NHTSA data reference guide version 4.b. Volume 2, biomechanical tests

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• Alternative Title:
  NHTSA biomechanics data reference guide
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Data collection
  • Handbooks
  • Crash injury research
  • Crash tests
  • Vehicle tests
  • Biophysics
  • Accident analysis
  • Anthropometric dummies
  • Biomechanics
  • Data acquisition
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• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This guide documents the format of media (3.5 inch high density diskettes or CD-ROMs) to ; be submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for ; biomechanical tests. This guide is designated Volume II. NHTSA Data Reference Guide ; (Biomechanical). Three other volumes exist; they correspond to the other NHTSA ; databases: I. NHTSA Data Reference Guide (Vehicle), III. NHTSA Data Reference Guide ; (Component), and IV. NHTSA Data Reference Guide (Signal Waveform Generator). ; While the four databases are similar, they differ significantly as well. Your data submission ; will be returned as unacceptable if you submit data in the wrong format for a particular data ; base. ; The first step in creating a data submission is to determine which section of the guide ; (vehicle crash tests, biomechanics tests, component tests, or signal waveform generator ; tests) to use. The surest method of determining which section is appropriate for your use is ; to check with the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) who should be ; able to identify the appropriate data base format. The following guidelines will help to ; explain the differences between the four data bases. ; Information in the vehicle data base relates to the performance and response of vehicles and ; other structures in impacts. ; The biomechanics data base contains information used ; (1) to evaluate human impact response, ; (2) to evaluate prototype dummy designs, or ; (3) to evaluate standard dummy designs in new impact environments. ; A component test identifies a specific vehicle component and/or dummy part and ; summarizes test conditions. Component tests are conducted on various internal or external ; components of automobiles to provide force deflection or time series data for use in ; computer simulation models available to NHTSA. ; Information in the signal waveform generator data base relates to the evaluation of data ; acquisition systems at sites performing vehicle crash and biomechanics tests. ; A biomechanics test always has exactly one occupant; a vehicle test may have zero ; occupants or many occupants but normally utilizes dummy (occupant) parts. ; Raw data is required unless submission of filtered data is authorized by the Contracting ; Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR).
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5200/dot_5200_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 726.67 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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