Q-dummies Report: Advanced Child Dummies and Injury Criteria for Frontal Impact
report
Each year, 700 children are killed on European roads and 80,000 are injured. This represents an unacceptably high burden on Europe’s society and economy. Although it is not known exactly how many of these deaths and injuries occur in UNECE Regulation 44 approved CRS’s (Child Restraint Systems), it is considered that there is significant scope for improvement in the design of CRS’s. Currently CRS’s are homologated through testing with the so-called P-dummies that were developed in the 1970s. These dummies were primarily designed to act as loading devices with appropriate dimensions and mass distribution but with limited measurement capability. The new generation of child dummies called Q-dummies has a much more human like behaviour in CRS impact tests with regards to anthropometry, kinematics and biomechanics and facilitates injury risk assessment in critical body parts. These new dummies are designed to bring a large step forward for impact protection of children in cars. This report describes the design and evaluation of the new generation of child dummies. These dummies are developed to replace the P-dummies in the UNECE Regulation 44.
TNO Identifier
781710
Publisher
EEVC
Collation
122 p. (incl. bijl.)
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