The occupant kinematics under far‐side impact is of prime interest to researchers, as there are no Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for this impact scenario. Traditionally, post‐mortem human surrogates and anthropometric test devices (ATDs) are used in various impact scenarios, to understand the occupant kinematics and injury mechanisms. The advantages of using ATDs are their cost‐effectiveness, repeatability with lesser setup time compared to PMHS, and calibrated internal instrumentation. Currently available ATDs are primarily designed for frontal, near side or rear impact scenarios. This study aims to identify an ATD that exhibits the most biofidelic response, under far‐side impact scenario, due to the lack of an ATD designed for this impact mode. The finite element models of THOR, World SID and Hybrid III were used for the study. Each ATD was validated under two far‐side impact conditions using experimental data. The validated ATD FE models were used to perform match pair simulations, and the responses were compared with PMHS experimental responses, under 90 deg and 60 deg far‐side impacts. The comparisons were made based on head, T1, T12 and sacrum excursions, anatomical regional accelerations, rigid panel and seatbelt forces. The correlation between the experimental and simulation data was quantified using correlation analysis (CORA). The biofidelity of the ATDs was determined using average CORA value for all responses. The most biofidelic ATD can be used to develop counter measures for far‐side crashes.
Keywords:
anthropometric test device; far‐side impacts; finite element modeling