measX, a specialist in test bench technology and test data management, has introduced evaluation software tailored for pedestrian protection.
The X-Pedpro software consolidates measX’s knowledge of assessing pedestrian protection tests into a single tool to simplify the entire test process.
In the tests to protect unprotected road users, head and leg impactors are shot at the front of the vehicle to determine the risk of injury in the event of a collision. The aim is to identify measures that will help to reduce the severity of the consequences of an accident in the event of a human-vehicle collision. This can be achieved, for example, by making design adjustments to the front of the vehicle.
In its function as a calibration tool, X-Pedpro replaces the standard-compliant evaluation of calibration measurements. The software supports all common impactors: Free Motion Headform; Adult Headform 4.8kg; Adult Headform 4.5kg; Child/Small Adult Headform 3.5kg; Child Headform 2.5kg; JASIC Headforms; Upper Legform, Flex-PLI and aPLI.
The software also contains an extensive library with the protocols of all relevant international regulations for evaluating the tests: AIS 100, FMVSS 201, FMVSS 202a, KMVSS 102, TRIAS 63, UN-R12, UN-R17, UN-R21, UN-R44 and UN-R127 as well as the NCAPs: ANCAP, Bharat NVSAP, C- NCAP, Euro NCAP and Latin NCAP. measX also says new standards and test regulations are constantly being added.
“With X-Pedpro, this test area, which is valuable for Euro NCAP, for example, now has its own software tool for the first time. In the same quality that users are accustomed to from the standard X-Crash and X-Crash ATD software. X-Pedpro also incorporates three decades of experience with a broad international user base,” said Klaas Ebel, head of vehicle safety at measX.
measX will present the X-Pedpro evaluation system for pedestrian protection at SafetyWeek in Hanau, Germany, (May 14 – 16) and Automotive Testing Expo Europe in Stuttgart (June 4 – 6).