A History of Impact Biomechanics, Part 1 – from the Ancient Greeks to the 1970s

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• A History of impact biomechanics, Part 1 – from the Ancient Greeks to the 1970s
  
  • With a shout out to our own Raymond R McHenry:
    • As early as 1966, the Society of Automotive Engineers published papers by Raymond McHenry validating computer simulations to sled tests, with parameters such as seat belt forces, dummy accelerations and kinematics. The first computer program SMAC (Simulation Model of Automobile Collisions) was developed by McHenry in the early 1970s. While modern crash simulation programs have much slicker graphic interfaces, many are still using and improving on these early validation algorithms.

Be sure to also see the other pioneering achievements by Ray

• Ray began his career in automobile safety in occupant simulation:
  • 1963 McHenry Occupant Simulation Pioneering Research (CAL2D)
    • Which was followed up by the brilliant work of the late Dr. John Fleck with his creation of the ATB 3D occupant simulation model
  Ray moved on to vehicle/crash safety with the following:
  • 1969 McHenry 3D Vehicle Simulation (HVOSM) Pioneering Research in Highway Safety
  • 1973 Vehicle crash simulation program (SMAC)
  • 1975 Damage analysis and momentum program (CRASH)
  The following paper on an overview of Ray's early work and what we McHenrys have been up to (and still up to) since:
  • 2011 A Short History of Nearly Everything! (...about McHenry and Computers in Highway Safety)
  The following it a collection of our many traffic and vehicle safety publications:
  • Over 50 years of McHenry Highway Safety Publications