A critical assessment of the use of non-human responding surrogates for safety system evaluation.

Author(s)
Saczalski, K.J. States, J.D. Wagar, I.J. & Richardson, E.Q.
Year
Abstract

The basic physical mechanisms underlying recent experimentally observed anomalous behaviour in the impact performance of safety helmets evaluated with soft (human-like) and hard (magnesium alloy) headform surrogates are qualitatively and quantitatively explained in this paper. The results raise a serious question as to the validity of using non-human responding surrogates for the purpose of assessing safety system performance.

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B 11530 (In: B 10876 [electronic version only]) /84.1/91.2/
Source

In: Proceedings of the 20th Stapp Car Crash Conference Dearborn, Michigan, October 1976; p. 159-187, 3 fig., 10 graph., 6 tab., 16 ref.; SAE paper No. 760805.

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