Development of Side Impact Dummy FE Model using Reverse Engineering

Abstract

This paper describes a development of dummy FE models to be used for side impact simulations. The precise geometries of the ES-2re dummy and the SID-IIs dummy were measured at a pitch of 1.0 mm using X-ray CT scans. The material properties and the mechanical responses of the components were measured in static and dynamic tests and were used for the model validation. Both dummy models showed a good correlation when compared their kinematics and injury index values to those in the full vehicle side impact tests.