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OOP Response of THOR and Hybrid-III 50th% ATDs
Technical Paper
2006-01-0065
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The responses of the THOR and the Hybrid-III ATDs to head and neck loading due to a deploying air bag were investigated. Matched pair tests were conducted to compare the responses of the two ATDs under similar loading conditions. The two 50th percentile male ATDs, in the driver as well as the passenger positions, were placed close to the air bag systems, in order to enhance the interaction between the deploying air bag and the chin-neck-jaw regions of the ATDs. Although both ATDs nominally meet the same calibration corridors, they differ significantly in their kinematic and dynamic responses to interaction with a deploying air bag. The difference between the structural designs of the Hybrid-III's and the THOR's neck appears to result in significant differences in the manner in which the loads applied on the head are resisted.
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Kang, J., Nusholtz, G., and Agaram, V., "OOP Response of THOR and Hybrid-III 50th% ATDs," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-0065, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-0065.Also In
SAE 2006 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems
Number: V115-6; Published: 2007-03-30
Number: V115-6; Published: 2007-03-30
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