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In the European Project FIMCAR, a proposal for a frontal impact test configuration was developed which included an additional full width deformable barrier (FWDB) test. Motivation for the deformable element was partly to measure structural forces as well as to produce a severe crash pulse different from that in the offset test. The objective of this study was to analyze the safety performance of vehicles in the full width rigid barrier test (FWRB) and in the full width deformable barrier test (FWDB). In total, 12 vehicles were crashed in both configurations. Comparison of these tests to real world accident data was used to identify the crash barrier most representative of real world crashes. For all vehicles, the airbag visible times were later in the FWDB configuration. This was attributed to the attenuation of the initial acceleration peak, observed in FWRB tests, by the addition of the deformable element. These findings were in alignment with airbag triggering times seen in real world crash data. Also, the dummy loadings were slightly worse in FWDB compared to FWRB tests, which is possibly linked to the airbag firing and a more realistic loading of the vehicle crash structures in the FWDB configuration. Evaluations of the lower extremities have shown a general increasing of the tibia index with the crash pulse severity.
Das Ziel der Untersuchung war, die Grenzen der Belastbarkeit eines Rollstuhl- und Personenrückhaltesystems mit Kraftknoten nach DIN 75078-2 zu ermitteln. Dazu wurden dynamische Schlittenversuche durchgeführt, bei denen die Verzögerungspulse sowie das Gesamtgewicht von Rollstuhl und Prüfpuppe variiert wurden. Für die Untersuchungen kamen ein Prüfrollstuhl, definiert nach ISO 10542, und Rückhaltesysteme mit Kraftknoten gemäß DIN 75078-2 zum Einsatz. Das Rückhaltesystem bestand aus einem Rollstuhl- und einem Personenrückhaltesystem, wobei das Rollstuhlrückhaltesystem (RRS) mit vier bzw. sechs Gurten und entsprechenden Retraktoren an einem dynamischen Schlittenaufbau befestigt wurde. Das Personenrückhaltesystem (PRS) bestand aus einem am Rollstuhl integrierten Beckengurt sowie einem Schulterschräggurt, der am Beckengurt und am Schlittenaufbau befestigt wurde. Ferner wurden bei den Versuchen Prüfpuppen verschiedener Alters- und Gewichtsklassen (P6, HIII 5 %, HIII 50 % und HIII 95 %) eingesetzt Die Belastungsanforderungen für das Rückhaltesystem wurden sukzessiv erweitert, indem einerseits das Gesamtgewicht (Rollstuhl und Prüfpuppe) und andererseits auch die Verzögerungspulse bis zur Versagensgrenze erhöht wurden. Das Vier-Gurt-Rückhaltesystem konnte bei einem Verzögerungspuls von 10 g einem Gesamtgewicht von bis zu 221 kg standhalten. Bei einem Verzögerungspuls von 20 g und einem Gesamtgewicht von 134 kg wurde das Vier-Gurt-System bis über die Grenzen belastet. Das Sechs-Gurt-Rückhaltesystem hat Belastungen bis 221 kg standgehalten. Infolgedessen ist bei einer Erhöhung der Verzögerungspulse auf 20 g und einem Gesamtgewicht von mehr als 109 kg ein Sechs-Gurt-System zu empfehlen.
Das Ziel des Forschungsprojekts "Quantifizierung der Passiven Sicherheit für Pkw-Insassen" besteht darin, Messergebnisse in Form von Dummybelastungswerten zu einem Sicherheitsindex zu verdichten. Zur Formulierung des dazu erforderlichen Bewertungsalgorithmus wurden folgende Zusammenhänge erarbeitet: 1. Beziehung zwischen Verletzungsschwere und Dummybelastungsgröße für relevante Körperteile, 2. Relevanzfaktoren zur Wichtung der Teilergebnisse und 3. Zusammenhang zwischen körperteilspezifischen Schutzkriterien und dem entsprechenden Erfüllungsgrad. Die wesentliche Aufmerksamkeit erforderte die Bereitstellung der Relevanzstruktur, da mit den einzelnen Relevanzfaktoren die gemessenen Belastungen entsprechend der Bedeutung der im realen Unfallgeschehen beobachteten Verletzungen bewertet werden sollten. Im Bereich der experimentellen Simulation lag das Hauptaugenmerk auf der Bereitstellung der Versuchsbedingungen, wobei die gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Sicherheitsversuche zu berücksichtigen waren. Daraus ergab sich die Festlegung auf folgende Versuchskonstellationen: 1. Frontaler Wandaufprall, 2. Seitenaufprall einer fahrbaren Barriere auf den stehenden Pkw und 3. Kompatibilitätsversuch, bei dem ein Fahrzeug seitlich mit einem anderen Fahrzeug gleichen Typs kollidiert. Mit Hilfe eines erarbeiteten Bewertungsalgorithmus werden die versuchstechnisch gemessenen Belastungswerte normiert und der Bewertungsfunktion zugeführt. Die so ermittelten Erfüllungsgrade erhalten durch die Relevanzfaktoren eine unfallspezifische Wichtung und lassen sich über Teilsicherheitsindizes zu einem Gesamt-Sicherheitsindex zusammenfassen. Dieser Sicherheitsindex soll Aufschluss über das Niveau der inneren Sicherheit von Pkw geben.
According to the German road traffic regulations children up to the age of 12 or a height below 150 cm have to use approved and appropriate child restraint systems (CRS). CRS must be approved according to UN-ECE Regulation No. 44. The regulation classifies CRS in 5 weight categories. The upper weight group is approved for children from 22 to 36 kg. However, studies show that already today many children weigh more than 36 kg although they have not reached a height of 150 cm. Therefore, no ECE R44 approved CRS is available for these overweight children. In conclusion, today's sizes and weights of children are no longer represented by the current version of the ECE R44. The heaviest used dummy (P10) weighs just 32.6 kg and has a height of 137.9 cm. Statistical data of German children show that already 5% of the children at a height of 137.9 cm have a weight above 45.3 kg. Regarding children at a height of 145 cm, the 95th percentile limit is at a weight of 53.3 kg. Based on these data 4 dummies with different heights and weights were defined and produced. Two of them are overweight. Up to now, there is no experience how current child restraint systems perform in a car crash if they are used by children with a weight above 36 kg and a height smaller than 150 cm. In the future, different child restraint systems will be tested with respect to the ECE R44 regulation using these overweight dummies.
The frontal crash is still an important contributor to deaths and serious injured resulting from road accidents in Europe. As the Hybrid-III dummy used in crash tests is over two decades old, the European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee is studying the potential for a new test device. Key is the availability of a well-defined set of requirements that identifies the minimum level of biofidelity required for an advanced frontal dummy. In this paper, a complete set of frontal impact biofidelity requirements, consisting of references , description of test conditions and corridors, is presented.
One main objective of the EU-Project SENIORS is to provide improved methods to assess thoracic injury risk to elderly occupants. In contribution to this task paired simulations with a THOR dummy model and human body model will be used to develop improved thoracic injury risk functions. The simulation results can provide data for injury criteria development in chest loading conditions that are underrepresented in PMHS test data sets that currently proposed risk functions are based on. To support this approach a new simplified generic but representative sled test fixture and CAE model for testing and simulation were developed. The parameter definition and evaluation of this sled test fixture and model is presented in this paper. The justification and definition of requirements for this test set-up was based on experience from earlier studies. Simple test fixtures like the gold standard sled fixture are easy to build and also to model in CAE, but provide too severe belt-only loading. On the other hand a vehicle buck including production components like airbag and seat is more representative, but difficult to model and to be replicated at a different laboratory. Furthermore some components might not be available for physical tests at later stage. The basis of the SENIORS generic sled test set-up is the gold standard fixture with a cable seat back and foot rest. No knee restraint was used. The seat pan design was modified including a seat ramp. The three-point belt system had a generic adjustable load limiter. A pre-inflated driver airbag assembly was developed for the test fixture. Results of THOR test and simulations in different configurations will be presented. The configurations include different deceleration pulses. Further parameter variations are related to the restraint system including belt geometry and load limiter levels. Additionally different settings of the generic airbag were evaluated. The test set-up was evaluated and optimized in tests with the THOR-M dummy in different test configurations. Belt restraint parameters like D-ring position and load limiter setting were modified to provide moderate chest loading to the occupant. This resulted in dummy readings more representative of the loading in a contemporary vehicle than most available PMHS sled tests reported in the literature. However, to achieve a loading configuration that exposes the occupant to even less severe loading comparable to modern vehicle restraints it might be necessary to further modify the test set-up. The new generic sled test set-up and a corresponding CAE model were developed and applied in tests and simulations with THOR. Within the SENIORS project with this test set-up also volunteer and PMHS as well as HBM simulations are performed, which will be reported in other publications. The test environment can contribute in future studies to the assessment of existing and new frontal impact dummies as well as dummy improvements and related instrumentation. The test set-up and model could also serve as a new standard test environment for PMHS and volunteer tests as well as HBM simulations.
In the EC FP6 Integrated Project Advanced Protection Systems, APROSYS, the first WorldSID small female prototype was developed and evaluated by BASt, FTSS, INRETS, TRL and UPM-INSIA during 2006 and 2007. Results were presented at the ESV 2007 conference (Been et al., 2007). With the prototype dummy scoring a biofidelity rating higher than 6.7 out of 10 according to ISO/TR9790, the results were very promising. Also opportunities for further development were identified by the evaluation group. A revised prototype, Revision1, was subsequently developed in the 2007-2008 period to address comments from the evaluation group. The Revision1 dummy includes changes in the half arms and the suit (anthropometry and arm biomechanics), the thorax and abdomen ribs and sternum (rib durability), the abdomen/lumbar area and the lower legs (mass distribution). Also a two-dimensional chest deflection measurement system was developed to measure deflection in both lateral and anterior-posterior direction to improve oblique thorax loading sensitivity. Two Revision1 prototype dummies have now been evaluated by FTSS, TRL, UPM-INSIA and BASt. The updated prototype dummies were subjected to an extensive matrix of biomechanical tests, such as full body pendulum tests and lateral sled impact tests as specified by Wayne State University, Heidelberg University and Medical College of Wisconsin. The results indicated a significant improvement of dummy biofidelity. The overall dummy biofidelity in the ISO rating system has significantly improved from 6.7 to 7.6 on a scale between 0-10. The small female WorldSID has now obtained the same biofidelity rating as the WorldSID mid size male dummy. Also repeatability improved with respect to the prototype. In conclusion the recommended updates were all executed and all successfully contributed in achieving improved performance of the dummy.
The European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee wants to promote the use of more biofidelic child dummies and biomechanical based tolerance limits in regulatory and consumer testing. This study has investigated the feasibility and potential impact of Q-dummies and new injury criteria for child restraint system assessment in frontal impact. European accident statistics have been reviewed for all ECE-R44 CRS groups. For frontal impact, injury measures are recommended for the head, neck, chest and abdomen. Priority of body segment protection depends on the ECE-R44 group. The Q-dummy family is able to reflect these injuries, because of its biofidelity performance and measurement capabilities for these body segments. Currently, the Q0, Q1, Q1.5, Q3 and Q6 are available representing children of 0, 1, 1.5, 3 and 6 years old. These Q-dummies cover almost all dummy weight groups as defined in ECE-R44. Q10, representing a 10 year-old child, is under development. New child dummy injury criteria are under discussion in EEVC WG12. Therefore, the ECE-R44 criteria are assessed by comparing the existing P-dummies and new Q-dummies in ECE-R44 frontal impact sled tests. In total 300 tests covering 30 CRSs of almost all existing child seat categories are performed by 11 European organizations. From this benchmark study, it is concluded that the performance of the Q-dummy family is good with respect to repeatability of the measurement signals and the durability of the dummies. Applying ECE-R44 criteria, the first impression is that results for P- and Q-dummy are similar. For child seat evaluation the potential merits of the Q-dummy family lie in the extra measurement possibilities of these dummies and in the more biofidelic response.
Although the statistics show a decreasing rate of child injuries and fatalities in German road accidents more efforts can be made to protect children in cars e.g. by developing appropriate child restraint systems. An important part in of this work can be achieved with the help of crash tests using child dummies. However these crash tests cannot completely reflect the situation of real world crashes as factors like children moving out of the optimal position or children incorrectly fastened by their parents are difficult to predict. Therefore this study gives an overview over the current accident and injury situation of child occupants in cars in German road accidents.
Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen an die Bestuhlung moderner Reisebusse als Rückhaltesysteme
(1991)
Die Schutzfähigkeit von KOM-Fahrgastsitzen, die den ECE-R 80-Anforderungen entsprechen, ist bisher nur für die aufgerichtete Rückenlehne nachgewiesen. Hier wurde untersucht, ob auch geneigte Rückenlehnen ausreichende Schutzwirkung bieten. Ausgehend von der Normalsitzposition verfügen Reisebussitze heutiger Bauart über einen Lehnenverstellwinkel von circa 15 Grad (Normal-, Ruhesitzposition). Sondersitze für Ältere und Sportler erlauben auch die Liegesitz- beziehungsweise Liegeposition bei jedoch erheblich größeren Sitzteilern. In Schlittenaufprallversuchen mit je zwei instrumentierten anthropometrischen Messpuppen auf Reisebus-Doppelsitzen wurden die Belastungsverhältnisse eines frontalen Aufpralls simuliert. Die Lehnenverstelleinrichtung der Prüfsitze wurde behelfsweise so verändert, dass 3 (4) Winkeleinstellungen der Lehnenneigung möglich waren. Für jeweils zwei hintereinander zugeordnete Sitzplätze wurden wechselweise diese Lehneneinstellungen variiert. Mit 17 Doppelsitzen wurden insgesamt 32 Körperaufprallereignisse in den verschiedenen Lehnenneigungskonfigurationen durchgeführt. Die Versuchsergebnisse gliederten sich nach der Bewegungsform des Dummy, seinen Belastungen und den am Vordersitz hervorgerufenen Beschädigungen. Die Aufprallverhältnisse in aufrechter Normalsitzposition entsprechend der ECE-R 80 bildeten die Bewertungsbasis. Die gewonnenen Versuchsergebnisse lassen sich wie folgt zusammenfassen: - Für beliebige Lehneneinstellungen im Winkelbereich bis zu 30 Grad zur Senkrechten bietet die vorgebaute Sitzlehne generell ausreichende Rückhaltewirkung beim Körperaufprall. - Wenn die Vordersitzlehne jedoch steiler eingestellt ist als es der Körperhaltung des dahintersitzenden Dummy entspricht, ist mit 1,5-2fach höheren Kopfbelastungen zu rechnen. Das ECE-R 80-Schutzkriterium HAC < 500 wird überschritten. - Vorsorglich sollte aus sicherheitstechnischer Sicht der zulässige Grenzwinkel der Lehnenneigung auf 30 Grad zur Senkrechten beschränkt werden.