Adrian Hobbs
Adrian Hobbs (born January 1946) is a British safety expert who specializes in vehicle crashworthiness with a background in accident and injury investigation/analysis. As an engineer and later as Honorary Chief Research Scientist, Hobbs was involved in the UK Government's programme of Crash Injury Research. He undertook research that helped lead to the mandatory wearing of the seat belt in the UK, the development of the Offset Deformable Frontal Barrier Crash Test, and the establishment of the safety organisation Euro NCAP. Hobbs was awarded a C.B.E. in 2008. Hobbs has provided advice to the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the European Commission and Central European and North African countries on transport safety and the provision of emergency services. Safety career Hobbs joined the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) in 1972 as a Scientific Officer. For two years he was involved in researching accident causation, investigating accidents alongside the police about t ...
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Crashworthiness
Crashworthiness is the ability of a structure to protect its occupants during an impact. This is commonly tested when investigating the safety of aircraft and vehicles. Depending on the nature of the impact and the vehicle involved, different criteria are used to determine the crashworthiness of the structure. Crashworthiness may be assessed either prospectively, using computer models (e.g., LS-DYNA, PAM-CRASH, MSC Dytran, MADYMO) or experiments, or retrospectively by analyzing crash outcomes. Several criteria are used to assess crashworthiness prospectively, including the deformation patterns of the vehicle structure, the acceleration experienced by the vehicle during an impact, and the probability of injury predicted by human body models. Injury probability is defined using criteria, which are mechanical parameters (e.g., force, acceleration, or deformation) that correlate with injury risk. A common injury criterion is the head impact criterion (HIC). Crashworthiness is asse ...
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