Pedestrian Protection - Carhs

AGENDA WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2011 AGENDA THURSDAY JUNE 30, 2011
9:00 Welcome
Director and Professor
Dipl.-Ing. Andre Seeck
Federal Highway Research Institute, Bergisch Gladbach
9:15 Basics and current status of the international
regulations
Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Lorenz
Federal Highway Research Institute, Bergisch Gladbach
History, biomechanics, accident data
Development of the regulations
Status of European regulations 78/2009 and 631/2009
Implementation of the GTR (+ Phase 2)
9:55 Euro NCAP Pedestrian Protection:
Today and Tomorrow
Dr. Michiel van Ratingen
Euro NCAP, Brussels
Assessment Methods
Grid
Flex PLI
Pedestrian Detection
Autonomous Braking
10:35 Alternative procedure for the safety assessment
of bicycle helmets for children
Dipl.-Ing. Oliver Zander
Federal Highway Research Institute, Bergisch Gladbach
Accident statistics in Germany
Full scale vehicle and component tests
Estimation of protection potential
11:15 Coffee break
11:40 Integrated Pedestrian Protection
Dipl.-Ing. Franz Roth
Audi AG, Ingolstadt
Application and evaluation
Opportunities for other road users
Status of the vFSS working group
12:20 Test Procedures and Praxis: News and Special
Cases
Dipl.-Ing. Dirk-Uwe Gehring
BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach
Amendments of the EU Regulations and the GTR
Open Issues and possible Interpretations of the EU Regulations and the Euro
NCAP Testing Protocol
Grid Procedure: First Experiences, Particularities
Pedestrian Protection Testing of “Heavy Vehicles”
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Live: Impact tests
BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH
Legform impact to bumper with Flex PLI
15:00 Infopoints “Hands-on praxis”
BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH
Current impactors in detail:
Components, mechanics and sensors of the headform, upper legform and
lower legform impactors, functionalities, specifics
Certification of impactors in the calibration lab:
Setup and procedures, measures in case of non-compliance, adjustments,
spare parts
Test zone according to EU regulation and Euro NCAP:
Reference lines, impact zone divisions, special cases
The flexible legform impactor Flex GTR:
Assemblies and functionalities, sensors, integrated instrumentation,
certification
Demonstration of the Grid Proposal on a vehicle:
Marking of grid points, exception zones, boundary areas, current test phase
17:00 End of the first conference day
19:00 Evening reception upon invitation of the organizers
PRAXIS
9:00 BMW Integral Safety: Opportunities for the Effective
Protection of Vulnerable Road Users
Dr. Abayomi Otubushin
BMW AG, Munich
Accident reconstruction and modelling
Determination of accident- and injury risk
Validation, testing and effectiveness of collision avoidance systems
9:40 Euro NCAP Grid Proposal – Consequences for
vehicle design and testing
Dipl.-Ing. Antje Sipido*, Peter Leßmann +
*Ford Werke GmbH, Cologne, + BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH, Bergisch
Gladbach
Critical vehicle structures
CAE versus Test
Test result prediction quality
Relevance for the overall vehicle assessment
10:20 Pedestrian Protection and more – further
development of vehicle regulations
Dipl.-Ing. Richard Damm
Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Bonn
Development and amendments of directives and regulations
Committees, expert groups and processes - where decisions are made (in
Europe and international)
Plastic windscreens in passenger cars - pedestrian protection at risk?
11:00 Coffee break
11:25 The flexible legform impactor Flex PLI and its
influence on vehicle design
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Kinsky
Adam Opel GmbH, Rüsselsheim
Development of the Flex PLI
Comparison with the EEVC impactor
Comparative tests with both impactors
12:05 Eigenfrequency study of the pedestrian headform
impactor
Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Winkler
MESSRING Systembau MSG GmbH, Krailling
Overshoot in the measured data during the launch of the headform
Frequency response study on the shaker
Solutions that avoid overshoot
12:25 Intelligent risk prediction using cooperative sensor
technology
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Stefan Kern
Continental Safety Engineering International GmbH, Alzenau
Introduction of working principle and potential of cooperative pedestrian
protection systems
Capability of prototypical cooperative systems using intelligent risk prediction
algorithms as seen in the research initiative Ko-FAS
Evaluation of cooperative Systems and various testing options
12:45 Praxis report Flex PLI
Dipl.-Ing. Jan Christopher Kolb
Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro, Gaimersheim
Pendulum calibration
Inverse calibration
Testing
Connection with the test stand
13:05 Praxis: Analysis and discussion of pedestrian
protection measures of current vehicles
Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Lorenz
Federal Highway Research Institute, Bergisch Gladbach
Audi A6, BMW 6series convertible, Mercedes SLK, Ford Focus, Opel Meriva, VW
(Lunch / Coffee will be served from a buffet during the praxis session)
15:30 Euro NCAP bonnet leading edge leg test
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Nils Lubbe
Toyota Motor Europe, Zaventem
Review of accident data and the current test
Derivation of applicable thresholds for a new test set up
Implications for the Euro NCAP score
16:10 Analysis of accidents between cars and cyclists
with regard to passive protection measures
Dipl.-Ing. Henrik Liers
Verkehrsunfallforschung an der TU Dresden GmbH, Dresden
Descriptive analysis of cyclist accidents
Considerations of helmet usage and analysis of the protective potential of
helmets
Analysis of injury causation of cyclists
Investigation of the distribution of impacts
16:50 Summary and closing remarks
17:00 End of the 6th PraxisConference Pedestrian Protection
PRAXIS
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