Correlation of accident statistics to whiplash performance parameters using the RID3D and BioRID dummy

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Cappon, H.¹; Hell, W.²; Hoschopf, H.³; Muser, M.⁴; Song, E.⁵; Wismans, J.¹

Correlation of accident statistics to whiplash performance parameters using the RID3D and BioRID dummy

Proceedings of the 2005 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact

Affiliations

¹TNO Automotive

²Ludwig Maximilian University Munich

³Graz University of Technology

⁴ETH Zurich

⁵LAB PSA Peugeot Citroën Renault
Abstract and keywords

Injury criteria are crucial in whiplash protection evaluations. Therefore, the real-life rear impact performance of eight car seats was compared with various injury criteria using linear correlation techniques. Two dummies, BioRID and RID3D, and two types of pulses were used: generic and car specific. This evaluation showed an acceptable correlation of the lower neck shear force measured in the RID3D dummy with the real accident data. A reasonable amount of correlation was found also for the NIC measured in BioRID with a car specific pulse. When the injury risk figures were compensated for real-life car exposure, no correlations were found for any dummy using the generic pulse.

Keywords: whiplash; injury criteria; seats; dummies

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