BIOMECHANICALLY BASED DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE TARGETS FOR A 3-YEAR OLD CHILD CRASH DUMMY FOR FRONTAL AND SIDE IMPACT

The Q-series of child dummies is a new family of advanced child dummies covering the complete child population up to 12 years. The Q-series' design is not only advanced in terms of its biomechanical basis, it is also developed to be used in both front and side impact making it the first "multi-directional" series of (child) dummies. This paper presents the functional targets for the Q-series, a set of biomechanically based design and performance targets for a 3-year-old dummy, and the validation of the prototype version of the 3-year-old Q-dummy, the Q3. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 899572.

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  • English

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: p. 243-60

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00752874
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
  • ISBN: 0-7680-0034-3
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Sep 28 1998 12:00AM