Material Comparisons Using Free Motion Head (FMH) Impact and Alternative Test Method

970165

02/24/1997

Event
International Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Recent changes to the FMVSS 201 require the use of a Free Motion Headform (FMH) to meet a HIC(d) value of 1000. As the FMH impacter test involves the use of a featureless Hybrid III headform, this head must relax for three hours after each impact to allow the skin to normalize. This severely limits the amount of tests that one can perform in a given period of time. This paper will discuss various test methods that do not require a relaxation period between impacts that correlate to the FMH impacter test.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/970165
Pages
8
Citation
Yu, L., Kowalski, E., and Elchison, B., "Material Comparisons Using Free Motion Head (FMH) Impact and Alternative Test Method," SAE Technical Paper 970165, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/970165.
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Published
Feb 24, 1997
Product Code
970165
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English