SIMULATION USED TO DERIVE PROTECTION CRITERIA

DIE SIMULATION ALS ANSATZ ZUR ABLEITUNG VON SCHUTZKRITERIEN

Knowledge of the biomechanical limits or loading limits of the human being is important for determining ways of decreasing the consequences of accidents by means of improvements to vehicles. Tolerance limits and protection criteria for the frontal impact and the lateral impact are different. The author reports on previous studies and research with anthropometric dummies and cadavers. The equipment needed and the tests are described. To carry out basic research into protection criteria there is a need for test conditions which closely resemble the impact conditions and loadings of a real accident. The objectives of a research group, in which both the BAST and foreign and German institutes are involved, are outlined and the BAST impact testing facility is described. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Institute of Road Research, Germany

  Bruhlerstrasse 1, Postfach 510530
  D-5000 Cologne 51,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • SIEVERT, W
• Publication Date: 1979

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 301-318
• Serial:
  • Unfall-und Sicherheitsforschung Strassenverkehr
  • Issue Number: 21
  • Publisher: Federal Institute of Road Research, Germany

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Anthropometry; Biophysics; Cadavers; Crashes; Dummies; Impact sleds; Impact tests; Injuries; Passive restraint systems; Protection; Simulation; Tolerances (Engineering); Traffic crashes; Vehicle occupancy
• Old TRIS Terms: Tolerances
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 2093: Cadaver; 1631: Collision; 1629: Impact sled; 1648: Impact test (crash); 2163: Injury; 1466: Passive safety system; 9149: Prevention; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00315209
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1980 12:00AM