EVALUATION OF DUMMY SHOULDER KINEMATICS IN OBLIQUE FRONTAL COLLISIONS

• The present study evaluates shoulder kinematics of the Hybrid III and THOR NT, with the firstversion of a new shoulder design (SD-1), in 45° far-side, full frontal and 30° near-side collisions. Intotal eleven dummy tests were conducted in the three collision angles, while film and instrument datawere generated and compared with those of PMHS data from Törnvall (2008). For the 45° far-sideimpact, the THOR SD-1NT dummy retained the shoulder belt on the shoulder during on-loading, as didthe PMHSs, whereas the THOR NT did not. In the 30° near-side impact,

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Farkostteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Vehicle Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

PMHS

Kinematics

Sled tests

Shoulder

Publication and Content Type

kon (subject category)

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