WorldSID Small Female Side Impact Dummy Pelvis Guided Mass Impactor tests

32ième congrès de la Société de Biomécanique, LYON, FRANCE, 28-/08/2007 - 29/08/2007The WorldSID program was set up to develop a new, worldwide acceptable, advanced technology, side impact crash test dummy for improved assessment of injury risk to car occupants in lateral collisions. Following the release of the mid-sized male WorldSID, the development of the small female WorldSID dummy was initiate under the European Commission Integrated Project 'APROSYS' (Been et al. 2006, 2007). The main specifications and requirements of the new dummy have been defined in terms of anthropometry, biomechanical response and instrumentation capabilities in general and per body segment, by the APROSYS WP5.2 team. The prototype was subjected to an extensive set of biomechanical, durability and sensitivity tests using, pendulum, linear guided mass impactor and sled. The paper consists of the results performed at the pelvis with a linear guided impactor and the comparison of dummy prototype responses and its response requirements