Behavior of ATD, PMHS and Human Volunteer in Crash Test

Quantifying the whole body response of ATD (anthropomorphic testing device) is important to study the behavior of belted occupant. In a previous study we studied the forward excursion of ATD, PMHS (Post Mortality Human Subject = Cadaver) with standard 3-point belt and Human Volunteer with energy abs...

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Published inInternational Journal of Automotive Engineering Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 49 - 56
Main Authors Higuchi, Kazuo, Forman, Jason L., Kent, Richard W., Arbogast, Kristy B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, INC 2020
Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc
Subjects
Air Belt
Anthropomorphic Dummy
Crash Test
Human Volunteer
Occupant protection
Safety
Safety Belt
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Summary:Quantifying the whole body response of ATD (anthropomorphic testing device) is important to study the behavior of belted occupant. In a previous study we studied the forward excursion of ATD, PMHS (Post Mortality Human Subject = Cadaver) with standard 3-point belt and Human Volunteer with energy absorbing shoulder belt, and concluded that the excursion of a human volunteer with tensed muscles in high speed frontal impact is less than the forward excursion of PMHS. In this work, we examined the behavior of a relaxed Human Volunteer with Inflataband (an airbag equipped seat belt) in a high speed impact test which conducted in 1970`s and PMHS and ATD with Air Belt. We compared the result with previous study and also study the response of THOR dummy. Result demonstrated the forward excursion of relaxed human volunteer is smaller than PMHS, echoing the results from the previous research.
ISSN:2185-0984
2185-0992
DOI:10.20485/jsaeijae.11.2_49