PEDESTRIAN SAFETY TESTING

PROTECTING VULNERABLE ROAD USERS

HEAD AND LEGFORMS WITH INTEGRATED DAS & SENSORS 

The Challenge:

• Over 5,000 pedestrians are killed each week worldwide, according to the World Health Organization
• Collecting accurate impact data to improve vulnerable road user (VRU) safety
• Support regulation testing focused on pedestrian safety and survivability
• Instrumentation that can be configured to support a variety of testing
• Single solution for pedestrian legforms and headforms
• DAQ that is interchangeable between aPLI (advanced Pedestrian Legform impactor) and FLEX PLI (Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor) legforms
• Embedded instrumentation that maintains mass and CoG
• Versatility to support required number of channels
• Eliminating complicated cables that can alter free-flight test dynamics

The Solution:

• Integrated miniature SLICE NANO DAS, plus angular rate and 6DOF sensors
• Cable-free solutions to eliminate issues with cables breaking or tangling
• SLICE NANO integration kits for child and adult pedestrian headforms deliver flexibility, reliability & repeatability
• SLICE NANO integration kits for Advanced Pedestrian Legform Impactor (aPLI), standard configuration includes 18 DAQ channels & 6DX PRO-A sensor in upper mass, single axis ARS PRO angular rate sensor in knee
• SLICE NANO integration kits for FLEX PLI legform with quick charging super capacitor
• Quick-charge capacitor ensures reliable data capture and storage
• Ability to add 6DX PRO-A and ARS PRO angular rate sensors
• Data writes to non-volatile flash memory for secure collection