The SAE Recommended Practice J963 “Anthropomorphic Test Device for Dynamic Testing” describes a standard 50th percentile adult male anthropomorphic test dummy.
For nearly three years the Crash Test Dummy Task Force worked with the limited data available in selecting values for the body dimensions and ranges of motion. The data for specifying the values of mass distribution were developed experimentally as was a test procedure for determining the dynamic spring rate of the thorax.
Citation: Starkey, J., Young, J., Horn, W., Sobkow, W. et al., "The First Standard Automotive Crash Dummy," SAE Technical Paper 690218, 1969, https://doi.org/10.4271/690218. Download Citation
Author(s):
J. A. Starkey, J. W. Young, W. D. Horn, W. J. Sobkow, S. W. Alderson, W. G. Cichowski, M. T. Krag, Julie H. Auerbach
Affiliated:
Ford Motor Co., Alderson Research Labs., Inc., Safety Res. & Dev., GMC, Chrysler Corp.
Pages: 14
Event:
1969 International Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition
