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Preliminary Free-Motion Headform Testing of Vehicle Upper Interior Surfaces
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The NHTSA issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM) during the third quarter of 1988. Research tests on a mid-size car and a light truck upper interior surfaces were conducted using a NHTSA research test procedure to help assess the variables associated with this procedure. As a result of these tests, the authors recommended a revised test using a spherical headform with normal-to-surface impacts. This revised procedure was used in a second test series on a similar mid-size sedan. The results of these tests are shown.
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Ramanujam, N., Daniel, R., and Hultman, R., "Preliminary Free-Motion Headform Testing of Vehicle Upper Interior Surfaces," SAE Technical Paper 911216, 1991, https://doi.org/10.4271/911216.Also In
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