Evaluation of Event Data Recorders in Real World Crashes and Full-Scale Crash Tests" (2003)
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Rowan University Rowan Digital Works Theses and Dissertations 11-30-2003 Evaluation of event data recorders in real world crashes and full- scale crash tests Lewis Thomas Clayton Jr. Rowan University Follow this and additional works at: https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd Part of the Mechanical Engineering Commons Recommended Citation Clayton, Lewis Thomas Jr., "Evaluation of event data recorders in real world crashes and full-scale crash tests" (2003). Theses and Dissertations. 1273. https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1273 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Rowan Digital Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Rowan Digital Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Evaluation of Event Data Recorders in Real World Crashes and Full-Scale Crash Tests Lewis Thomas Clayton Jr. A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF ROWAN UNIVERSITY IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE RECOMMENDED FOR ACCEPTANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING November 2003 Evaluation of Event Data Recorders in Real World Crashes and Full-Scale Crash Tests Prepared by: Lewis Thomas CytJr. Approved b Professor Hampton C. Gabler Rowan University Thesis Advisor Professor Jennifer A. Kadlowec Professoi . HrgZhang Rowan University Rohan Unikersity Thesis Reader Thesis Reader Professor John Chen Chai, Mechanical Engineering Rowan University ii © Copyright by Lewis Thomas Clayton Jr., 2003. All rights reserved. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank: * My family and friends for all their support throughout my schooling and career. * Dr. Hampton C. Gabler for affording me the opportunity to complete my thesis at Rowan University. * The National Academy of Science, Transportation Research Board, National Cooperative Highway Research Board, Project 17-24 for their sponsorship of the project that allowed me to complete this thesis. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS A C K N O W LED G EM EN T S........................................................................................... IV TA BLE O F C O N TEN TS ................................................................................................. V LIST O F FIGU R ES..................................................................................................... V III LIST O F TABLE S ............................................................................................................ X A BSTRA C T ....................................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ........................................... 2 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 2 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................. 3 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................. 4 A PPLICATIONS OF ED R s ................................................................................................... 4 CURRENT TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................... 5 OriginalEquipment Manufacturer Technology (OEM)............................................. 6 Afterm arket Manufacturer Technology ....................................................................... 7 THESIS O RGANIZATION .................................................................................................... 8 CHAPTER 2 - EVALUATION OF EDRS IN CRASH TESTS ................................... 9 O BJECTIVE ........................................................................................................................ 9 DESCRIPTION OF N CA P TESTS ......................................................................................... 9 Test Configuration..................................................................................................... 10 Crash Test Dum m ies .................................................................................................. 11 Vehicle and BarrierInstrum entation ......................................................................... 14 NCAP TESTS: EDRs VS. NCAP LAB INSTRUMENTATION ............................................. 16 Comparison Methodology ..................................................................................... 17 Preparing the N CA P D ata ...................................................................................... 17 Preparing the G M SDM D ata ................................................................................ 18 Matching the GM SDM Data to the NCAP Data for Plotting ............................... 19 GM SDM vs. NCAP VELOCITY PROFILE COMPARISON ................................................ 20 NHTSA Test 3851 ..................................................................................................... 21 NH TSA Test 3952 ...................................................................................................... 23 N HTSA Test 4198 ...................................................................................................... 24 N HTSA Test 4244 ...................................................................................................... 26 NH TSA Test 4472 ...................................................................................................... 27 NH TSA Test 4487 ...................................................................................................... 29 NH TSA Test Comparison Sum m ary .......................................................................... 30 G M SD M vs. N CA P CRASH PARAM ETERS ................................................................... 31 GM SD M vs. N CAP Reported Seat Belt Usage ......................................................... 31 GM SDM vs. NCAP Reported Airbag Deployment Status ........................................ 32 GM SDM vs. N CAP Initial Velocity - Pre-CrashEvent ........................................... 32 V Presence of Non-Deploym ent Event .......................................................................... 33 SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................... 35 CHAPTER 3 - EVALUATION OF EDRS IN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS....37 OBJECTIVE ...................................................................................................................... 37 COLLECTION OF CASE D ATA .......................................................................................... 38 NationalAutomotive Sampling System (NASS) ............................................... 38 Crashw orthiness D ata System (CD S) .................................................................... 39 General Estim ates System (GES) .......................................................................... 40 Special Crash Investigations (SCI)............................................................................ 40 Crash Injury Research & EngineeringNetwork (CIREN) ........................................ 41 DESCRIPTION OF THE ROWAN UNIVERSITY GM SDM DATABASE ................................. 42 DatabaseFormat ....................................................................................................... 43 Quality Issues ............................................................................................................ 44 DESCRIPTION OF THE GM SDM CASES .......................................................................... 45 Event Storage............................................................................................................. 45 Computing GM SDM Delta-V ................................................................................... 48 Characterizationof the GM SDM Dataset................................................................ 49 Availability of GM SDM Delta-V Data ................................................ 54 Delta-V Distribution.............. .................................. 5 7 W INSMASH VS. GM SDM DELTA-V .............................................................................. 61 Objective .................................................................................................................... 62 Availability.................................................................................................................62 Delta-V Comparison.................................................................................................. 63 DESCRIPTION OF THE ROWAN UNIVERSITY FORD RCM DATABASE ............................... 66 DatabaseForm at ....................................................................................................... 67 Quality Issues ............................................................................................................ 68 DESCRIPTION OF THE FORD RCM CASES ....................................................................... 68 Event Storage and Delta- V Records .......................................................................... 69 Storing Multiple Crash Events .................................................................................. 71 Computing FordRCM Delta-V ............................................................................... 73 Characterizationof the Ford RCM Dataset.............................................................