Abstract
Keywords THOR, Hybrid-III, Anthropometry, Frontal Impact Dummy, Facet Surfaces.
Abstract
Biofidelity is one of the most important keys in the design of ATDs. The first step to achieve a good performance in ATDs is an accurate anthropometric design. Recently, an update from
FTSS of an anthropometry study (AMVO) from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has established advanced anthropometric requirements. Worldwide known as the UMTRI model, this set or anthropometric requirements conforms a detailed 3-D surface description and joints positions of the 50% percentile male in an automobile driver configuration.
In order to evaluate the anthropometry of the current frontal impact dummies regarding UMTRI model, and in the framework of FID project, INSIA has recorded with a FARO-arm the external 3D surfaces and the joint positions of the THOR dummy and HYBRID III dummy. Collected data have been processed with CAD software and a NURBS description of the external surfaces has been generated including anatomical reference systems and joints positions.
This paper presents the results of the anthropometry study on the THOR dummy, the Hybrid III dummy and the comparison of both dummies with the anthropometry set of requirements developed by UMTRI and upgraded by FTSS.