Development of an advanced head/neck system for 5th percentile female anthropomorphic test dummies

Huang, T. J.; Shams, T.; McDonald, J. P.; Wang, Y.; Rangarajan, N.; Haffner, M.; Eppinger, R.

This paper presents the development of an advanced dummy head/neck system which can be used with 5th percentile female crash test dummy. The system will become part of the 5th percentile female Thor dummy, currently under development. It can also be retrofitted to the standard 5th percentile female Hybrid III. An overview of the new head/neck system design is described in the paper. The biomechanical requirements for the neck response for the 5th percentile female have been scaled from the 50th percentile male response and these requirements are reviewed. The design methodology, which includes mechanical design, simulation, and component tests, is presented. Finally, results from preliminary quasi-static and dynamic testing of the new design are discussed and compared to the response of the 5th percentile female Hybrid III neck.

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1998

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