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The pedestrian lower leg form impactor is used to evaluate pedestrian protection afforded by passenger cars in case of vehicle collision with a pedestrian. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) and the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) initiated the development of the “Flexible Pedestrian Leg form Impactor (Flex-PLI)” as a completely new leg form. Flex-PLI is part of the draft of the Global Technical Regulation (GTR).
Since February 2014, Euro NCAP’s Pedestrian Protection Safety Assessment has been executed using the Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor (FLEX-PLI). Certification of the FLEX-PLI-GTR requires nine different procedures to ensure the certified performance of all components. Additionally, after 30 car tests or before homologation testing, a dynamic inverse test must be carried out using an aluminum honeycomb energy absorber.
Individual energy absorber Aluminum honeycomb:
Standard Dimension (as requested for testing):
The leg is struck with an 8.1 kg linear guided impactor with a honeycomb face fired at 11.1 m/s (40 KPH). The “FLEX-PLI” energy absorbers are supplied as pre-cut blocks according to the testing requirements.
Each block of honeycomb is tested and internally certified to ensure consistent and repeatable FLEX-PLI Dynamic Inverse testing results. Aluminum Honeycomb products are designed and manufactured according to the ISO 9001 standard.
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