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Biofidelity Evaluation of the THOR and Hybrid III 50 th Percentile Male Frontal Impact Anthropomorphic Test Devices
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2017-22-0009
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The objective of this study is to present a quantitative comparison of the biofidelity of the THOR and Hybrid III 50th percentile male ATDs. Quantitative biofidelity was assessed using NHTSA’s Biofidelity Ranking System in a total of 21 test conditions, including impacts to the head, face, neck, upper thorax, lower oblique thorax, upper abdomen, lower abdomen, femur, knee, lower leg, and whole-body sled tests to evaluate upper body kinematics and thoracic response under frontal and frontal oblique restraint loading. Biofidelity Ranking System scores for THOR were better (lower) than Hybrid III in 5 of 7 body regions for internal biofidelity and 6 of 7 body regions for external biofidelity. Nomenclature is presented to categorize the quantitative results, which show overall good internal and external biofidelity of the THOR compared to the good (internal) and marginal (external) biofidelity of the Hybrid III. The results highlight the excellent internal and external biofidelity of the THOR thorax.
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Parent, D., Craig, M., and Moorhouse, K., "Biofidelity Evaluation of the THOR and Hybrid III 50th Percentile Male Frontal Impact Anthropomorphic Test Devices," SAE Technical Paper 2017-22-0009, 2017, https://doi.org/10.4271/2017-22-0009.Data Sets - Support Documents
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