Pedestrian head impact conditions depending on the vehicle front shape and its construction: full model simulation

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Okamoto, Yutaka¹; Sugimoto, Tomiji¹; Enomoto, Koji¹; Kikuchi, Junichi²

Pedestrian head impact conditions depending on the vehicle front shape and its construction: full model simulation

Proceedings of the 2000 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact

Affiliations

¹HONDA R&D CO., LTD.

²PSG CO., LTD.
Abstract and keywords

The recent pedestrian accident data show the injury source for head changes from former ones. The head contact points to the vehicle and contact conditions are thought to be influenced by the vehicle front shape, its construction (rigidity) and pedestrian size. In this study, 32 simulation models are calculated and the full dummy , developing in HONDA, sled tests are conducted. The result shows that not only vehicle front shape but also its rigidity much influences the head contact point and the impact conditions are influenced by the pedestrian height.

Keywords: accident analysis; EEVC; pedestrjans; simulation; sled tests

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