Responses of side impact dummies in sled tests. Accid Anal Prev 2005 May;37(3):495-503
Date
03/24/2005Pubmed ID
15784203DOI
10.1016/j.aap.2004.12.007Scopus ID
2-s2.0-14844359023 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 29 CitationsAbstract
Sled tests were conducted at a velocity of 6.7 m/s using side impact dummies (SID, BioSID, ES-2, and WorldSIDp) and the resulting biomechanical responses were compared with responses from post mortem human subjects (PMHS). Initial impact conditions were with and without pelvic offset in combination with and without padding on the impacting wall. Impact forces, thoracic trauma index, chest compression, and viscous criteria were evaluated. The probability of injury was estimated and rates of deformation were computed for each body region. Dummy responses were not always similar in terms of trend and injury criteria when compared with PMHS tests under the same initial conditions. Response variations will be of value in improving the biofidelity characteristics of dummies for crashworthiness evaluations.
Author List
Yoganandan N, Pintar FAAuthors
Frank A. Pintar PhD Chair, Professor in the Biomedical Engineering department at Medical College of WisconsinNarayan Yoganandan PhD Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Accidents, TrafficBiomechanical Phenomena
Cadaver
Equipment Design
Humans
Manikins
Models, Theoretical
Motor Vehicles