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Q10 Development Update

Q10 / Epoch Project

FTSS has been working with other industry leading partners in support of the EPOCh (Enabling Protection of Older Children) project. The main goal of the project is to develop a prototype 10 year old child dummy further expanding the Q-series line of crash test dummies. For more detailed information, a status report published by the conference “Protection of Children in Cars” in Munich, December 2009 is available for download to the right.
 
Prototypes are expected to be completed and ready for evaluation mid 2010!

Currently the EPOCh project team consists of:

Kees Waagmeester and Mark Burleigh, FTSS Europe
Marianne Hynd, TRL United Kingdom (project coordinator)
Alejandro Longton, IDIADA, Spain
Erik Salters, DOREL, The Netherlands
Barbara Girard, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

Some features of the new dummy will include:

  • Frontal and side impact application
  • 10.5 yrs old 50th percentile anthropometry
  • Dummy design in line with current Q dummies
  • Frontal Impact application provision for up to 52 channels with additional channels for side impact use are being considered
  • In-Dummy DAS ready!
  • Omni directional neck design based on Q3s development experience
  • Human like shoulder and clavicle shape
  • WorldSID based pelvis design with human like bone shape
Please visit www.epochfp7.org for additional information!