A Study on the Biofiderity of the Thorax Response of the Next-generation Frontal Crash Test Dummy THOR

Abstract

To investigate the biofidelity of the thorax response of the next-generation frontal crash test dummy THOR, a series of thorax compression CAE analysis from various locations and directions was performed in comparison with Hybrid III and human body FE models. As a result, although the chest response of THOR was closer to human body than that of Hybrid III, it was found that the response discrepancy in oblique direction in which rib fractures occur frequently becomes large.