Whiplash Testing Protocol - Euro NCAP

2. Low Severity Sled Pulse Requirements
The sled acceleration must be within the corridors for the complete time interval from 0ms
to 150ms as illustrated in Figure 17.
Acceleration CFC 60 [g]
Figure 17: Low severity pulse corridors
The corridor data points are detailed in Table 5 along with additional requirements for the
low severity sled pulse.
Table 5: Low pulse requirements
Version 3.1
June 2011
7
6
5
4
3
2
C
1
-1
-2
G H
D
E
I
R
F
J K
Q
A
S T
-10
0
B
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150
Time [ms]
M N
Parameter Requirement Limits +/- Unit
Velocity change dV 16.10 0.80 km/h
Mean acceleration Amean 42.35 4.5 m/s 2
Maximum acceleration Amax 5.00 0.5 g
Time (ms) Acceleration (g) Time (ms) Acceleration (g)
A 0 0.25 M 88 6.00
B 0 -0.25 N 100 6.00
C 2.6 1.0222 O 88 4.25
D 9.1 4.0982 P 78 4.50
E 6.6 1.0222 Q 26 4.50
P
L
O
U
W
V
X
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