Investigation of factors affecting surrogate limb measurements in the testing of landmine protected vehicles

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dc.contributor.advisorNurick, Gerald Nen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWhyte, Tamlinen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T11:17:50Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T11:17:50Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 194-198).
dc.description.abstractLandmine protected vehicles (LPVs) are designed to minimise the risk of injury to occupants. In order to quantify this risk, human surrogate measurement devices (HSMDs) are placed in the vehicle to record data which is then related to risk of injury using injury criteria that have been defined in test standards. Experience in testing LPVs and studies conducted have indicated that the lower leg is very vulnerable to injury and much speculation exists over the tibia injury criterion and the lower limb surrogates with which this criterion is measured. A lower limb impactor (LLI) system was thus designed to test lower limb surrogates and to explore factors that may affect the measurements obtained using the surrogates. The factors that were investigated in this study were the position of the lower limb, the wearing of a boot and the hip and knee joint stiffness. Simulations detailed in [6] were used as the basis for the experiments conducted to examine the effect that lower limb position has on the lower tibia axial force. For all but one case the experimental and simulated results were similar, with the conventional seating position resulting in the highest axial tibia force which was decreased by approximately half when the seating position was altered.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWhyte, T. (2007). <i>Investigation of factors affecting surrogate limb measurements in the testing of landmine protected vehicles</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5452en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWhyte, Tamlin. <i>"Investigation of factors affecting surrogate limb measurements in the testing of landmine protected vehicles."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5452en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWhyte, T. 2007. Investigation of factors affecting surrogate limb measurements in the testing of landmine protected vehicles. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Whyte, Tamlin AB - Landmine protected vehicles (LPVs) are designed to minimise the risk of injury to occupants. In order to quantify this risk, human surrogate measurement devices (HSMDs) are placed in the vehicle to record data which is then related to risk of injury using injury criteria that have been defined in test standards. Experience in testing LPVs and studies conducted have indicated that the lower leg is very vulnerable to injury and much speculation exists over the tibia injury criterion and the lower limb surrogates with which this criterion is measured. A lower limb impactor (LLI) system was thus designed to test lower limb surrogates and to explore factors that may affect the measurements obtained using the surrogates. The factors that were investigated in this study were the position of the lower limb, the wearing of a boot and the hip and knee joint stiffness. Simulations detailed in [6] were used as the basis for the experiments conducted to examine the effect that lower limb position has on the lower tibia axial force. For all but one case the experimental and simulated results were similar, with the conventional seating position resulting in the highest axial tibia force which was decreased by approximately half when the seating position was altered. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Investigation of factors affecting surrogate limb measurements in the testing of landmine protected vehicles TI - Investigation of factors affecting surrogate limb measurements in the testing of landmine protected vehicles UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5452 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/5452
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWhyte T. Investigation of factors affecting surrogate limb measurements in the testing of landmine protected vehicles. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5452en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMechanical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.titleInvestigation of factors affecting surrogate limb measurements in the testing of landmine protected vehiclesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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