Development and improvement of Q3s:​ a three year old child side impact dummy

Wang, Zhenwen J.; Yao, Cheng; Jacuzzi, Eric; Marudhamuthu, Karthik

Affiliations

¹First Technology Safety Systems, Inc., USA

Abstract

The research of child restraint systems tested under side impact test conditions has been conducted extensively in the past few years. In May 2008 US Government and Industry meeting, US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) presented a summary of the 3 year old child side impact dummy evaluation result with some desired improvements, including the neck biofidelity and thorax rib cage durability. With further evaluation later at Ford, Transport Canada and NHTSA Vehicle Research and Test Center (VRTC), it was observed the hip ball popped out from the cup retainer during some of the tests. The overall biofidelity of this dummy was summarized by Carlson et al, and also updated biofidelity summary was presented by Rhule [3] in 2008 Government Industry meeting. This paper summarizes the improvements that address these identified issues in the past year.

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URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv21/09-0358.pdf

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