Volunteer and dummy tests for the validation of biomechanical assessment criteria under the Euro-NCAP

Lorenz, Bernd; Kallieris, Dimitrios; Mattern, Rainer; Wienecke, Peter

Affiliations

¹Institute of Legal and Traffic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany

²Forschungsvereinigung Automobiltechnik e.V. (FAT), Frankfurt, Germany

Abstract

The Euro-NCAP defines a "green rating" for the 40 mph 40% offset crash test on the basis of certain biomechanical assessment criteria which were suspected of representing perturbations of daily living.

A study was launched to substantiate the criteria for this rating on the basis of 359 volunteer and dummy tests. The tests included jumping and falling experiments as well as impact tests against the chest, the knee and the lower leg.

Main results presented in this paper concern chest deflection, the Tibia Compression Force Criterion (TCFC), the Tibia Index (TI) and the validity of the Hybrid III dummy.

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