Biofidelity of the Hybrid III Thorax in High-Velocity Frontal Impact

Tests on the blunt frontal thoracic impact of a Hybrid III dummy were carried out using a 4.25 kg inertial impactor at 13.4 m/s impact velocity. The dummy indicated a stiffer response than comparable cadaver subjects. The difference in average impact force was the same as the muscle tensing force added to the cadaver responses in developing dummy response guidelines and indicate the human-like response of the Hybrid III thorax over a range of impact velocities. For the covering abstract see IRRD 864472.