July 03 – 04, 2024  |  Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Here is a first glance at the presentations that are already confirmed for this years's PraxisConference:

 

Development of a Thorax Impactor within a Thorax Test Procedure for Passive Pedestrian Protection
Dr. Johannes Stingl - IDIADA Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH; Oliver Zander - BASt - German Federal Highway Research Institute
  • HBM simulations on generic vehicle frontends
  • Development of a thorax impactor
  • Concept of a thorax test procedure
 
The Regulation Amendment for DPPS Testing and Review of the Assessment for New-type DPPS
Jinseop Park - KATRI - Korea Automobile Testing & Research Institute
  • IWG on DPPS
  • Overview of the amendment for DPPS testing
  • KNCAP review of the safety assessment for new-type DPPS 
 
NHTSA Updates on Pedestrian Safety
N. N. - NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
 
Association between Passenger Vehicle Front-end Profiles and Pedestrian Injury Severity in Motor Vehicle Crashes
Dr. Sam Monfort, Dr. Wen Hu - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
  • Complementary research studies using two different real-world samples of US pedestrian crashes
  • Unique US vehicle fleet with many large SUVs and pickups
  • Vehicles with higher hoods and more vertical (boxy) front ends are more injurious
  • Increase in pedestrian torso injuries is observed when struck by taller and boxy vehicles
(This is a a video presentation that will be available on-demand during and after the conference.)
 
Safety Frunk
Horst Weinkopf - Astotec Automotive GmbH; Norman Dix - KINEMATIXX GmbH
  • Electric activated Pre-Safe Position
  • Pyrotechnic and/or electric activated PedPro Position
  • Better opening characteristics

Safety Frunk
 
PRAXIS Session in the Laboratory of the German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt)
  • Impact test with the Biofidelic Dummy
  • aPLI impact
  • Vehicle mark-up
  • Safety Frunk: Experimental demonstration of the pyrotechnical and electric deployment bonnets
 
 
Investigation of Bicycle-Car Accidents at Junctions
Thomas Unger - Verkehrsunfallforschung an der TU Dresden GmbH
  • Identification of the most frequent scenarios in car-bicycle accidents
  • Description of the accident constellations
  • Consequences of injuries / injury patterns / causes of injuries
 
The New Euro NCAP Rating Scheme
Richard Schram - Euro NCAP
 
PRAXIS: Analysis and Discussion of Pedestrian Protection Measures of Current Vehicles
  • BMW X2
  • Ford Explorer
  • Kia EV9
  • Mercedes-Benz CLE Cabriolet
  • Toyota C-HR
  • Volkswagen ID.7, Tiguan
  • Volvo EX30

BMW X2 Ford Explorer
KIA EV9 Mercedes-Benz CLE Cabrio
Toyota C-HR Volkswagen ID.7
Volkswagen Tiguan Volvo EX30
 
KNCAP VRU Impact Safety
Seunghoon Lee - KATRI - Korea Automobile Testing & Research Institute
  • KNCAP VRU impact safety assessment
  • Status of aPLI testing in KNCAP
  • Status of headform testing in KNCAP
  • Next steps of KNCAP VRU impact safety 
 
Assessment of the Safety Performance of Windscreens for VRU Protection
Oliver Zander - BASt - Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen

  • Current requirements
  • Issues related to the assessment of atypical windscreen fracture behaviour
  • Conclusions and possible way forward
 
Sensitivity Analysis of Head Impact Simulations in the Windshield Area
Martin Fritz, Ruben Weiher - Bertrandt Simulations GmbH
  • Simulative method of sensitivity analysis
  • Parameter variation and modeling of head impact to windshield simulations
  • Analysis of simulation results
 

 

 

Program subject to change.

in cooperation with

BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH

Sponsors

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