As part of our project “Develop Side Impact Test Procedures for Improved Wheelchair Transportation Safety”, we developed computational models shown below that could be used to help design occupant protection systems for integrated wheelchair stations. Models are archived through the University of Michigan Data Archival service. Links to the models and documentation are below.
Related Publications
Boyle KJ, Hu J, Manary MA, Orton NR, Klinich KD (2025) Development of A Generic Nearside Impact Test Fixture for Evaluating In-Vehicle Crashworthiness of Wheelchairs, Stapp Car Crash Journal.
Boyle, K, Hu J, Orton NR, Manary MA, Klinich KD (2024) Development and validation of a set of wheelchair finite element models in frontal, side, and rear impact conditions, Traffic Injury Prevention. 25(sup1), S151–S156.
Klinich KD, Hu J, Boyle KJ, Manary MA, Orton NR (2023). Finite Element Models of Wheelchairs and Associated Components to Support Wheelchair Transportation Research [Data set], University of Michigan – Deep Blue Data.
Development of Side Impact Test Procedures for Improved Wheelchair Transportation Safety