Modeling of European Experimental Vehicles Committee EEVC pedestrian headforms and experience with bonnet impact tests.

Author(s)
Constantinou, C. Giles, A.R. & Green, J.F.
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Abstract

The proposed introduction of EEC legislation (1998) for the protection of pedestrians and vulnerable road users will, for head injury reduction, require a large number of bonnet impact tests with pedestrian headforms to prove compliance. Mathematical modelling of bonnet impact tests early in the design stage will enable problems to be identified and solutions to be found before committing to full practical testing. Adult and child headforms have both been modelled using the LS-DYNA three-dimensional (3D) code. The accelerations experienced by the headforms have been correlated with practical certification tests. Computer simulations of headform bonnet impacts have been compared with actual bonnet impact tests on a current production vehicle. (A)

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C 9304 (In: C 9195 [electronic version only]) /84 /91 / IRRD 894957
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In: Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Technical Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles ESV, Munich, Germany, May 23-26, 1994, Volume 2, Paper 94-s7-o-04, p. 1147-1161, 2 ref.

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