Development of a European side impact interior headform test procedure

van Ratingen, M.; Versmissen, T.; Waagmeester, C.; Roberts, A.; Lowne, R.; Lechelt, U.; Langner, T.

Affiliations

¹TNO Automotive, The Netherlands

²Transport Research Laboratory, United Kingdom

³Volvo Car Corporation, Sweden

⁴Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, Germany

Abstract

When the EEVC proposed the full-scale side impact test procedure, it recommended that consideration should be given to an interior headform test in addition. This to evaluate areas of contact not assessed by the dummy. EEVC Working Group 13 has been researching the parameters of a possible European headform test procedure in four phases. Earlier stages of the research have been presented at previous ESV conferences. The conclusions from these have suggested that the US free motion headform should be used in any European test procedure and that it should be a free flight test, not guided. This research has now culminated in proposals for a European test procedure. This paper presents the proposed EEVC side impact interior headform test procedure, giving the rationale for the test and the first results from the validation phase of the test protocol.

Links

URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv18/CD/Files/18ESV-000138.pdf

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