Table 3.
Summary of PMHS sled tests with side airbags (Kuppa et al., 2003)
| ID | Age (yr) | TTI (g) | Upper Cmax (%) |
Upper VCmax (m/s) |
Middle Cmax (%) |
Middle VCmax (m/s) |
Lower Cmax (%) |
Lower VCmax (m/s) |
Pelvis Accel (g) |
Spine ASA (g) |
Thorax AIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM | 61 | 117 | 22 | 0.7 | 33 | 2.0 | — | — | 60 | 23 | 3 |
| SM | 70 | 146 | 12 | 0.2 | 19 | 2.9 | 35 | 3.0 | 51 | 37 | 2 |
| DM | 61 | 111 | 14 | 0.5 | 16 | 0.4 | 28 | 1.8 | 58 | 58 | 0 |
| DM | 60 | 137 | 20 | 0.4 | 25 | 0.4 | 18 | 0.5 | 53 | 16 | 0 |
SM and DM represent seat- and door-mounted airbags. Upper, middle and lower refer to data from three chestbands placed under the axilla at rib-four level, xyphoid process and rib-ten level.