摘要: A sled test program was conducted for two purposes: (1) to examine thesuitability of shield type booster seats for children spanning the age and size ranges recommended by manufacturers and (2) to compare the performance of standa... 展开 A sled test program was conducted for two purposes: (1) to examine thesuitability of shield type booster seats for children spanning the age and size ranges recommended by manufacturers and (2) to compare the performance of standard three and six year old dummies with the performance of the same types of dummies with modified abdomens. All of the tests were conducted on a HYGE sled and approximated FMVSS 213 dynamic test procedures. For booster seat suitability, nine different booster seats were tested using three dummies, the TNO P3/4, SA103C and SA106C, representing nine month old, three year old and six year old children. Suitability is assessed based on the performance of each dummy with respect to the applicable criteria extracted from FMVSS 213. For the modified versus standard dummy comparison, the average performance of standard three and six year old dummies are compared with the same types of dummies which have UMTRI modified abdomens. The effects of the presence of the UMTRI abdomen on the performance of each dummy are determined statistically using a sample of eight and seven different booster seats respectively. 收起