Revised THOR 50th Percentile Male Dummy Seating Procedure

2019Final ReportLouden, A. E. (2019, June). Revised THOR 50th percentile male dummy seating procedure (Report No. DOT HS 812 746). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.PDFTech ReportDOT HS 812 746DummiesCrash victim simulationCrash injury researchTHORTHOR-50Mseating procedureUnited StatesUnited States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationLouden, Allison E.United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Vehicle Research and Test CenterUnited States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationUS Transportation CollectionNHTSA developed a seating procedure for the THOR 50th percentile male dummy (THOR-50M). The original procedure was released with a December 2015 Request for Comments (RFC), and some updates were presented at a public meeting at NHTSA\u2019s Vehicle Research and Test Center in August 2016. This report discusses the changes to the seating procedure since the original version released with the RFC. These changes were made to reflect up-dates to the THOR-50M, additional experience using the procedure, and comments received. Some of the revisions were minor wording changes to better clarify the steps of the procedure. The more significant revisions to the pro-cedure are discussed in this report, and they include heel point definitions for different accelerator pedal types, seat fore/aft position, H-point tolerances, and final head angle. The revised procedures for seating the THOR-50M in the driver and right front passenger positions are detailed in the appendices.79