A New THOR Shoulder Design: Its Range-of-Motion in Comparison with Volunteers, the Hybrid III and THOR NT.

Author(s)
Toernvall, F.V. Holmqvist, K. Davidsson, J. Svensson, M.Y. & Haland, Y.
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Abstract

There is a need for dummies that mimic crash victims' kinematics in oblique and offset frontal collisions. Improved seatbelt-to-dummy interaction in crash testing is also desirable. Hence, a new THOR shoulder was developed and evaluated in comparison with volunteers', the Hybrid III and THOR NTshoulder range-of-motion. The new shoulder has human-like bony landmarks,clavicle curvature and length, and joints. The evaluation showed that therange-of-motion for the static loading of the new shoulder was similar tothat of the volunteers. This was not so for the Hybrid III and THOR NT. The data indicates that the new shoulder design can provide more human-likeshoulder motions in a crash test. For the covering abstract see ITRD E141569.

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C 46210 (In: C 46159 CD-ROM) /84 /91 / ITRD E141613
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In: Proceedings of the 2006 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, Madrid (Spain), September 20-22, 2006, Pp.

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