ISO 15829:2013

Road vehicles — Side impact test procedures for the evaluation of occupant interactions with side airbags by pole impact simulation

ISO 15829:2013 specifies dynamic side impact test procedures with poles for evaluating the effects of the interaction between side airbags and occupants of road vehicles.

Véhicules routiers — Modes opératoires d'essai de choc latéral pour l'évaluation des interactions des occupants avec les sacs gonflables latéraux par simulation d'une collision contre un poteau

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 17-Jun-2013
• 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 1 - Car collision test procedures
• Current Stage: 9093 - International Standard confirmed
• Completion Date: 11-Oct-2019

Relations

• Revises: ISO 15829:2004 - Road vehicles — Side impact test procedures for the evaluation of occupant interactions with side airbags by pole impact simulation
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 15829
Second edition
2013-06-15
Road vehicles — Side impact test
procedures for the evaluation of
occupant interactions with side
airbags by pole impact simulation
Véhicules routiers — Modes opératoires d’essai de choc latéral pour
l’évaluation des interactions des occupants avec les sacs gonflables
latéraux par simulation d’une collision contre un poteau
Reference number
ISO 15829:2013(E)
©
ISO 2013

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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Test facility and equipment . 2
4.1 Impact test site . 2
4.2 Pole . 2
5 Test configurations . 2
5.1 Angle of impact . 2
5.2 Locus of the impact on the test vehicle . 2
5.3 Impact velocity . 4
6 Preparation of the test vehicle . 5
6.1 Mass of the test vehicle . 5
6.2 Condition of the test vehicle . 6
7 Test devices . 6
8 Instrumentation . 6
8.1 General . 6
8.2 Vehicle instrumentation . 6
8.3 High speed photography. 7
9 Impact response measurements . 8
Bibliography .10
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Foreword
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bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
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patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 15829 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles, Subcommittee SC 10, Impact
test procedures.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 15829:2004), which has been
technically revised.
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Introduction
Side airbags/curtains (SAB) are deployable devices intended to help reduce the risk of injury to the
head or the chest or the pelvis of vehicle occupants in side impact collisions. Side impact accident data
indicate that the vehicle side is most likely to contact a passenger car, a truck or a fixed object, such as a
pole or a tree. Accident data also indicate that serious to fatal injury in side impact is most likely to occur
to the head and chest regions.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 15829:2013(E)
Road vehicles — Side impact test procedures for the
evaluation of occupant interactions with side airbags by
pole impact simulation
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies dynamic side impact test procedures with poles for evaluating the
effects of the interaction between side airbags and occupants of road vehicles.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 1176:1990, Road vehicles — Masses — Vocabulary and codes
ISO 6487, Road vehicles — Measurement techniques in impact tests — Instrumentation
ISO 8721, Road vehicles — Measurement techniques in impact tests — Optical instrumentation
ISO/TR 27957, Road vehicles — Temperature measurement in anthropomorphic test devices — Definition
of the temperature sensor locations
1)
ISO 15830-4 , Road vehicles — Design and performance specifications for the WorldSID 50th percentile
male side impact dummy — Part 4: User’s manual
ISO 17949, Impact test procedures for road vehicles — Seating and positioning procedures for
anthropomorphic test devices — Procedure for the WorldSID 5Oth percentile male side-impact dummy in
front outboard seating positions
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
side airbag
SAB
airbag designed primarily to help reduce occupant injury potential where the significant collision force
vector is lateral
3.1.1
head airbag
curtain airbag
airbag that deploys between the occupants’ head and the vehicle side structure or an external object
that could contact the head
3.1.2
chest airbag
thorax airbag
airbag that deploys between the occupant’s upper torso and the vehicle side structure
1) To be published.
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3.1.3
pelvic airbag
airbag that deploys between an occupant’s pelvis/thigh area and the vehicle side structure
3.1.4
combination airbag
airbag that deploys to help protect two or more body areas of an occupant
EXAMPLE Head and chest combination airbag.
3.2
rigid pole
vertically-oriented, cylindrical, rigid structure, extending beyond the anticipated lower and upper
boundary of the deformed test vehicle, in the region of impact
4 Test facility and equipment
4.1 Impact test site
The impact test track shall be a horizontal, smooth and hard surface, which is of sufficient length and
area to allow for a monotonic acceleration of the test vehicle to the specified impact speed and to permit
post impact deceleration and displacement of the test vehicle without secondary impacts.
4.2 Pole
The pole shall be 254 mm ±
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