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A crash test dummy, or simply dummy, is a full-scale anthropomorphic test device (ATD) that simulates the dimensions, weight proportions and articulation of the human body during a traffic collision. Dummies are used by researchers, automobile and aircraft manufacturers to predict the injuries a person might sustain in a crash. [ 1 ]
The original 50th percentile male Hybrid III's family expanded to include a 95th percentile male, 5th percentile female which is described as 'female' but is still based on the male body shape, [1] and three-year-old and six-year-old child dummies. 6 year-old and 3 year-old Hybrid III dummies sitting in a Lexus RX350 prior to an static side airbag deployment test.
Harold J. "Bud" Mertz is considered to be the driving force in the creation of the Hybrid III crash test dummy, the standard dummy used today.Working with General Motors in the late 1960s, Mertz designed and built the dummy which is today the only recognized test device in both North America and Europe for restraint devices which protect against frontal collisions.
One reason for that might be there is no crash test dummy that represents the average female body used in car safety testing, despite women making up more than half of all ...
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Samuel W. Alderson (October 21, 1914 – February 11, 2005) was an American inventor best known for his development of the crash test dummy, a device that, during the last half of the twentieth century, was widely used by automobile manufacturers to test the reliability of automobile seat belts and other safety protocols.
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Regulatory definition: For the purpose of U.S. regulation and GTRs (Global Technical Regulations)—and for clear communication in safety and seating design [7] —the H-point is defined as the actual hip point of the seated crash test dummy itself, [7] whereas the R-point (or SgRP, seating reference point) is the theoretical hip point used by ...