of occupant lumbar and neck injuries based on different recline states can providea theoretical basis for optimizing lumbar evaluation indexes,

关 键 词：Frontal impact Recline position Lumbar injury Neck injury KINEMATICS Road traffic injury Road safety 

分 类 号：R681[医药卫生—骨科学]