Objective New EUROSID prototype dummy parts, instrumentation and certification procedures. Specifications and dummy parts for a new advanced dummy, referred to as WorldSID. This dummy is being developed to ultimately replace all existing side impact dummies world-wide. The requirements contain anthropomorphic targets and new biomechanical corridors. The 50th percentile male WorldSID head, neck and pelvis prototype parts have been delivered in this project.Improved understanding on injury risk functions for EUROSID-1 and the statistical methods used to derive these functions. Also, the appropriateness of existing PMHS data for this purpose has been expressed.Evidence for the need of a small female dummy, needed to assess the protection offered to that part of the population that has highest risk at severe head injury.Objectives and content The issue of the European Directive 96/271EC: "Protection of Occupants of Motor Vehicles in the Event of a Side Impact" marks an important step in improving vehicle safety in Europe, but also confronts car and restraint manufacturers with the difficulties of having to comply with different standards in different areas of the world. Whereas worldwide harmonisation discussions have started recently, only little has been achieved yet to overcome the problem of high development costs and considerable development time for these manufacturers. A major problem now is the specification of the dummy used in the compliance tests, which is both a standardisation as well as scientific, technical problem. Major efforts are needed now and, obviously, require a transnational approach. The main objective of the project "SID-2000" is providing basic scientific knowledge and tools to enhance and harmonise the side impact dummy, which in the long term will improve side impact protection to the level required for the year 2000 and beyond. Major results of this project are: design enhancements of the dummy, needed to better assess the protection offered to car occupants; injury risk functions, needed to better quantify the effect of injury prevention countermeasures; and a pronouncement on the need for different sized dummies, needed to better assess the protection offered to the whole population at risk. The scientific approach applied in this project includes analyses of accident data; biomechanical data and dummy data and validation of proposed enhancements, all needed to appropriately address and quantify the problem. Tasks of this project have been defined such that the project's results can and will be communicated with industry, governmental authorities and research organisations such that Europe's needs can properly find their way in harmonising side impact dummy specifications. Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0302 - Transports Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO Address 97,schoenmakerstraat 97 2600 JA Delft Netherlands See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AB Volvo Technological Development Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address 405 08 Göteborg See on map BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 147,knorrstrasse 80788 München See on map FEDERAL HIGHWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 53,bruederstrasse 53 51427 Bergisch gladbach See on map Institut National de Recherche sur le Transport et la Sécurité France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 109,avenue salvador allende 69675 Bron See on map Ogle TNO Safety Products Limited United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 31,fishpool street 31 AL3 4RF St albans, herts See on map TRANSPORT RESEARCH FOUNDATION T/A TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Old wokingham road RG11 6AU Crowthorne See on map
