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Repeatability Evaluation of the Pre-Prototype NHTSA Advanced Dummy Compared to the Hybrid III
Technical Paper
2000-01-0165
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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SAE 2000 World Congress
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English
Abstract
A comparison of the NHTSA advanced dummy and the Hybrid III is presented in this paper based on their performance in repeated sled tests under 3 different restraint systems. The restraint systems considered are: the airbag alone, the 3-point belt alone, and a combined use of the airbag and the 3-point belt. Various time-histories pertaining to accelerations, angular velocities, deflections and forces have been compared between the two dummies in order to study their repeatability. The Hybrid III appears to be more repeatable than the NHTSA advanced dummy in its response in one case, that of restraint with the 3-point belt alone. The response of the NHTSA advanced dummy in other two restraint modes, the airbag alone and the combination of 3-point belt and airbag, appears to be no less repeatable than that of Hybrid III in this series of tests. The variability in the sled pulse appears to mask the differences, if any, in the variability of response between the two dummies in later two cases. Under some restraint configurations, for some body segments, the NHTSA advanced dummy appears to show better repeatability. In addition, it appears that the read-out of the chest-deflection measurement system in the NHTSA advanced dummy is not well defined because it is influenced by the rotation of the upper spine relative to the lower spine.
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Authors
- Lan Xu - Members of the Advanced Dummy Evaluation Task Group of the Occupant Safety Research Partnership
- Venkatesh Agaram - Members of the Advanced Dummy Evaluation Task Group of the Occupant Safety Research Partnership
- Stephen Rouhana - Members of the Advanced Dummy Evaluation Task Group of the Occupant Safety Research Partnership
- Robert W. Hultman - Members of the Advanced Dummy Evaluation Task Group of the Occupant Safety Research Partnership
- Gregory W. Kostyniuk - Members of the Advanced Dummy Evaluation Task Group of the Occupant Safety Research Partnership
- Joseph McCleary - Members of the Advanced Dummy Evaluation Task Group of the Occupant Safety Research Partnership
- Harold Mertz - Members of the Advanced Dummy Evaluation Task Group of the Occupant Safety Research Partnership
- Guy S. Nusholtz - Members of the Advanced Dummy Evaluation Task Group of the Occupant Safety Research Partnership
- Risa Scherer - Members of the Advanced Dummy Evaluation Task Group of the Occupant Safety Research Partnership
Citation
Xu, L., Agaram, V., Rouhana, S., Hultman, R. et al., "Repeatability Evaluation of the Pre-Prototype NHTSA Advanced Dummy Compared to the Hybrid III," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-0165, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-0165.Also In
SAE 2000 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems
Number: V109-6; Published: 2001-09-15
Number: V109-6; Published: 2001-09-15
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