Whiplash Testing Protocol - Euro NCAP

3. Medium 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 18.
Acceleleration CFC 60[g]
Figure 18: Medium severity pulse corridors
The corridor data points are detailed in Table 6 along with additional requirements for the
low severity sled pulse.
Table 6: Medium pulse requirements
Version 3.1
June 2011
12
10
8
6
4
G H
D
F
I
J
-10
2
0
C
A
B
0
E
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
K L
90
M
100 110 120 130
N
140 150
-2
O P
Time [ms]
Parameter Requirement Limits +/- Unit
Velocity change dV 15.65 0.80 km/h
Mean acceleration Amean 47.85 4.00 m/s 2
Time (ms) Acceleration (g) Time (ms) Acceleration (g)
A 0 0.25 I 27 8.00
B 0 -0.25 J 27 9.00
C 4 1.0531 K 88 0.00
D 18 8.2705 L 94 0.00
E 8 1.0531 M 100 1.00
F 22 8.2705 N 150 1.00
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