Smart Car Seat Design for Safety and Comfort
Özet
In this work of thesis, whiplash injury and its relation with rear end accidents are
studied. After brief explanation on what whiplash injury is and its effects on both
people’s health and economy, injury mechanism is studied. Injury criteria on the subject
of whiplash injuries are explained, and the major factors affecting the whiplash injury
risk in rear end collisions are discussed. Alternative car seat and head restraint designs
for reducing the whiplash injury risk are considered and physical properties of such
head restraint design are optimized as a reference for further design studies.
