Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00028:reg:16:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00028
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 113538–116568

16   Back of buttocks to front knee                  606 ± 9

              5. Certification of the dummy
5.1. Impact side
5.1.1. Depending on the vehicle side to be impacted, dummy parts should be certified on the left hand side or right hand side.
5.1.2. The configurations of the dummy with regards to the mounting direction of the rib modules and the location of the abdominal force transducers shall be adapted to the required impact side.
5.2. Instrumentation
5.2.1. All instrumentation shall be calibrated in compliance with the requirements of the documentation specified in paragraph 1.1. of this annex.
5.2.2. All instrumentation channels shall comply with ISO 6487:2000 or SAE J211 (March 1995) data channel recording specification.
5.2.3. The minimum number of channels required to comply with this regulation is ten:
  Head accelerations (3),
  Thorax rib displacements (3),
    Abdomen loads (3); and
 Pubic symphysis load (1).
              5.2.4.  Additionally a number of optional instrumentation channels (38) are  available:

               Upper neck loads (6),

               Lower neck loads (6),

               Clavicle loads (3),

               Torso back plate loads (4),

               T1 accelerations (3),

               T12 accelerations (3),

               Rib accelerations (6, two on each rib),

               T12 spine loads (4),

               Lower lumbar loads (3),

               Pelvis accelerations (3); and

               Femur loads (6).

               Additional four position indicator channels are optionally available:

               Thorax rotations (2); and

 Pelvis rotations (2)
5.3. Visual check
5.3.1. All dummy parts should be visually checked for damage and if necessary replaced before the certification test.
5.4. General test set-up
5.4.1. Figure 3 of this annex shows the test set-up for all certification tests on the side impact dummy.
5.4.2. The certification test set-up arrangements and testing procedures shall be in accordance with the specification and requirements of the documentation specified in paragraph 1.1.
5.4.3. The tests on the head, neck, thorax and lumbar spine are carried out on sub-assemblies of the dummy.
5.4.4. The tests on the shoulder, abdomen and pelvis are performed with the complete dummy (without suit, shoes and underwear). In these tests the dummy is seated on a flat surface with two sheets of less than or equal to 2 mm thick polytetrafluoretheen (PTFE), placed between the dummy and the flat surface.
5.4.5. All parts to be certified should be kept in the test room for a period of at least four hours at a temperature between and including 18 and 22 °C and a relative humidity between and including 10 and 70 per cent prior to a test.
5.4.6. The time between two certification tests on the same part should be at least 30 minutes.
5.5. Head
              5.5.1.  The head sub assembly, including the upper neck load cell replacement, is certified in a drop test from 200  ± 1 mm onto a flat, rigid impact surface.
5.5.2.