BIOFIDELITY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HYBRID III HEADFORM

This paper describes the efforts of one group to improve the biomechanical fidelity of atd headforms used in automotive crash testing. On the basis of recent cadaver head impact studies and on the literature dealing with facial bone tolerances, several refinements have been made to the hybrid III headform. These include a slight modification of effective skull stiffness, the addition of a frangible faceform sub-assembly and the introduction of a compliant mandible. The purpose of these modifications is to improve both the response characteristics to impact as well as to provide a direct means to monitor for facial bone injury. For the covering abstract of the conference see TRIS 399532. (Author)

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Stapp Car Crash Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 6-7, 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • NEWMAN, J A
  • Gallup, B M
• Publication Date: 1984-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 87-99
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Biophysics; Cadavers; Conferences; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Design; Dummies; Face; Head; Improvements; Injuries; Research; Skull; Stiffness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Head injuries; Modifications
• ITRD Terms: 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 2060: Biomechanics; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 2011: Face (human); 9108: Improvement; 9048: Modification; 2021: Skull; 5931: Stiffness
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399538
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 0-89883-711-1
• Report/Paper Numbers: P-152
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 25 2004 2:44AM