THORAX Final Workshop

The THORAX project partners will present their results in the final workshop at the end of the project.

Thursday 25^th of April 2013, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germnay at teh BASt.

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Co-funded under 7th FP (Seventh Framework Programme)

Facts & Figures

About 41,600 people were killed and more than 1.7 million injured in European road accidents in 2005. Although the number of road fatalities has declined by more than 17% since 2001, more efforts will have to be made to meet the EC's target of halving the number of deaths in the period between 2001 and 2010.

Project summary

Thoracic injuries are one of the dominant causes for fatalities and injuries in car crashes today. The tools available today for studying these injuries are not up to par with the latest implementation of restraint systems and airbags.

The THORAX Project will focus on reduction and prevention of thoracic injuries through:

Understanding the thoracic injury mechanisms
Implement this understanding in numerical computer models and
Implementation of an updated THORAX design in a crash test dummy

The models and dummy will enable the design and evaluation of advanced restraint systems for a wide variety (gender, age and size) of car occupants.
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THORAX Final workshop
25 April 2013
BAST, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany

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