A Biomechanical Face for the Hybrid III Dummy 952715
Biomechanical data on the response of the face to localized and distributed loads are analyzed to provide performance goals for a biomechanically realistic face. Previously proposed facial injury assessment techniques and dummy modifications are reviewed with emphasis on their biomechanical realism. A modification to the Hybrid III dummy, called the GM Hybrid III Deformable Face, is described. The modification produces biomechanically realistic frontal impact response for both localized and distributed facial loads and provides for contact force determination using conventional Hybrid III instrumentation. The modification retains the anthropometric and inertial properties and the forehead impact response of the standard Hybrid III head.
Citation: Melvin, J., Little, W., Smrcka, J., Zhu, Y. et al., "A Biomechanical Face for the Hybrid III Dummy," SAE Technical Paper 952715, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/952715. Download Citation
Author(s):
John W. Melvin, William C. Little, Joseph Smrcka, Yonghua Zhu, Michael J. Salloum
Affiliated:
General Motors R&D Center, First Technology Safety Systems
Pages: 13
Event:
39th Stapp Car Crash Conference (1995)
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
39th Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings-P-299, SAE 1995 Transactions: Journal of Passenger Cars-V104-6
Related Topics:
Biomechanics
Anthropometrics
Anthropometric test devices
Injuries
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