Human response simulation and quantification the advanced biodynamic manikin

The research use of manikins for human simulation and dynamic testing within the automotive and aircraft environments has been well documented by the military and automotive research communities. The evaluation of escape systems, crashworthy seating systems, life support devices, restraint systems, and airbag systems are all subject to testing utilizing biodynamic manikins. The manikin functions to load the aircraft or automotive seating systems and interacts with the surrounding environment simulating human response to transitory acceleration environment. Ideally, the manikin response closely approximates human responses, enabling a direct comparison and correlation to known human test data. However, manikins provide only a partial correlation to human response characteristics, having limited biofidelity and biodynamic response. The requirement to measure and quantify the six degree of freedom response of the manikin have imposed significant instrumentation and electronics requirements, further complicating the attempts to provide improved biodynamic response characteristics to the manikin. Consequently, the new generation of advanced manikins must provide the biofidelity of its human counterpart, while concurrently supporting the instrumentation and high density, low cost electronics to measure and record the response dynamics