The objective of the research effort was to determine whether there are differences in calibration performance or simulated crash test performance of SA103C three-year old child test dummies when they were tested with flesh parts produced with Nitrosan as compared to flesh parts made with OBSH/TBPP foaming compound. Dummies with the OBSH/TBPP flesh parts were tested in this program and the resulting sled test performance data compared statistically to data from previous tests. A series of 21 dummy performance tests was conducted on a HYGE accelerator sled at 30 MPH with each of two dummies tested in a sequence of three replicate runs in a GM Love seat, a Chrysler Mopar and a Ford Tot-Guard safety seat. The primary measures of dummy performance analyzed with the statistical methods are: (1) peak head resultant acceleration; (2) peak chest resultant acceleration; (3) maximum head C.G. displacement; and (4) maximum knee displacement. An analysis of the absolute deviations of each data point from a population mean has demonstrated that the dummy variations are within an acceptable level for all performance measures.
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