SID Response Data in a Side Impact Sled Test Series

John M. Cavanaugh; Yue Huang; Ronald J. Wasko; Albert I. King

doi:10.4271/920350

1992-02-01

SID Response Data in a Side Impact Sled Test Series 920350

Heidelberg-type side impact sled tests were conducted using SID side impact dummies. These tests were run under similar conditions to a series of cadaveric sled tests funded by the Centers for Disease Control in the same lab. Tests included 6.7 and 9 m/s (15 and 20 mph) unpadded and 9 m/s padded tests. The following padding was used at the thorax: ARSAN, ARCEL, ARPAK, ARPRO, DYTHERM, 103 and 159 kPa (15 and 23 psi) crush strength paper honeycomb, and an expanded polystyrene.

In all padded tests the dummy Thoracic Trauma Index, TTI(d) was below the value of 85 set by federal rulemaking (49 CFR, Part 571 et al., 1990). In contrast, cadavers in 9 m/s sled tests did not tolerate ARSAN 601 (MAIS 5) and 23 psi (159 kPa) paper honeycomb (MAIS 5), and 20 psi (138 kPa) Verticel^™ honeycomb (MAIS 4), but tolerated 15 psi (103 kPa) paper honeycomb (average thoracic MAIS 2.3 in six tests). Materials testing indicated that the padding which was effective in reducing TTI(d) in SID had a wide range of compressive strengths and energy-dissipating ability. Padding which reduced thoracic injury in the WSU/CDC cadaver tests had a much lower range of compressive strengths.

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