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208 Neck

Overview

In the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) Standard No. 208; Occupant Crash Protection, neck injury criteria for tension/compresison, forward/rear shear and flexion/extension bending moment were defined for multiple occupant sizes [1]. Each of these injury criteria are used to identify neck injury for driver and passenger. For each dummy type, occipital condyle moment correction should be taken into account.

Required Signals

  • Tension/Compression Force of the Upper or Lower Neck (Z), or

  • Forward/Rear Force of the Upper or Lower Neck (X), or

  • Flexion/Extension Moment of the Upper or Lower Neck (Y)

Calculation:

  1. Option to remove bias in the signal
  2. Filter force (CFC = 1000) or moment (CFC = 600)
  3. Apply neck moment Corrections
  4. Find maximum and minimum of the signal
  5. Find the injury criteria based on inputted signal

Upper Neck Injury Risk Limits (In-Position) [1] [2]

ATD SizeTension (N)Compression (N)Flexion (Nm)Extension (Nm)
HIII - M955030-4830252-128
HIII - M504170-4000190-97
HIII - F052620-252095-49
HIII - 10yo2290-2200125-40
HIII - 6yo1490-182060-30
HIII - 3yo1130-138042-21
CRABI - 18mo1080-104029-15
CRABI - 12mo990-96027-14
CRABI - 6mo930-89025-13
SID - IIs2070-252095-49

Upper Neck Injury Risk Limits (Out-of-Position) [1] [2]

ATD SizeTension (N)Compression (N)Flexion (Nm)Extension (Nm)
HIII - M953970-4830252-103
HIII - M503300-4000190-57
HIII - F052070-252095-39
HIII - 10yo1800-220078-32
HIII - 6yo1490-182060-24
HIII - 3yo1130-138042-17
CRABI - 18mo850-104029-12
CRABI - 12mo780-96027-11
CRABI - 6mo730-89025-10
SID - IIs2070-252095-39

Lower Neck Injury Risk Limits (In-Position) [2]

ATD SizeTension (N)Compression (N)Flexion (Nm)Extension (Nm)
HIII - M955030-4830504-256
HIII - M504170-4000380-194
HIII - F052620-2520190-98
HIII - 10yo2290-2200125-80
HIII - 6yo1890-182060-60
HIII - 3yo1430-138042-42
CRABI - 18mo1080-104029-30
CRABI - 12mo990-96027-28
CRABI - 6mo930-89025-26
SID - IIs2620-2520190-98

Lower Neck Injury Risk Limits (Out-of-Position) [2]

ATD SizeTension (N)Compression (N)Flexion (Nm)Extension (Nm)
HIII - M953970-4830504-206
HIII - M503290-4000380-156
HIII - F052070-2520190-78
HIII - 10yo1800-2200156-64
HIII - 6yo1490-1820120-48
HIII - 3yo1130-138084-34
CRABI - 18mo850-104058-24
CRABI - 12mo780-96054-22
CRABI - 6mo730-89050-20
SID - IIs2070-2520190-78
Neck Injury Limits in FMVSS 208 [2]

Examples

Neck 208 Summary Example

Neck 208 Summary Table Example

References

[1] National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2000). Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection; Final Rule. Federal Register, 65(208), 67691–67703.

[2] Mertz, Harold J. "Anthropomorphic test devices." Accidental injury: Biomechanics and prevention. New York, NY: Springer New York, 1993. 66-84.