Comparative biofidelity of the Hybrid III and THOR 50th male ATDs under three restraint conditions during frontal sled tests

Figures & data

Figure 1. The sled test setup with reaction load cells for the KB condition with the HIII (top) and KBAB condition with the THOR (bottom).

Table 1. Summary of average reaction force ISO results.

Location	HIII	THOR
Steering column	0.559^P	0.612^F
Knee bolster	0.498^P	0.366^P
Foot support	0.566^P	0.562^P
Lap belt	0.517^P	0.789^F
Shoulder belt	0.825^G	0.864^G
All reaction forces	0.575^P	0.589^F

^GGood.

^FFair.

^PPoor.

Figure 2. Steering column (top), right knee bolster (middle), and right foot support (bottom) forces for the KB condition. The knee bolster forces (middle) were truncated at the local minimum immediately preceding any upper extremity interaction.

Table 2. Summary of average ISO results by location and internal/external.

Location	HIII	THOR
Head	0.575^P	0.665^F
Thorax	0.650^F	0.599^F
Pelvis	0.654^F	0.661^F
Lower Extremities	0.633^F	0.427^P
Internal	0.577^P	0.576^P
External	0.677^F	0.582^F
Overall	0.632^F	0.579^P

^GGood.

^FFair.

^PPoor.