Repeatability and Reproducibility of the FMVSS No. 213 Side Impact Test

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• Creators:
  Wietholter, Kedryn ; Louden, Allison E.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Vehicle Research and Test Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Child restraint systems
  • Crash tests
  • Crashworthiness
  • Product safety
  • Side crashes
  • Test procedures
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 211
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1530250
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This report documents NHTSA’s evaluation of testing using the proposed FMVSS No. 213 child side impact procedures conducted on both acceleration and deceleration sleds. In January 2014 the NHTSA released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend FMVSS No. 213 to include a side impact test and additional performance requirements for child restraint systems. Since the NPRM was released, NHTSA has modified the sled-on-sled test buck to minimize variability in installation, be more durable, and better match the proposed frontal FMVSS No. 213 seat assembly. The modified FMVSS No. 213 side impact test was evaluated for repeatability and reproducibility at the two different laboratories in test setup, overall kinematics of the child restraints, and dummy responses.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62654/dot_62654_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.50 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Vehicle Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
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