What is PD ISO/TS 13396 about?
PD ISO/TS 13396 comprises a set of essential input parameters that can be used to develop or evaluate side impact test procedures for child restraint systems.
Although children are undoubtedly involved in side impact collisions of differing configurations and severities, these input parameters are, in general, associated with the impact test scenario in UN Regulation No. 95 (lateral collision protection of vehicles). This vehicle type-approval regulation comprises a full-scale crash test in which the stationary test vehicle is struck at right angles by a mobile deformable barrier travelling at 50 km/h. This test scenario is the basis for most of ISO’s previous work on side impact testing for child restraint systems.
Who is PD ISO/TS 13396 for?
PD ISO/TS 13396 on sled test method to enable the evaluation of side impact protection of child restraint systems — essential parameters is useful for:
- Child restraint systems manufacturers
- Vehicle manufacturers
- Vehicle safety and regulatory bodies
- Certification agencies
- Vehicle testing facilities
Why should you use PD ISO/TS 13396?
In 2008, the United Nations (UN) GRSP Informal Working Group on Child Restraint Systems (CRS) sent a request to ISO asking ISO's CRS working group to support their work on defining a side impact test procedure for CRS type approval based on state-of-the-art research and experience. It was specifically requested to define the essential parameters of a simplified test method, to ensure that a CRS has a sufficient capacity to contain the child and to absorb energy in the case of side impact exposure. ISO/PAS 13396:2009 was developed following the request that comprised a series of essential parameters that a side impact test procedure should seek to replicate.
PD ISO/TS 13396 reflects the review of ISO/PAS 13396:2009 considering the relevant accident data updates available and the in-depth vehicle data. PD ISO/TS 13396 describes parameters of essential side impact characteristics that can support the development and/or assessment of different side impact test methods for child restraint systems. The parameters were derived from full-scale, physical crash tests performed in the 1990s and early 2000s by members of the ISO CRS working group.
The test input parameters of sled test method in PD ISO/TS 13396 are defined by the intrusion (specified by intrusion shape, intrusion depth and intrusion velocity), the bench acceleration and delta-v as well as by geometrical properties.
