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Automotive Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (12): 1944-1953.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2022.12.016

Special Issue: 车身设计&轻量化&安全专题2022年

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The Application of the Injury Bionic Model of Chinese Three-year-old Child Occupant to the Simulation of C-NCAP Frontal Crash Tests

Haiyan Li1(),Hangjie Su1,He Zhu2,Chong Liu2,Yanxin Wang1,Shihai Cui1,Lijuan He1,Yida Wang1,Lü Wenle1   

  1. 1.Tianjin University of Science and Technology,International Research Association on Emerging Automotive Safety Technology,Tianjin  300222
    2.Geely Automobile Research Institute (Ningbo) Co. ,Ltd. ,Ningbo  315336
  • Received:2022-06-13 Revised:2022-07-10 Online:2022-12-25 Published:2022-12-22
  • Contact: Haiyan Li E-mail:lihaiyan@tust.edu.cn

Abstract:

In this paper, the validated TUST injury bionic model of Chinese three-year-old child occupant (TUST IBMs 3YO-O) with detailed anatomical structure features is used to build a simulation model, according to two dynamic frontal crash test specifications specified in C-NCAP (2001 version). A simulation is conducted to analyze the kinematic and biomechanical responses of the head, neck and chest and study the injury mechanism and the injury discrepancy of three-year-old child occupant in different conditions during frontal crash evaluation test. The results show that in the aspect of kinematic response, the injury risk of three-year-old child occupant in the frontal 50% overlap mobile progressive deformable barrier (MPDB) crash test is higher than that in the frontal 100% overlap rigid barrier (FRB) crash test, and the child farther away from the impact point has more serious injuries. In the aspect of biomechanical response, the three-year-old child occupant may suffer a mild concussion due to the lower jaw contacting the chest in the FRB crash test, while in the MPDB crash test, the child moves transversely toward left with the lower jaw contacting the right side of chest, leading to a larger peak biomechanical response, and may inducing minor concussion, rib fracture, lung contusion and other injuries.

Key words: C-NCAP, frontal crash, child occupant, injury mechanisms, biomechanical response