Techniques for Developing Child Dummy Protection Reference Values. Event Report

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• Creators:
  Klinich, Kathleen DeSantis ; Saul, Roger A. ; Auguste, Gaston ; Backaitis, Stanley ; Kleinberger, Michael
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Anthropometry Child Dummies Child Restraint Systems Child Safety Seats Crash Injury Research Crash Victim Simulation Dummies Human Characteristics Human Factors In Crashes Infants Literature Reviews Out-of-position (OOP) Child/Air Bag Interaction Testing Preschool Children Protection Reference Values (PRV)

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403104
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this report is to present background information and techniques for developing protection reference values (PRV) to use with child dummies in out-of-position (OOP) child/air bag interaction testing. Biomechanics experts agree that OOP PRV in the literature should not apply to frontal belt-restrained child occupants (using child restraints or belts). However, given the very limited amount of data available, all sources of information were used to extract child injury PRV. This report summarizes the literature on injury criteria and protection reference values as it pertains to children. As the first part of the background section, child anatomy and physiology are examined with respect to impact. Epidemiology on the types of injuries that children receive in automotive accidents is also reviewed. In addition, data on how human tissue mechanical properties vary with age are presented. The characteristics and capabilities of different child dummies are documented as well. The next section assesses injury and PRV development techniques. A literature review on how these techniques have been applied to children follows. Data from regular test programs using child dummies are included for comparison. The last sections employ different scaling techniques to estimate PRV for child dummies. These, together with values from the literature survey, are summarized and presented as proposed reference values.
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