Restraint Design for Obese Occupants: Belt Pull Test Simulations Error Effects Modeling [Third of Four Parts]

Details

• Creators:
  Sun, Zhaonan ; Kerrigan, Jason R. ; Joodaki, Hamed ; Gepner, Bronek
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Virginia. Center for Applied Biomechanics
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Human body size
  • Sled tests
  • Seat belts
  • Obesity
  • Restraint systems
  • Finite element method
  • Kinematics
  • Global Human Body Models Consortium (GHBMC)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 540c
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Third of four parts
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Third of four parts. This task evaluates the Global Human Body Models Consortium (GHBMC) models representing obese people with respect to the obese postmortem human surrogates test series of tabletop belt pull tests previously performed at the University of Virginia’s Center for Applied Biomechanics. Using a finite element model of the test fixtures, 3D drawings of the original test fixtures were obtained and meshed. To investigate whether the GHBMC obesity model can show kinematics like the PMHS, additional sensitivity studies were performed. The results showed that none of the implemented changes could lead the GHBMC obesity model to submarining.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTNH2215D00022
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74432/dot_74432_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.46 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Vehicle Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f786d9555bd04f175be86d9db40f6a9f8373d8ccbb9f17762ae8f9e2f6df92c865c34f2f9e8c3bd8e7bf641297836198c18a2917676d8a6d857a18045cf954e4