Evaluation of the ES-2 dummy in representative side impacts

Samaha, Randa Radwan<sup>1</sup>; Maltese, Matthew R.<sup>1</sup>; Bolte, John<sup>2</sup>

An upgrade of EUROSID-1, the side impact dummy used in the European Union Side Impact Directive 96/EC/27, was recently developed by TNO to address dummy response issues raised by industrial and governmental bodies, in particular, the flat-top anomaly in the rib deflections. NHTSA is evaluating the ES-2 dummy, the upgraded EUROSID-1, to assess its performance in the FMVSS 214 test configuration. This paper presents results from NHTSAis testing of the ES-2 including high mass pendulum impactor tests using three proposed rib designs, biofidelity sled tests comparing the ES-2 and U.S. SID, and full scale side impact tests.

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1998

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1989

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1986

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1984

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2000

Kuppa S, Eppinger R, Maltese M, Naik R, Pintar F, Yoganandan N, Saul R, McFadden J. Assessment of thoracic injury criteria for side impact. In: Proceedings of the 2000 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 20-22, 2000; Montpellier, France.131-146.