VEHICLE EXTERIORS AND PEDESTRIAN INJURY PREVENTION, VOLUME IV. DROP TEST OF DUMMIES ON A MOCK VEHICLE EXTERIOR

A series of drop tests were conducted with instrumented anthropometric dummies for data to validate a numerical simulator of the pedestrian accident victim. High-speed cameras recorded dummy kinematics and accelerations were recorded on magnetic tape.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 3, PB-242 067.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Texas A&M Research Foundation

  College Station, TX  United States  77843
• Authors:
  • Ross Jr, H E
  • White, M C
  • Young, R D
  • Lammert, W F
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 106 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anatomical models; Anthropometry; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Dummies; High speed photography; Injuries; Kinematics; Motor vehicle bodies; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Research; Safety engineering; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile bodies
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091589
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: RF-814-1-Vol-4 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-065-1-217
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM