Q-Series Q10 Dummy
- Standard Q10 ATD 010-0000
In the early 1990s, statistics showed that there was much room for improvement in the design of child restraint systems (CRS) in vehicles. The existing P-Series of child dummies used for testing CRS had a simple design and were limited in their measurement capability.
Our Q-Series of child dummies were developed in 1993 as successors to the P-Series in the hopes of giving engineers the information they needed to design greater impact protection for children in cars. This new generation of dummies has much better anthropometry, biomechanics, and kinematics, all key to better evaluating the risk of injury to varying ages and sizes of child passengers. The Q-Series can be used in frontal or side impact testing, and the instrumentation is interchangeable within the dummy series.
In 2015 Euro NCAP requested a design update for the Q10 dummy to improve shoulder belt stability. In September 2018 the hardware update proposed was adopted for the Euro NCAP 2020 protocol as the Q10 2020 configuration. The Humanetics Q10 2020 hardware is available as a separate complete dummy and as a modification kit to upgrade the Q10 production version to a Q10 2020 configuration.
Specifications
Key Features
- Rigid plastic skull with accelerometer cavity, soft durable head skin with biofidelic response.
- Neck consists of rubber segments between metal plates to allow realistic flexion, extension and lateral flexion rotational behavior.
- Shoulder incorporates a ball and socket joint to simulate the humerus-scapula joint with a scapula distributing load at the back.
- Frictional adjustment included for positioning the arms.
- Abdomen: APTS pressure sensors to measure belt pressure, particularly for submarining
- Sit-stand designs, anatomically shaped bony parts from anatomical data and child X-rays.
- Q10 pelvis is a more detailed design having a construction like WorldSID for enhanced side impact biofidelity and additional sensors.
Product Specifications
| Sitting Height | 733.7 mm | 28.9 in |
| Stature | 1,453.2 mm | 57.2 in |
| Shoulder Height (top of arm) | 472.6 mm | 18.6 in |
| Shoulder Pivot Height | 443.8 mm | 17.5 in |
| Hip Pivot Height | 65.9 mm | 2.6 in |
| Hip Joint Distance | 132 mm | 5.2 in |
| Thigh Height | 114 mm | 4.5 in |
| Lower Arm & Hand Length | 376.2 mm | 14.8 in |
| Shoulder to Elbow Length | 291.6 mm | 11.5 in |
| Buttock Popliteal Length | 414.9 mm | 16.3 in |
| Popliteal Height | 405.7 mm | 16 in |
| Buttock to Knee Length | 485.4 mm | 19.1 in |
| Chest Depth | 171 mm | 6.7 in |
| Foot Breadth | 86 mm | 3.4 in |
| Head Circumference | 534 mm | 21 in |
| Chest Circumference | 623.6 mm | 24.6 in |
| Waist Circumference | 664.6 mm | 26.2 in |
| Total Weight | 35.58 kg | 78.4 lb |
Applications
- Vehicular front and side impact testing.
Regulations
| WHERE USED | DEFINING REGULATION |
|---|---|
| ANCAP | UNECE Regulation 129, Euro NCAP Frontal MPDB, Side MDB protocols |
| ASEAN NCAP | UNECE Regulation 129, Euro NCAP Frontal MPDB, Side MDB protocols |
| C-NCAP | UNECE Regulation 129, Euro NCAP Frontal MPDB, Side MDB protocols |
| Euro NCAP | UNECE Regulation 129, Euro NCAP Frontal MPDB, Side MDB protocols |
| KNCAP | UNECE Regulation 129, Euro NCAP Frontal MPDB, Side MDB protocols |
| Latin NCAP | UNECE Regulation 129, Euro NCAP Frontal MPDB, Side MDB protocols |
| UN R129 | UNECE Regulation 129, Euro NCAP Frontal MPDB, Side MDB protocols |
Instrumentation
| Linear Accels | Angular Velocity | Load Cells | Displacement | Tilt Sensor | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head Axyz | Head ωxyz | Neck Upper Fxyz, Mxyz | Ribcage Upper Dx, Dy | Thorax | APTS 2 (abdomen) |
| Thorax Axyz | Lower Lumbar ωxy | Neck Lower Fxyz, Mxyz | Ribcage Lower Dx, Dy | Pelvis | |
| Pelvis Axyz | Lower Lumbar Fxyz, Mxyz | ||||
| Rib Cage Axy | Pelvis Fy Pubic Force | ||||
| Lower Lumbar Axy | Sacro-iliac Left & Right Fx, My | ||||
| Legs-Femur Neck Left & Right Fxyz, Mxyz |