IN OCCASION OF THE "SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTAL SAFETY VEHICLES" HELD IN PARIS (FRANCE) JUNE 1979 RESULTS FROM EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS OF CAR-TO-PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS BETWEEN THE CALSPAN RSV A 50 PERCENTILE MALE DUMMY RESPECTIVELY AND A 6 YEAR OLD CHILD DUMMY WERE PRESENTED. (1) 12 TESTS WERE PERFORMED - SEVEN TESTS WITH THE 50 PERCENTILE MALE DUMMY AND FIVE TESTS WITH THE 6 YEAR OLD CHILD DUMMY. THE IMPACT SPEEDS WERE 15.20 AND 25 MPH. THE SAME BUMPER TYPE WAS USED FOR ALL TESTS. THE PROGRESS REPORT DESCRIBES A SIMILAR TEST SERIES WITH A MODIFIED BUMPER TYPE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION WAS TO PROVE WHETHER THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LOADINGS AND KINEMATICS OF THE IMPACTED PEDESTRIANS UNDER SIMILAR IMPACT CONDITIONS CAUSED BY THE BUMPER MODIFICATION. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF SECTION 3 SEE IRRD 266048. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 266046.
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