Biofidelity and repeatability evaluation of the thor dummy thorax, abdomen and femur, through a set of tests

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Martínez, L.¹; Ferichola, G.¹; Guerra, L. J.¹; Van Ratingen, M.²; Hynd, D.³

Biofidelity and repeatability evaluation of the thor dummy thorax, abdomen and femur, through a set of tests

Proceedings of the 2003 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact

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²TNO

³TRL
Abstract and keywords

Several pendulum tests were conducted in order to evaluate the biofidelity of the thorax, abdomen and femur of the new THOR-alpha frontal impact dummy under blunt impact. Test configurations were selected to compare THOR-alpha dummy response with the best up-to-date information available concerning thorax, abdomen and femur human response in pendulum tests. This paper presents the results of several sets of tests performed to evaluate dummy response against EEVC WG12 proposed biofidelity requirements for a frontal impact dummy, the NHTSA certifications and also corridors obtained in PMHS tests. Results indicate that dummy response is quite similar to PMHS response, although some parts could be redesigned to improve the biomechanical response of the THOR dummy. In addition to these pendulum tests, several tests were performed to evaluate the response under belt compression of the lower abdomen.

Keywords: THOR; Thorax; Abdomen; Femur; Biofidelity; Repeatability

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