Variability of Hybrid III Clearance Dimensions within the FMVSS 208 and NCAP Vehicle Test Fleets and the Effects of Clearance Dimensions on Dummy Impact Responses 952710
Locations of key body segments of Hybrid III dummies used in FMVSS 208 compliance tests and NCAP tests were measured and subjected to statistical analysis. Mean clearance dimensions and their standard deviations for selected body segments of driver and passenger occupants with respect to selected vehicle surfaces were determined for several classes of vehicles. These occupant locations were then investigated for correlation with impact responses measured in crash tests and by using a three dimensional human-dummy mathematical model in comparable settings. Based on these data, the importance of some of the clearance dimensions between the dummy and the vehicle surfaces was determined. The study also compares observed Hybrid III dummy positions within selected vehicles with real world occupant positions reported in published literature.
Citation: Backaitis, S., Hicks, M., Prasad, P., Laituri, T. et al., "Variability of Hybrid III Clearance Dimensions within the FMVSS 208 and NCAP Vehicle Test Fleets and the Effects of Clearance Dimensions on Dummy Impact Responses," SAE Technical Paper 952710, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/952710. Download Citation
Author(s):
Stanley H. Backaitis, Maurice E. Hicks, Priya Prasad, Tony Laituri, Jeffrey Nadeau
Affiliated:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford Motor Co.
Pages: 21
Event:
39th Stapp Car Crash Conference (1995)
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
39th Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings-P-299, SAE 1995 Transactions: Journal of Passenger Cars-V104-6
Related Topics:
Impact tests
Mathematical models
Statistical analysis
Anthropometric test devices
Safety regulations and standards
Vehicle drivers
Vehicle occupants
Fleets
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