DURABILITY, REPEATABILITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF THE NHTSA SIDE IMPACT DUMMY

A series of seventy-two pendulum-type impact tests were performed on six NHTSA Side Impact Dummies (SID) to assess dummy repeatability and reproducibility. A quantity called the Normalized Integral Square Error (NISE) is used to quantify the difference between acceleration responses from repeat tests. Limits for the NISE are developed to define acceptable differences in terms of phase shift, amplitude, and shape. Results indicate that the SID is repeatable in all of the test cases considered and fairly reproducible in 90 degree lateral impacts although this is not shown conclusively. Before the testing could be performed it was necessary to correct several durability problems with the SID that were identified while early production versions of the dummy were being tested. These modifications are described briefly. For the covering abstract of the conference see HS-036 716. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Twenty-Seventh Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings (P-134) with International Research Committee on Biokinetics of Impacts (IRCOBI), San Diego, California, October 17-19, 1983.
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• Authors:
  • Donelly, B R
  • MORGAN, R M
  • EPPINGER, R H
• Conference:
  • Twenty-Seventh Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceeding (P-134) with International Research Committee on Biokinetics of Impacts (IRCOBI), San Diego, California, October 17-19, 1983.
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 299-310

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Conferences; Crash tests; Design; Dummies; Durability; Economic efficiency; Mechanical acceleration; Test procedures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Modifications; Repeatability; Reproducibility; Side
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 5910: Durability; 5911: Efficiency; 1648: Impact test (crash); 9048: Modification; 9074: Side; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387096
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 831624, HS-036 738
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM