RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Tomsovsky, Lubos
A1 Literova, Lucie
A1 Kubovy, Petr
A1 Lopot, Frantisek
A1 Havlicek, Martin
A1 Stocek, Ondrej
A1 Fara, Lukas
A1 Jezdik, Roman
A1 Purs, Hynek
A1 Tikkanen, Tommi
A1 Novak, Martin
A1 Jelen, Karel
T1 Head Impacts during the Direct Frontal (Forehead) and Side (Temple) Collision - Human vs. Hybrid III Dummy
JF Manufacturing Technology Journal
YR 2023
VO 23
IS 5
SP 717
OP 724
DO 10.21062/mft.2023.048
UL https://journalmt.com/artkey/mft-202305-0005.php
AB The paper is focused on the dynamic response of a Hybrid III crash-test dummy during low-severity frontal (forehead) and side (temple) head impacts. The measurements used a pedestrian dummy (Hybrid III 50th percentile male dummy, Jasti Co., ltd., Tokyo, Japan) and a unique pendulum impact testing machine (impactor) of own design and construction. The tests were conducted at two various impact intensities (velocities) that did not exceed the speed of 1.6 m.s<sup>-1</sup>. The primary outcome variable was a resultant magnitude of acceleration measured on the vertex of the dummy's head and the results were compared to 11 human volunteers. The goal of the study was to analyze the biofidelity of the Hybrid III Dummy in a pedestrian setting during low-severity frontal and side head impacts by comparing the dynamics and kinematics of the dummy's head to human volunteers.