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Comparative Evaluation of Dummy Response with Thor-Lx/HIIIr and Hybrid III Lower Extremities
Technical Paper
2002-01-0016
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Multiple series of frontal sled tests were performed to evaluate the new Thor-Lx/HIIIr lower extremity developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for retrofit use on the 50th percentile male Hybrid III. This study's objective was to compare the Thor-Lx/HIIIr to the existing Hybrid III dummy leg (HIII) from the standpoint of repeatability and effects on femur and upper body response values.\ The test-to-test repeatability of the dummy responses, as measured by the coefficient of variation (CV), was generally acceptable (CV < 10%) for all of the test conditions for both legs. Overall, tests with the Thor-Lx/HIIIr legs produced upper body movement and injury criteria values for the head and chest that were acceptably consistent and were generally indistinguishable from those produced with the HIII leg. Low right femur loads, which ranged from 4 to 25 percent of the injury assessment reference value, varied substantially test-to-test for tests with both types of legs. Higher right femur loads in tests with the HIII legs were attributed to differences in leg construction and geometry.
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Shaw, G., Rudd, R., Crandall, J., and Luo, F., "Comparative Evaluation of Dummy Response with Thor-Lx/HIIIr and Hybrid III Lower Extremities," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-0016, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0016.Also In
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