Door Latch Integrity: Moving Deformable Barrier into a 1986 Volkswagen Golf at315 deg Impact Angle

摘要

The door latch integrity test was conducted to measure the occupant response andloads of the latch/striker interface of the subject vehicle's driver's side door in a 315 deg., 72 kph impact mode. The test vehicle contained one (1) Biosid 50th percentile adult male anthropomorphic test device (dummy). The dummy was positioned in the left front outboard designated seating position according to the dummy placement procedure specified in Section C of the Biosid User's Manual. Seatbelts were not used. The dummy was instrumented with head, pelvis, upper spine, and lower spine accelerometers to measure longitudinal, lateral, and vertical accelerations; upper, center, and lower left throax rib accelerometers and potentiometers to measure lateral accelerations and displacements; upper and lower left abdomen rib accelerometers and potentiometers to measure lateral accelerations and displacements; a left shoulder accelerometer, load cell and potentiometer to measure lateral acceleration, force, and shoulder to spine displacement; and pubic symphysis, pelvis sacrum, and pelvis iliac load cells to measure lateral forces.