Full Scale Pedestrian Impact Testing with PMHS: A Pilot Study
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The complexity of vehicle-pedestrian collisions necessitates extensive validation of pedestrian computational models. While body components can be individually simulated, overall validation of human pedestrian models requires full-scale testing with post mortem human surrogates (PMHS). This paper presents the development of a full-scale pedestrian impact test plan and experimental design, and some results from a pilot experiment. The test plan and experimental design are developed based on the analysis of a combination of literature review, multi-body modeling, and epidemiologic studies. The proposed system has proven effective in testing an anthropometrically correct rescue dummy in multiple instances, and in one test with a PMHS.
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Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
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