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Pedestrian Protection: Assessment with lower legform at BTA limits and beyond
Document TF-BTA-03-07
18 March 2013

Review of EEVC and Flex-PLI legform behavior in tests along the bumper test area and bumper corner.

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7. Impactor applicability outside the bumper corners

24. Mr Schmitt pointed out that his company had the same experiences (see document TF-BTA-03-07). [Note of the secretary: The document shown included videos but a version was kindly provided by Mr Schmitt for publication on the Task Force’s website that only includes sketches of the respective impactor behaviour.] He explained that the non-biofidelic behavior is similar for the FlexPLI as well as for the EEVC LFI – bith impactor clearly rotate and slide along the bumper surface. Mr Schmitt wondered how this could be considered in the test procedure. Mr Edwards suggested testing in a normal angle to the bumper but Mr Gehring explained that, from a test labs point of view, it is difficult to define the normal angle since different surfaces at the bumper fascia have different normal angles at the same y-position of a vehicle.

Relates to GTR No. 9 |