Development of a Hybrid III 5th percentile facet dummy model
conference paper
A MADYMO multibody model of the Hybrid III 5th percentile female dummy has been developed. Most attention is placed on modeling the thorax, pelvis- abdomen, head and neck. Those parts are modeled with facet surfaces and deformable bodies are used for the thorax. The remaining dummy parts are identical to an existing ellipsoid model. The facet component models have a more detailed geometry and are therefore more realistic than the ellipsoid model. The model enables accurate interaction with a FE lap belt, or seat, or airbag. The dummy model has been tested and validated using component tests and fully dummy tests. From the results, it can concluded that the model is an improved tool, which will give engineers more confidence concerning predictability. The model is slightly slower than the ellipsoid model, but still fast enough to perform parametric studies and optimizations.
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TNO Identifier
362400
Publisher
SAE
Article nr.
SAE Paper 2001-01-1050
Source title
Computer Applications, crashworthiness, simulation, hardware and software, SAE 2001 World Congress, Detroit, MI, USA, 5-8 March 2001
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