ISO/TS 21476:2018

Road vehicles — Displacement calibration method of IR-TRACC devices

This document establishes a procedure to calibrate IR-TRACC displacement transducers. Like all other sensors used on dummies, calibration is required. The calibration is carried out with the sensor disassembled from the dummy. The procedure is valid for sensors with analogue as well as digital output.

Véhicules routiers — Méthode d'étalonnage de déplacement des dispositifs IR-TRACC

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 11-Dec-2018
• ICS: 43.020 - Road vehicles in general
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 22/SC 36 - Safety and impact testing
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 22/SC 36/WG 3 - Instrumentation
• Current Stage: 9020 - International Standard under periodical review
• Start Date: 15-Jul-2025
• Completion Date: 15-Jul-2025

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TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 21476
First edition
2018-12
Road vehicles — Displacement
calibration method of IR-TRACC devices
Véhicules routiers — Méthode d'étalonnage de déplacement des
dispositifs IR-TRACC
Reference number
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ISO 2018
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms . 3
5 Displacement Calibration Procedure . 5
5.1 Preparations . 6
5.2 Test equipment set-up, power supply, voltmeter . 6
5.3 Establish starting point . 6
5.4 Forced Lateral Manipulation Test . 7
5.5 Displacement Calibration Data Collection. 8
5.6 Parameter optimization and data review . 9
6 Displacement Calibration Data Processing .10
6.1 General .10
6.2 Linearization over calibration range with nominal exponent .10
6.3 Linearization optimization .10
6.4 Data analysis and pass criteria calculations .11
6.4.1 Optimized Nominal Linearity Error .11
6.4.2 Tubes In-Out Variation .11
6.4.3 Pass–fail tests and limits .12
6.4.4 Forced Lateral Manipulation variation .12
6.5 Example Data .12
Annex A (informative) Sensor Model Numbers .14
Annex B (informative) Example Calibration Template .15
Bibliography .19
Foreword
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Introduction
This document was written to address the need of the automotive crash testing community for a well-
defined calibration method of non-linear telescopic displacement sensors known as IR-TRACC. This
device is commonly used on crash dummies to measure the chest deflection as injury an assessment
parameter. Various aspects specific to this type of sensors are addressed in this procedure, among
others linearization of the exponential voltage output and the sensitivity to tubes position of the
telescopic devices.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ISO/TS 21476:2018(E)
Road vehicles — Displacement calibration method of IR-
TRACC devices
1 Scope
This document establishes a procedure to calibrate IR-TRACC displacement transducers. Like all
other sensors used on dummies, calibration is required. The calibration is carried out with the sensor
disassembled from the dummy. The procedure is valid for sensors with analogue as well as digital output.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 6487, Road vehicles — Measurement techniques in impact tests — Instrumentation
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
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3.1
IR-TRACC
Infra-Red Telescoping Rod for the Assessment of Chest Compression
non-ratiometric displacement transducer used to measure chest deflection in crash dummies
[1]
Note 1 to entry: The technology of the transducer was described in a paper by Rouhana et al. [1998] . The
measurement principle is based on emission of infra-red light by an LED and a phototransistor sensitive to
irradiance. The transducer is a non-linear device, as the irradiance and output voltage is proportional to
the inverse square of the distance between the emitter and the phototransistor. The distance between the
phototransistor and the LED is theoretically proportional to the inverse square root of the phototransistor
output voltage: d = C/√U . The inverse square root of the output voltage can also be written as the output voltage
IR
−0,5
to the power of minus 0,5, therefore d = C × U
IR
3.2
Displacement Calibration
classic compression method where the zero mm starting point is defined close to the extended range of
the sensor
Note 1 to entry: When the IR-TRACC overall length decreases (IR-TRACC compresses), its calibrated mm
output increases. The IR-TRACC linearized output is negatively proportional to its length. During displacement
calibration components are used to fix the transducer to a calibration fixture. These components do not
necessarily belong to the final assembly of the sensor as used in the dummy. The displacement calibration
therefore is not an absolute point to point (distance) calibration against a fixed reference. This is not necessary
as the chest deflection of the dummy is calculated with respect to the IR-TRACC displacement at time zero. The
[2]
IR-TRACC displacement output is associated with the ISO MME Code DS for Displacement.
3.3
Displacement Calibration Fixture
fixed head to which the large diameter end of the IR-TRACC is attached through an interface, and a
moveable cross head parallel to the sensitive axis of the IR-TRACC to which the small diameter end of
the IR-TRACC is attached through another interface
Note 1 to entry: An example of a displacement calibration fixture is shown in Figure 1. The maximum allowable
1)
axis parallelism deviation is 1,5 mm . The minimum distance between the moveable and fixed head interface is
less than the collapsed interface distance of the smallest sensor (currently 55 mm) and the maximum exceeds
the fully extended interface distance of the largest displacement sensor (currently 201 mm). The interfaces
have freedom of rotation about the two axis perpendicular to sensitive axis. The moveable head position is
accurately adjustable by means of, for instance, a hand or motor operated screw; the moveable head is linked to a
displacement measurement gage parallel to the sensitive axis with a resolution of at least 0,01 mm. The moveable
head is linked to the displacement gage without mechanical play. A lateral loading fixture is mounted about half
way between the fixed and moving cross head to execute the forced lateral manipulation test.
Key
1 Lateral loading fixture
2 Screw to position cross head
3 Interfaces
4 Fixed head
5 IR-TRACC
6 Moving cross head
7 Linear gauge
Figure 1 — Example Displacement Calibration Fixture (exploded view)
1) Generally a 1,5 mm crosshead parallelism deviation causes less than 0,01 mm displacement deviation.
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3.4
Nominal Linearization Exponent
theoretical parameter to linearize the phototransistor voltage output as an inverse square root
function, or the voltage output U to the power of −0,5
IR
Note 1 to entry: See 3.1. The theoretical linearization exponent is -0,5 [−]. During inception of the IR-TRACC it
was found based on a certain quantity of examples or prototypes that in practise the exponent to linearize IR-
TRACCs was not −0,5, but was close to −0,428 57.
−0,428 57
Note 2 to entry: d = C * U
IR
Note 3 to entry: This value has been used for some time as a fixed exponent to linearize the voltage output,
but due to minimal individual differences of IR-TRACC components, this fixed value did not give the smallest
linearization error for each individual transducer. Up to this date this value is now applied as a starting exponent
for optimization of the exponent (see 3.5 and 3.6).
3.5
Optimized Linearization Exponent
calibration parameter based on the actual calibration data (output voltage over calibration range) of
one individual sensor, giving the least linearization error over the entire calibration range
3.6
Exponent Optimizati
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