THE DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF A SELF-CONTAINED SOLID STATE DIGITAL CRASH RECORDER FOR ANTROPOMORPHIC DUMMIES

A solid state, low power, self-contained digital crash recorder was developed and installed in the Part 572 crash test dummy for capturing and storing the crash severity-time event. The crash recorder is capable of recording upon internal triggering command the dummy's response in 10 separate data channels. The recorder's performance was evaluated in laboratory and vehicle tests consisting of simulated and real rigid barrier collisions in the forward impact mode and moving barrier collisions in side impacts. The recorder was found to be suitable for capturing and storing high quality crash data compatible with currently used hardware data acquistion techniques. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Backaitis, S H
  • Trout, E M
  • Wolf, R J
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Crash injury research; Crashes; Data collection; Digital computers; Dummies; Recording instruments; Research; Solid state devices
• Old TRIS Terms: Digital systems; Recorders; Solid state
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145199
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #760013
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM