Project

The aim of this project is to evaluate the THOR dummy response in terms of thorax loading characteristics, injury risk response and countermeasure design for frontal as well as oblique loading conditions. The aim is also to evaluate the three different injury criteria proposed by the EU-THORAX project in order to rank them in terms of relevance to real life. To fulfil the aims the THOR FE-model will be validated to represent the available physical dummy and simulations will be performed with the FE-THOR and THUMS in order to understand the thoracic loading and the relation to a human thorax. Numerical and physical sled tests will be performed to correlate the sled environment as well as to provide the basis for the restraint variations. The overall expected result of the project is to gain a leading position into understanding and using the updated frontal impact dummy THOR in terms of usability, injury prediction and countermeasure design. Overall goal is to understand the THOR functionality in order to further reducing real life injuries in frontal and oblique crashes as a step in the vision zero.