Post mortem human subject and dummy response in frontal deceleration
Résumé
In the European Union, the assessment of die protection offered by a vehicle to a restrained occupant in case of frontal collision, is based on biomechanical data measured on the Hybrid III crash test dummy as described by the European Frontal Directive (Directive 96/79/EC). Ibis dummy was developed in the 70's and is based on biomechanical knowledge from that time. The Thor dummy (Test device for Human Occupant Restraint) developed by NHTSA (USA Administration) is based on more recent biomechanical knowledge. Many parts of the dummy have been designed and modified to produce a more humanlike response to frontal impact loading. The general objective of the FID European research program (improved Frontal Impact protection through a world frontal impact Dummy) is a European contribution to the evaluation of a worldwide dummy in the frontal impact. The paper presents new biomechanical data, based PMHS (Post Mortem Human Subject) tests, under different frontal impact conditions. The same tests with exactly the same instrumentation mounted at the same location were performed with Hybrid III and with the Thor-alpha to assess die biofidelity of these dummies with respect to these biomechanical data.
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Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]Origine | Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s) |
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