Designing and testing a stand used to simulate the dummy head impact with different surfaces using CAD software

The aim of the paper was to design, assemble and test a stand used to analyse various crash scenarios for a crash test dummy head. This stand can be used to test the head impact with different surfaces, with or without a helmet, on soft or hard surfaces at different impact angles. The idea was to de...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2020-12, Vol.997 (1), p.12058
Main Authors: Radu, A I, Trusca, D D, Toganel, G R, Benea, B C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assembly
Contact angle
Crash test dummies
Crashworthiness
Drop tests
Impact angle
Impact tests
Simulation
Software
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Summary:The aim of the paper was to design, assemble and test a stand used to analyse various crash scenarios for a crash test dummy head. This stand can be used to test the head impact with different surfaces, with or without a helmet, on soft or hard surfaces at different impact angles. The idea was to design the stand in the CAD software SolidWorks because this particular software has the feature of dynamic simulation of assemblies known as Motion Analysis. The results show that designing the stand was a success and the simulations show a good behaviour of the assembly with direct results generated in term of acceleration and force values obtained from the drop test of the head on a surface. Also, the surface can be adjusted for different impact angles and with different contact surfaces properties to extend the usability of the assembly.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/997/1/012058