Development of a Child Lateral Thoracic Impactor 860368
This paper describes the development of a device to simulate the thorax of the fiftieth percentile six year old child in lateral blunt impact. The device is to be used to reconstruct actual vehicle/pedestrian collisions to determine the injury potential that various vehicles have towards pedestrians. The device is a modification of a fiftieth percentile six year old dummy thorax. Verification of the response is made by comparison with adult cadaver lateral impact data normalized and scaled to the child case. Performance evaluation of the device gave encouraging results although repeatability needs further verification.
Citation: Hamilton, M., Wiechel, J., and Guenther, D., "Development of a Child Lateral Thoracic Impactor," SAE Technical Paper 860368, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/860368. Download Citation
Author(s):
Michael N. Hamilton, John F. Wiechel, Dennis A. Guenther
Pages: 10
Event:
SAE International Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Passenger Comfort, Convenience and Safety-Test Tools and Procedures-P-174, Accident Reconstruction Technologies-Pedestrians and Motorcycles in Automotive Collisions-PT-35
Related Topics:
Children
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