Abstract

This paper presents a theoretical study on the assessment of submarining tendency of a Hybrid III 5th percentile female crash dummy in frontal impact crash tests. Three candidate criteria for submarining tendency assessment were presented and examined. The first two criteria were derived based on the kinematic relationship between the lap-belt and the pelvis. The third criterion was derived based on the force equilibrium of the lap-belt and pelvis system. Nonlinear finite element models were used together with the use of a Hybrid III 5th percentile female crash dummy model to evaluate these candidate analysis methods.

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