Die Applikation des neuen flexiblen Beinprüfkörpers für die Fußgängerschutztests

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Abstract (German)

Etwa seit den 1970er Jahren wurde intensiv an der Entwicklung von Testverfahren gearbeitet, um die Fronten von Fahrzeugen hinsichtlich des Risikos zu bewerten, welches diese bei einem Unfall mit Fußgängern und anderen ungeschützten Verkehrsteilnehmern darstellen. Ziel der Anstrengungen war die Verbesserung des Schutzes von Fußgängern und anderen ungeschützten Verkehrsteilnehmern, vereinfacht als Fußgängerschutz bezeichnet. Ende der 1990er Jahre wurden die neuen Testverfahren erstmals für Verbraucherschutztests angewendet, 2003 wurde die erste gesetzliche Regelung zum Fußgängerschutz in Europa verabschiedet. Die Herausforderung, die neuen Anforderungen zu erfüllen, machte den Fußgängerschutz zu DEM Thema der Fahrzeugsicherheit in der ersten Dekade des 21. Jahrhunderts.

Die vorgelegte Arbeit betrachtet in erster Linie das Testverfahren mit dem Beinprüfkörper gegen den Stoßfänger. In den letzten Jahren wurde ein neuer Prüfkörper entwickelt, der so genannte „Flexible Fußgänger-Beinform-Prüfkörper“ oder FlexPLI. Dieser Dummy soll den existierenden Prüfkörper in der Zukunft ersetzen. Die Entwicklungsschritte des neuen Prüfkörpers werden erläutert und die Änderungen für das Testverfahren sowie die notwendigen Schritte für die Applikation des Prüfkörpers werden beschrieben.

Abstract (English)

Since approximately the 1970 years, intensive work was invested to develop test procedures for assessing the front end of vehicles to determine the risk they represent during an accident with pedestrians and other vulnerable road users. The objective of these efforts was the enhancement of the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, commonly referred to simply as pedestrian protection. End of the 1990 years, the new test procedures were applied for the first time in consumer protection tests; in 2003, the first legislation on pedestrian protection was adopted in Europe. The challenge to comply with the new requirements made pedestrian protection becoming THE subject of vehicle safety in the first decade of the 21st century.

The work presented is focusing at the test procedure of the legform impactor against the bumper. In the past years, a new impactor has been developed, the so-called “Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor” or FlexPLI. This dummy is deemed to replace the existing impactor in the future. The steps in the development of the new impactor are explained and the modifications to the test procedure as well as the necessary steps for the application of the impactor are described.

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