Analysis of Mechanics of Side Impact Test Defined in UN/ECE Regulation 129.

CONCLUSIONS: It is demonstrated that an artificial anchorage in the Regulation 129 test does not account for a rotation of the CRS, which should appear in the case of a realistic anchorage. Therefore, the adopted procedure generates the smallest HIC value, which is at the level of the far side impact scenario where there are no obstacles. It is also shown that the presence of non-lateral acceleration components challenges the quality of a CRS and its headrest much more than a pure lateral set-up. PMID: 28910537 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research