Biomechanical and Scaling Bases for Frontal and Side Impact Injury Assessment Reference Values

2003-22-0009

10/27/2003

Event
47th Stapp Car Crash Conference (2003)
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In 1983, General Motors Corporation (GM) petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to allow the use of the biofidelic Hybrid III midsize adult male dummy as an alternate test device for FMVSS 208 compliance testing of frontal impact, passive restraint systems. To support their petition, GM made public to the international automotive community the limit values that they imposed on the Hybrid III measurements, which were called Injury Assessment Reference Values (IARVs). During the past 20 years, these IARVs have been updated based on relevant biomechanical studies that have been published and scaled to provide IARVs for the Hybrid III and CRABI families of frontal impact dummies. Limit values have also been developed for the biofidelic side impact dummies, BioSID, EuroSID2 and SID-IIs. The purpose of this paper is to provide in a single document: 1) a listing of the IARVs for measurements made with the Hybrid III and CRABI families of frontal impact dummies, and for the biofidelic side impact dummies, 2) the biomechanical and/or scaling bases for these IARVs, and 3) a comparison of IARVs and regulatory compliance limits and how they affect restraint design.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-22-0009
Pages
34
Citation
Mertz, H., Irwin, A., and Prasad, P., "Biomechanical and Scaling Bases for Frontal and Side Impact Injury Assessment Reference Values," SAE Technical Paper 2003-22-0009, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-22-0009.
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Published
Oct 27, 2003
Product Code
2003-22-0009
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English