The Viscous Criterion

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March 01 1989

The Viscous Criterion

Two scientists at the General Motors Research Laboratories have developed a way to predict the probability and severity of impact injuries in the body's soft tissues, including the heart, liver, and the central nervous system. It is an essential step in designing safety systems to reduce such injuries.

Physics Today 42 (3), 26–27 (1989);

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810922

Designing an automobile to reduce the risk of injury to its occupants in a collision demands an ability to correlate the forces generated by the crash with the biological effects experienced by the people involved.

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