DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF THE HYBRID III 3 YEAR OLD DUMMY HEAD AND NECK DURING SIDE AIR BAG LOADING

This paper presents the results from fourteen (n=14) tests designed to evaluate the response and injury potential of a Hybrid III 3 year old dummy subject to loading by a deploying seat mounted side air bag. An instrumented Hybrid III 3 year old dummy was used for tests in two different occupant positions chosen to maximize head and neck loading. Four seat mounted thoracic side air bags were used that varied only in the level of inflator output. NHTSA's neck injury criteria for complex loading was modified to include moment values for both anterioposterior and lateral directions. The results of this testing indicate that side air bag loading can result in forces and moments approaching injury threshold values. While there is considerable uncertainty as to the validity of published injury criteria due to the lack of child biomechanical data, this study demonstrates the sensitivity of child response to initial position which may provide insight into placement and geometry of side airbag systems. Furthermore, the data indicates a relationship between airbag inflator properties and child dummy response for a given airbag geometry.

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• Authors:
  • Duma, S M
  • Crandall, J R
  • Pilkey, W D
  • Seki, K
  • Aoki, T
• Conference:
  • 42nd Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
  • Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Date: 1998-10-5 to 1998-10-7
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 193-208
• Serial:
  • Publication of: ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
  • ISSN: 0892-6484

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Children; Crash injury research; Deployment; Dummies; Dynamic tests; Engineering moments; Force; Geometry; Head; Injuries; Neck; Side air bags; Side crashes; Thorax; Vehicle occupants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Inflator
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00767388
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 13 1999 12:00AM