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SINCAP MDB
LABORATORY TEST PROCEDURES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. PURPOSE AND APPLICATION ..................................................................................................................... 2
2. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 2
2.1 FMVSS NO. 214 INJURY CRITERIA – ES-2RE MALE DUMMY ....................................................................... 3
2.2 FMVSS NO. 214 INJURY CRITERIA – SID-IIS FEMALE DUMMY .................................................................... 3
2.3 TEST VEHICLE ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................................... 4
3. SECURITY .......................................................................................................................................................... 4
3.1 RULES FOR CONTRACTORS ............................................................................................................................ 5
4. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ................................................................................................................................. 5
5. TEST SCHEDULING AND MONITORING .................................................................................................... 5
6. FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT – PRE-TEST REQUIREMENTS ................................................................. 6
6.1 PROJECT PLAN ................................................................................................................................................ 6
6.2 FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................................... 6
7. GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFP) .................................................................................... 10
7.1 TEST VEHICLES ............................................................................................................................................ 10
7.2 ANTHROPOMORPHIC TESTING DEVICES ....................................................................................................... 11
8. CALIBRATION AND TEST INSTRUMENTATION .................................................................................... 11
8.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................ 11
8.2 ANTHROPOMORPHIC TESTING DEVICES ....................................................................................................... 12
9. PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION ....................................................................................................... 13
9.1 CAMERAS ....................................................................................................................................................... 13
9.2 COLORING REQUIREMENTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES ..................................................................... 16
9.3 IMPACT EVENT MARKERS .............................................................................................................................. 17
9.4 PHOTOGRAPHIC TARGETS AND TAPE FOR TEST VEHICLE AND BARRIER .................................................... 17
9.5 TARGET VEHICLE INFORMATION PLACARDS ................................................................................................. 21
9.6 CRASH VIDEO TITLE HEADING AND SEQUENCE ........................................................................................... 22
9.7 REAL-TIME DOCUMENTATION ....................................................................................................................... 22
9.8 STILL PHOTOGRAPHS .................................................................................................................................... 24
10. DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 28
11. TEST EXECUTION ........................................................................................................................................ 29
11.1 TEST VEHICLE AND MOVING DEFORMABLE BARRIER PREPARATION ........................................................ 29
11.2 DUMMY PREPARATION AND POSITIONING .................................................................................................. 43
11.3 TEST VEHICLE AND MOVING DEFORMABLE BARRIER MEASUREMENTS .................................................... 47
11.4 SIDE IMPACT TEST CONDITION ................................................................................................................... 50
12. POST-TEST MEASUREMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ...................................................................... 51
12.1 TEST SPEED ................................................................................................................................................ 51
12.2 TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY STABILIZATION ........................................................................................... 52
12.3 DUMMY CONTACT POINTS .......................................................................................................................... 52
12.4 IMPACT POINT ............................................................................................................................................. 52
12.5 VEHICLE DOORS, SEAT MOVEMENT, RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, AND PROFILE MEASUREMENTS .................. 52
12.6 REMOVAL OF ANTHROPOMORPHIC TESTING DEVICES ............................................................................... 53