Whiplash Testing Protocol - Euro NCAP

CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1
2 DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................................................... 2
3 COORDINATE SYSTEM .................................................................................................... 4
4 SLED SEAT MOUNTING AND POSITIONING .............................................................. 5
5 H-POINT MACHINE & DUMMY POSITIONING ........................................................ 14
6 HEAD RESTRAINT POSITIONS .................................................................................... 18
7 BioRID ATD REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................... 26
8 TEST SLED REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................ 30
9 TEST SLED INSTRUMENTATION ................................................................................ 30
10 PHOTOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................ 31
11 WHIPLASH ASSESSMENT CRITERIA ..................................................................... 35
Appendix I ................................................................................................................................... 41
Appendix II ................................................................................................................................. 42
Appendix III ................................................................................................................................ 54
Appendix IV ................................................................................................................................ 56
Appendix V .................................................................................................................................. 63
Version 3.1
June 2011
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