MODELING OF EEVC (EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLES COMMITTEE) PEDESTRIAN HEADFORMS AND EXPERIENCE WITH BONNET IMPACT TESTS

The proposed introduction of EEC legislation (1998) for the protection of pedestrians and vulnerable road users will, for head injury reduction, require a large number of bonnet impact tests with pedestrian headforms to prove compliance. Mathematical modelling of bonnet impact tests early in the design stage will enable problems to be identified and solutions to be found before committing to full practical testing. Adult and child headforms have both been modelled using the LS-DYNA three-dimensional (3D) code. The accelerations experienced by the headforms have been correlated with practical certification tests. Computer simulations of headform bonnet impacts have been compared with actual bonnet impact tests on a current production vehicle. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 894848.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • CONSTANTINOU, C
  • GILES, A R
  • GREEN, J F
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON ENHANCED SAFETY OF VEHICLES
  • Location: Munich , Germany
  • Date: 1994-5-23 to 1994-5-26
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1147-61
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 94-S7-O-04

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Conferences; Crash tests; Evaluation and assessment; Finite element method; Head; Hoods; Injuries; Pedestrians; Prevention; Simulation
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 1347: Bonnet (car); 8525: Conference; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 6490: Finite element method; 1648: Impact test (crash); 2163: Injury; 1733: Pedestrian; 9149: Prevention; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00747143
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 28 1998 12:00AM