Performance of an advanced ATD thorax system in frontal crash environments

Hagedorn, Alena V.; Haffner, Mark P.; Schneider, Lawrence W.

Affiliations

¹Transportation Research Center, Inc., East Liberty, OhioUSA

²National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U. S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., USA

³University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Abstract

This paper describes the results of laboratory evaluation of an advanced ATD thorax system, denoted TAD-SOM (Trauma Assessment Device, 50th percentile male), which has been integrated with Hybrid III lower and upper extremity, neck, and head components for testing. The evaluation program consisted of pendulum, quasi-static thorax compression, and sled tests in a variety of restraint environments, including air bag, two-point beltiee bolster, and three-point belt systems. TAD-SOM thorax instrumentation included four internal thoracic displacement measurement assemblies. Two externally mounted chest bands were also utilized during sled tests. Baseline sled tests utilizing the Hybrid III ATD were also conducted and are reported.

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1994	Eppinger R, Kleinberger M, Morgan R, Khaewpong N, Bandak F, Haffner M. Advanced injury criteria and crash evaluation techniques. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 23-26, 1994; Munich, Germany.144-152.
1994	Haffner M, Kleinberger M, Eppinger R, Hennessey BC, Pritz H, Beebe M, Hagedorn AV, Klinich KD, Ore L, Tanner CB, Kuppa S. Progress in the development of new frontal dummy components for the NHTSA advanced frontal protection program. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 23-26, 1994; Munich, Germany.1405-1419.
1996	Shams T, Rangarajan N, Higuchi K, Keller J, Haffner M. Performance of TAD-50M in vehicle-barrier tests and comparison with Hybrid III. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 13-16, 1996; Melbourne, Australia.1644-1658.