An overview of existing sensors for the Hybrid III anthropomorphic dummy

Denton, Robert A.; Morgan, Craig R.

The requirements of current automotive testing demand more data than prcviously afforded by the Hybrid II and Part 572 anthropomorphic dummies.

Denton, Inc. has developed a series of multicomponent transducers in an effort to provide more complete answers to complex questions of force measurement in controlled and uncontrolled impact testing. In some institaces the multi-axis transducers work with other previously developed sensors; in other instances they replace the earlier instruments as bolt-in components that are easily removed for calibration.

The specific areas for which multi-component sensors have been produced are: the base of the skull, the lower neck, the thoracic spine, the lumbar spine, the straight spine, the pelvis, the femur, and the lower leg (knee, tibia, ankle-foot assembly).

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1979

Cheng R, Denton RA, King AI. Femoral loads measured by a six-axis load cell. In: Proceedings of the 23rd Stapp Car Crash Conference. October 17-19, 1979; San Diego, CA. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers:263-288. SAE 791012.

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1994

Kumagai K, Matsuoka F, Takahashi H. Development of measuring system for external forces applied to dummy and for energy absorption. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 23-26, 1994; Munich, Germany.535-548.

1989

Miyazaki K, Kubota M, Sakamoto S. Load measuring method of motorcyclist's leg during motorcycle collision. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). May 29–June 1, 1989; Göteborg, Sweden.1368-1372.

1991

Kumagai K, Matsuoka F, Takahashi H. Analysis method for external forces acting on the dummy. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). November 4-7, 1991; Paris, France.936-939.

2001

Beusenberg M, Shewchenko N, Newman JA, de Lange R, Cappon H. Head, neck, and body coupling in reconstructions of helmeted head impacts. In: Proceedings of the 2001 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. October 10-12, 2001; Isle of Man, UK.

2005

Chevalier M-C, Maupas A, Lévêque D, Verriest J-P. Air-bag protection of the train driver during a collision. In: Proceedings of the 2005 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 21-23, 2005; Prague, Czech Republic.447-450.

2015

Beeman SM. Biomechanical Response of Human Volunteers and Surrogates in a Variety of Loading Regimes [PhD thesis]. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; 2015.