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One of the scientific and technological objectives identified for the THORAX Project is to produce a mechanical demonstrator consisting of a new dummy thorax and shoulder design capable of representing identified injury mechanisms under real worlds loading conditions developed and implemented in a THOR-NT frontal crash test dummy. To confirm that the demonstrators meet their design requirements and the relevant ojectives of the THORAX Project, the demonstrators have been evaluated by project partners in a broad series of dummies in a series of tests as defined in the biofidelity requirements laid out in an earlier report from the project. The tests were designed to replicate, as closely as possible original tests with human subjects (PMHSs [post-mortem human subjects] or volunteers). By repeating tests with the demonstrators the dummy performance was compared with the previous PMHS and volunteer test results and the biofidelity requirements.