The purpose of this document is to provide the user with the procedures needed to properly assemble and disassemble the 50th percentile male Hybrid III dummy, certify its components and verify its mass and dimensions. Also within this manual are guidelines for handling accelerometers, repairing flesh and setting joints.
SAE J2856-2009 Referenced Document
SAE J1733-2007 Sign Convention for Vehicle Crash Testing
SAE J211/1-2007 Instrumentation for Impact Test - Part 1 - Electronic Instrumentation
SAE J2517-2006 Hybrid III Family Chest Potentiometer Calibration Procedure
SAE J2570-2009 Performance Specifications for Anthropomorphic Test Device Transducers
SAE J2779 Low Speed Thorax Impact Test Procedure for the HIII 50th Male Dummy*, 2022-06-29 Update
SAE J2876-2009 Low Speed Knee Slider Test Procedure for the Hybrid III 50th Male Dummy
SAE J2856-2009 history
2022SAE J2856-2022 User’s Manual for the 50th Percentile Male Hybrid III Dummy
2009SAE J2856-2009 Users Manual for the 50th Percentile Male Hybrid III Dummy